1. Public Administration and Governance in Islam
Part VI

2. Main Areas Concept of Public Administration in Islam
Quranic Guidance on Good Governance
Concept of Governance and its Applications in the light of Quran, Sunnah and Fiqh.
Governance Structure in Islam i.e. Shura, Legislation, Sources of Islamic Law
Governance under Pious Khelifat
Particular letters of Hazrat Umar
Responsibilities of Civil Servants
System of Accountability in Islam

3. Concept of Public Administration in Islam

4. Public Administration
Concept
Meaning of Public Administration
Administer is a English word, which is originated from the Latin
word ‘ad’ and ‘ministrare’,
It means to serve or to manage
Administration means management of affairs, public or private

5. Various definitions
Prof. Woodrow Wilson (The study of Public Administration )
Public Administration is a detailed and systematic application of law
L. D. White
Public Administration consists of all those operations having for their purpose the fulfilment of public policy as declared by authority

6. Cont… Luther Gullick - Waldo
Public Administration is that part of the science of administration which has to do with government and thus, concerns itself primarily with the executive branch where the work of the government is done
Waldo
Public Administration is the art and science of management as applied to the affairs of the state

7. Important characteristics of Public Administration
It is part of executive branch of government
It is related with the activities of the state
It carries out the public policies
Its commitment and dedication is to the well being of the people

8. Principles of Public Administration
POSDCoRB
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Coordination
Reporting
Budgeting

10. Objectives of Public Administration in Islam
Adle(ensuring everybody his due)
Ihsan(welfare of mankind) are the twin objectives of Islam
to be realized through the efficient conduct of public administration in an Islamic society

12. Sources of Public Administration
Aristotle’s Politics,
Kautilya’s Arthasastra,
Confucious philosophy,
Machiavelli’s Prince,
It was Woodrow Wilson(later President of the United States) who set the tone
for its systematic study in late 19 th century.
In an article titled,”The Study of
Administration” , published in the Political Science Quarterly in 1887, Wilson observed

13. Islamic Sources
Hazrat Ali’s Classical Administrative Policy Letter,Nizam-ul-Mulk’s
Letter of Hazrat Umer RA to governors
Siasatnama of Al-Ghazali’s Counsil for Kings
A letter written during Abbasid Caliph Al-Mamun .Written by Tahir Ibn Al-Husayn, Al- Mamun’s general, to his son Abdullah Ibn Tahir
Summarized in Ibn-e-Khaldun’s “Muqqaddamah”.
Abul Fazal’s Ain-i-Akbari

15. Thank You

16. Concept in Islam
The Holy Prophet took special care in allocating offices of the state
A tradition has been narrated by Bukharee from Abu Hurraira in which The Prophet pointed out that if the offices were assigned to unworthy people, which would mean the end of this world

17. Quranic Guidance on Good Governance

18. Concept of Governance and its Applications in the light of Quran, Sunnah and Fiqh

19. Governance Structure in Islam i. e
Governance Structure in Islam i.e. Shura, Legislation, Sources of Islamic Law

20. Governance under Pious Khelifat

21. Particular letters of Hazrat Umar and Hazrat Ali to different Authorities

22. Rajiv Gandhi use to give letter 53 to his new cabinet members
1997 Kofi Annan did a survey in the UN to find the greatest document of justice ever
As a result the UN concluded that Letter 53 in the Peak of Eloquence was the greatest document of justice ever
In addition, the UN has made a commemoration about this letter

23. Responsibilities of Civil Servants

24. System of Accountability in Islam