HUMAN RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT IN
ISLAMIC
MANAGEMENT
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this chapter, readers will be able to:
•Describe the nature of human resources, the aim of human beings’
creation, and human beings’ existential aspects form the viewpoint
of Islam, using Islamic verses and narrations;
•Compare positive and negative characteristics of human resources
in Quran;
•Define meritocracy in Islamic management and describe
jurisprudential rule of nominating “the best one” and the
characteristics of meritocracy principle by using in mind the Islamic
verses and narrations.
•Using Islamic verses and narrations, describe the relationship
between job and gender.
•Explain the importance of educating and developing human
resources from the viewpoint of Quran and also the assessment
of performance in Islamic management.
HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT IN ISLAMIC
MANAGEMENT
1.The Nature of Human Resources from
the Viewpoint of Islam
2.Job Description and Job Qualification 3
Choosing, Appointment, and Dismissing
4. Organizational Socialization
5.Training and Development of Human Resources
6 Performance Assessment
7. Reward Management
1. THE NATURE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ISLAM
Human Being is the most important one after the issue of
“God.” World creation, sending prophets and revealing
heavenly books have been done because of attaining true
prosperity and felicity for him (Surah Ibrahim (AS).
Prophet of Islam (PBUH) says about the importance of
human beings: “People are like mines of gold and silver
“(Majlesi, 1985, p. 65).
 HUMAN
EVOLUTIONARY
PROCESS
1. Dead elements
2. Such as the life of life
3. Until death
4. Resurrection
5. Returning to God.
1. EXISTENTIAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN BEINGS
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE QURAN

A. Positive characteristics of human

resources Human being, in Quran, has been referred
to as the vicegerent of Allah on the earth whose
munificence has been bestowed upon him by God and
is the trustee of Him.
B. NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF
HUMAN RESOURCES

ATTRIBUTES DESCRIBING THE

NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS:
These attributes neither compliment nor malign the existence of human
beings but because these attributes relate to the weak points of the nature
of human beings, being indolent in them causes deviation of insights and
inclinations and will finally result in deviation in the behavior.
For instance, it states that human beings have been created in a weak form
(verse 28, Surah Al-Nisa). This weakness is both related to his body and
spirits.
ATTRIBUTES ORIGINATING FROM
MISUSING THE HUMAN NATURE:
Some of the negative aspects which have been referred to in
Quran have natural roots and are created from the deviation
of existing inclinations in the nature of human beings, or to
put it more precisely, not following of his essence from his
nature.

ATTRIBUTES ORIGINATING FROM THE

FALSE AUTHORITY OF HUMAN BEINGS:
Some of the negative attributes are created directly because of
the false authority of human beings and human nature does not
have such characteristics (Javadi Amoli, 2013b, pp. 238–243).
 THE ORIGIN OF THE
DEPRECATED ATTRIBUTE OF
HUMAN BEINGS
1.Specific unawareness is due to the domination of
his imagination and illusion.
2.Scientific ignorance originates from the ruling of
lust and wrath.
FOUR PRINCIPLES FOR BEING RESCUED
FROM THE GREAT LOSS:
1.Faith and reforming thought and belief principles
(recognition and awareness)
2. Righteous deeds (actions based on belief)
3. Advising each other to the right deeds (inviting all
people to the right deeds and
administering them)
4. Advising each other to patience (persistence and
advising each other to
firmness)
 God almighty refers to the attributes of the perfected
1.3 human resources in the verse 63 of Surah of Al-Furqan:

EFFICIENT “And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who
walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant
HUMAN address
them [harshly], they say [words of] peace.” Special

SOURCES servants of God are modest and there is no sign of

selfishness, pride, and arrogance in any of their
evendeeds,
walking.
BASED ON THE THOUGHT SYSTEM OF
MULLA SADRA, HUMAN BEINGS
REACH THIS RANK WHEN THEY
PASS FOUR PHASES:
1. Journey from people to truth
2. Journey to truth in truth
3. Journey from truth to people aided
by truth
4. Journey in people aided by truth
2. JOB DESCRIPTION AND JOB
QUALIFICATION
·Importance of Job and Its
Compatibility with the
Doer
·Job Qualification in Islam
·Meritocracy
·Gender and Job
THE CHARACTERISTICS FOR
BEING ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A
WORK:
• The qualification of commandeering
• The qualification of judging
•The qualification of secretary and head
of office
 MERITOCRACY
The Holy Quran (verses 13 of Al-Hujarat, 95 of Al-Nisa and 50
of Al-Anaam) has specified five criteria for the superiority of
the people: Faith, knowledge, God-fearing, insight, and jihad
(struggle in the way of Allah). So, it is necessary that these
people have a special place in the Islamic society, as the
Prophet (PBUH) respected the fighters of Badr, who were
precursors of faith and jihad, a lot.
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL
BEHAVIOR OF THE PROPHET
(PBUH):
1. Superiority of virtues over
seniority (years of
experience)
2. Superiority of meritocracy over
nepotism
3. Maturity
4. Properness of guardianship
ACCORDING TO LAKZAEI, THE
FOLLOWINGS ARE CRITERIA OF
FINDINGS SOMEONE WORTHY OF A
JOB:
1. The person should be aware of the regulations
of the
jobs on whom it is assigned and even he should
be experienced in it (scientific ability).
2.He should have the strength to do that work (bodily
ability).
3. He should be trustworthy (reliable).
3. CHOOSING, ·Choosing and
APPOINTMENT, ·Appointment
Succession
AND DISMISSING ·Displacement, Expulsion,
and Dismissal
4. ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION

ORGANIZATIONAL
SOCIALIZATION TAKES
SOCIALIZATION PLACE IN TWO LEVELS:
1. Primary socialization
is a process through
(performing organizational
which newcomers turn
regulations)
from strangers into
2. Secondary socialization
efficient employees in
(creating belief in missions
their organizations.
and aims).
THE RANK OF PERFECT HUMAN
BEING (SADEQI URGHANI)
o Manifestation
o Interior purification
o Exterior purification
oAbsorption (absorbing
into a being)
 5. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Quran considers human beings as creatures who are actually, not
potentially, aware. Human beings are not bestowed on acquired
knowledge at birth, but they are possessed with knowledge by
presence.

Instruction through Allegory

Allegory is one of the ways of recognizing a thing. Allegory explicates a
thing in the form of simile to a person who does not have access to
nature and natural tools (Javadi Amoli, 2013b, p. 135).
 5. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
Instruction through Telling Story
The Quran uses the method of story and narration telling for training.

Instructions through Case Excavating Method

Verses 17–20 of Surah Al-Sad describe the attributes of Prophet David
and refer to him as a person who is powerful in war, worshipping,
knowledge, governing, and knowledge of judging and fair judgment.
6. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
One of the ineluctable necessities of effective management is
performance assessment of human resources.

·Assessment as the General Law of The Divinity

·Precise Recording of the Performance
·Assessment of Basic for Assessing the
Performance Organizational
·Competence
·Creating Testable Criteria in the Assessments
·Revealing the Results of
Assessment Over Negative Ones in
·Precedence of Positive Points
Based on the teachings of Quran,
people are divided into three
groups on the Day of Judgment:

§ Companions of the right

§ Companions of the left
§ Forerunners
7. REWARD MANAGEMENT
·Material and spiritual rewards for
the benevolent people:
· Double reward
·Not vitiating the reward of the
beneficent
The better reward and the more
proper end with God
THANK
YOU