1. Introduction
The subsequent pages will analysis Umar bin al-Khattab’s leadership style. The Second caliph of the Muslims (634-644). He was born in 583 AC. His father was Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl, (Al-Sayed,1996). Umar was known as Al Farooq (the Criterion). He was one of the most influential leaders in the Islamic history. many Muslim scholars credit Umar as the true founder and organizer of the first Islamic state. According to them, he was the engineer of the state’s legislative, executive and administrative powers and the organizer of its record system, filing system, tax administration and personnel system (Hitti, 1974).
In addition, He was known as forbearance, patience and toughness. That might be the effect of his father 's harsh treatment. …show more content…
Besides, his state intervened to control the price of merchandise. Therefore, every single decision he made had its own risks and challenges. Umar was upcoming with new ideas all the time. His goal was to progress his state. His goal was to improve the quality of life for his people. For example, “He developed the Divan system for the payment of pensions to the soldiers of the Muslim armies that occupied the lands of Syria and Iraq, instead of distributing the occupied land among them as proposed by many of his followers. This creative idea had far-reaching consequences for the political future of the Islamic world” (Kennedy, …show more content…
Encourage the Heart;
The last practice is encouraging the heart. That happens by showing appreciation for individual excellence. The purpose of that is creating a spirit of community. Inspiration can come from big or simple actions. “Part of the leader’s job is to show appreciation for people’s contributions and to create a climate of celebration” (Kouzes and Posner, 2003, p. 7). Umar showed appreciation by developed the authority of tender. Also, he had created a climate of celebration by farming lands law.
Umar developed the authority of tender. Its main purpose was to count the fighters and document their names with the ethnic and geographic backgrounds. Also, to document the tender for them. Many historical sources say that Umar was the first in the authority of tender. The authority of tender was developed to give the soldiers and their families money and other resources for living. There were classifications based on the number of battles for the solider and the fighting skills.
Correspondingly, Umar passed a law which states that anyone grows a land is allowed to own it. That means when someone starts farming on a land which was not owned for someone else; he will be allowed to own it and do farming regardless of its
The subsequent pages will analysis Umar bin al-Khattab’s leadership style. The Second caliph of the Muslims (634-644). He was born in 583 AC. His father was Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl, (Al-Sayed,1996). Umar was known as Al Farooq (the Criterion). He was one of the most influential leaders in the Islamic history. many Muslim scholars credit Umar as the true founder and organizer of the first Islamic state. According to them, he was the engineer of the state’s legislative, executive and administrative powers and the organizer of its record system, filing system, tax administration and personnel system (Hitti, 1974).
In addition, He was known as forbearance, patience and toughness. That might be the effect of his father 's harsh treatment. …show more content…
Besides, his state intervened to control the price of merchandise. Therefore, every single decision he made had its own risks and challenges. Umar was upcoming with new ideas all the time. His goal was to progress his state. His goal was to improve the quality of life for his people. For example, “He developed the Divan system for the payment of pensions to the soldiers of the Muslim armies that occupied the lands of Syria and Iraq, instead of distributing the occupied land among them as proposed by many of his followers. This creative idea had far-reaching consequences for the political future of the Islamic world” (Kennedy, …show more content…
Encourage the Heart;
The last practice is encouraging the heart. That happens by showing appreciation for individual excellence. The purpose of that is creating a spirit of community. Inspiration can come from big or simple actions. “Part of the leader’s job is to show appreciation for people’s contributions and to create a climate of celebration” (Kouzes and Posner, 2003, p. 7). Umar showed appreciation by developed the authority of tender. Also, he had created a climate of celebration by farming lands law.
Umar developed the authority of tender. Its main purpose was to count the fighters and document their names with the ethnic and geographic backgrounds. Also, to document the tender for them. Many historical sources say that Umar was the first in the authority of tender. The authority of tender was developed to give the soldiers and their families money and other resources for living. There were classifications based on the number of battles for the solider and the fighting skills.
Correspondingly, Umar passed a law which states that anyone grows a land is allowed to own it. That means when someone starts farming on a land which was not owned for someone else; he will be allowed to own it and do farming regardless of its