Leading with Compassion
By: Louay Safi
Leading with Compassion draws on the prophetic tradition to outline the type of leadership capable of inspiring communities, empowering their members, and developing traditions that encourage cooperation and mutual support and help. While examples and lessons are drawn from the prophetic traditions and the Muslim American community settings, the book endeavors to develop a model of leadership that transcends specific religious practices and geographical communities. It attempts to outline a leadership model uniquely suited for leading community-based organizations, and for transforming practices and conditions to make them more inspiring and nurturing. So, while the primary beneficiaries of the book are
Compassionate leadership builds its model on the prophetic traditions that form the foundation of compassionate humanity, particularly—though not exclusively—on that of Prophet Muhammad. Compassion was the overriding quality of Prophet Muhammad, peace be with him, so much so that he is repeatedly referred to in the Qur’an as the prophet of mercy and compassion. Indeed, the Qur’an uses the term “compassion” to summarize his whole mission: “We sent you merely as mercy to humanity,” the Qur’an stresses.
While examples and lessons are drawn from the prophetic tradition and the American Muslim community settings, the book endeavors to develop a model of leadership that transcends specific religious practices and geographical communities. It attempts to outline a leadership model uniquely suited for leading community-based organizations, and for transforming practices and conditions to make them more inspiring and nurturing. So, while the primary beneficiaries of the book are North American Muslims, all those whose main concern is to empower their community and uplift its spirit and standards can potentially benefit of this work