Leadership values in the political thought of caliph Ali Bin Abi Talib : an overview

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The research aims at exploring leadership values in the political thought of Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib, with a view to portraying his leadership qualities and styles ; which had excellently helped in ensuring that the tasks he assigned were mostly executed successfully as initially planned.

the research, which is qualitative in nature, adopts descriptive method.

it discusses the concept and styles of leadership in an effort to establish the fact that the prophet (SAW) alongside his four rightly guided caliphs had excellently and exceptionally served as heads of state, commanders-in-chief of the armed forces as well the chief judges of the most power state of the Arab Penisula throughout the periods of their stewardship, where copious outputs were aptly recorded.

the research specifically dwells on the leadership values of caliph Ali bin Abi Talib in view of his acute interest in displaying and exhibiting numerous leadership values which contributed immensely to his success.

major amongst these values are the indoctrination of the principle of Taqwa (fear of Allah) in his communications with his appointees, adoption of logical, systematic and insightful approaches, maintaining a visionary standpoint, coaching his appointees towards the exhibition of excellent moral values, observance of the principle of delegation of authority as well as the consideration of specific conditions in respect of registry staff and other tasks related to documentation and confidentiality.