Important Quotations on Islamic Administration:
Behold,God enjoins justice, and the doing of good, and jenerosity towards(one's) fellow-men. -Al-Qur'an(16:90)
"Any rular(administrator) who is responsible for the affairs of Muslims but does not strive sincerely for their well-being, will not enter Paradise." -Prophet Muhmmad (SM)
"Every child of Adam has got right over three things-a piece of bread to meet hunger, a piece of cloth to cover his/her body and a house to live in." -Prophet Muhmmad (SM)
"So that wealth may not circulate solely among the rich from among you." --Al Qur'an (59:7)
"And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy)." --Al Qur'an (59:19;70:24-25)
"Fear Allah, and know that ye will surely be gathered before Him." --Al Qur'an (74:38)
Prophet Muhammad (SM) exhorted: "God loves that when anyone of you does a job, he does it perfectly". ---Ahmed Baihaqy
"The overall goal of development in the Muslim world is to steer away from non-Islam towards Islam. This is so because the future of the Muslim societies lies with Islam; and without Islam they have no future." - Ziauddin Sardar
The messenger of Allah said: "O Muwayiah! If you are invested with administration, fear Allah and do justice." ---Ahmed Baihaqy
"In Islam, it is obligatory on the part of the individuals to be obedient to their leaders and to follow their rightful decisions. On the other hand, the leaders have been asked to conduct their affairs by Shura or mutual consultation with the followers." -Al-Qur'an(42:38;3:159;58:9)
"Every soul will be(held) in pledge for its deeds. --Al Qur'an(74:38)
"The state(rulers) is the support of him who has no support." --- Prophet Muhmmad (SM)
Prophet Muhammad (SM) said: "Except for those administrators who perform their responsibilities seriously and with justice, life would be humiliating for others in the next world". --- Ibn Taimiyah
"There can be no Islam without organization, no organization without leadership, and no leadership without authority." --Calipha Umar Farook(RTA)
"Anyone who would ignore the competent candidate and recruits a less qualified one, has betrayed Allah and His Prophet." --- Ibn Taimiyah
Prophet Muhammad (SM) advised his followers, "Whenever three of you are united, select one as your leader". - Abu Dawud
"If any dog dies out of hunger on the bank of the distant Taigris river, Umar will have to answer for this to Almighty Allah on the 'Day of judgment." --Khlifa Umar Faruque(RTA)
"Islam looks at development as neither a purely economic process nor a value-free one… It is simply an expression of cultural dynamism characterised by the desire of Muslims to be in a state of Islam( submission to God)." -- Muhammad Al-Buraey
"Development from an Islamic perspective is the institutional facility whereby Muslims may live in a state of Islam." -- Muhammad Al-Buraey
"Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves." --Al Qur'an(13:11)
"O ye children of Adam! …Say: My Lord hath commanded justice." --Al Qur'an(7:27-29)
"Islam is not merely, in the narrow western sense, an organised system of faith and worship. Rather it is a comprehensive system of life that, in addition to faith and worship, treats complex issues of modern economic and technological development as it treats the most minor detailed issues in private and public life of the individual." --- Muhammad Al-Buraey
"In (Islamic) administration, the goal is to achieve values even if it means the sacrifice of 'efficiency' and 'effectiveness' if the latter innately conflict with humanism (justice and welfare of mankind) - an important value in the Islamic framework." -- Muhammad Al-Buraey
"So that wealth may not circulate solely among the rich from among you." --Al Qur'an (59:7)
"And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the (needy)." --Al Qur'an (59:19;70:24-25)
"O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: So judge thou between men in truth (and justice)." --Al Qur'an(38:26)
"Allah doth command you to render back your trust to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and man that ye judge with justice." --Al Qur'an(4:58)
"It is truism that poverty will be eliminated much more rapidly if any given rate of economic growth is accompanied by a declining concentration of incomes." --Dudley Seers