Leadership and followership in Islam

The concept of leadership in Islam beyond the view of the person who is in the helms of affairs of the state, we are all leaders. This can be understood in line with the hadith of Rasulullah (SAW) which says “you are all Shepard, and you shall all be asked on the flocks you Shepard…” The issue of leadership and followership can be viewed from a different perspective; matrimonial, organizational, community, godfatherism e.t.c. It will be wrong if we jump into the conclusion that the system of being a leader is the same in all the sphere we observed above.

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Why You Should Never Be an Extremists, A study of Nigerian Hell Hawkers, Part One

...a Salafi platform, "Da'wah Link Refutations" posted on its Facebook page: "Late #Ajimobi was a Taagut democrat. Stop praying for him, learn #Tawheed!" As if that was not enough, a Salafiy under a pseudo name: Abu AbdulRahman Imam Shabaaby (name written in Arabic) who apparently belongs to a different Salafiyah group released another post on Saturday 28th June. Imam Shabaaby swore with Allah that the former governor "will enter hell!"

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