This paper explores the idea of leadership from an Islamic viewpoint, discussing the purpose and its various manifestations by textual proofs of the Qur'an and teaching of the hadith of Prophet, peace, and blessing be upon him. This article examines the Islamic organization's characteristics of leadership dynamics within a Muslim majority and focuses on the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Northern Nigeria. data This paper, however, draws on the analyzed data using a qualitative grounded theory, the essence of leadership, which investigated the subject methods within this specific background. Islamic Leadership resolves the challenging techniques Which exist in Muslims organizations then, thus suggests some actions and approach to advance the process of management in leading, comprising of enacting leadership, enacting following, accommodating complexity, sense-making, and embracing basics as an essential vital function. The paper would be of interest to anybody seeking to comprehend this nature in Islamic leading, then again by what system does NSCIA act within Northern Nigeria and the way forward to strengthen leadership methods.
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