 or our congregations or our organizations to the best destination which is desired by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Number one feature of the leadership style of Imam Amir al-Mu'minin is that Imam made us understand that leadership is wasila and not a daya. When you are a leader know that that is not the aim is a means to the aim. If you are the leader of an organization or you are the leader of a congregation or you are a leader at university understand that you being a leader that's not the aim it is means to the aim. What is the aim? The aim is to please Allah and the aim is to prepare for the reappearance of the Imam of our time. So whoever is holding leadership position within our communities you need to understand that you are not there for your own sake. You are not there for your own selfish interest. You are not there for your own selfish desire but rather you are there reappearance of the Imam of our time. I give example, some companions of Amir al-Mu'minin came to me in Kuva and they said to Imam Amir al-Mu'minin when they entered this house they saw Imam as usual living very simple life. Imam was sitting on a march on a march. So this person told Imam Ali Why are you sitting on a march when the entire Islamic treasury is under you? You have the money under you. Why can't you buy something nice for yourself? Then Imam looked at him and said to him whatever you see with me are the things I brought with me from Madina. Then he said ātā mūrūni ān ātlūban nāsra bil jamrī. Do you want me to seek victory by committing injustice? And you remember our beautiful tradition Imam was saying the beauty of Allah. Imam was saying if you give me the entire continent just for me to sin against Allah for like an atom I will not do that. క్ed కరస ప్ఴక౤gunta�ి .౩ంితుత౅రిందూ .విరోఛి .bajాభావాస noon మ్ా అౘిమస దరధీసిlying what జిమవికౙ. Dylan రఘేనీడ్  Jenkins. よう よし                                                                                                                                                                                                                            to allow my selfish desire and my selfish interest to eat different varieties of food at the expense of the people that I lead. You know, at imam al-sal wa la alla billi imam wa al-hijaz mal la ahada lahu bittu'a aw milqus, allahu akbar. Imam said, baby in Yemen and in Hijaz there are those who don't even have what to eat daily. A'abitu mu butananan wa hawli butoona garthi wa akbaadahirri li amirul mu'mineen wa la ushaarikum fee makarihid dahar. Amirul mu'ni say will I be able to sleep at night when araw me there are neighbors who are going to sleep without food? Will I be happy to be called the amirul mu'mineen when I don't share the pains of their life? So the second quality of the leadership skills of imam al-i is what? Imam had love for his community. Imam would never leave his community behind. That's number two. The third feature of the leadership skills or style of imam al-i is a shafa fear. Imam never had ulterior motive. Imam al-i was genuine in his leadership. Imam would never hide anything from the people that he used to lead. And beautiful in his teachings imam will say wa la kuma alaiya alla ahtajiz adoonakum sirran illa fiham. He said voila it is your right on me not to keep anything secret from you except maybe things that have to do with battles. And then imam continued to say wa la kuma ndi philha kisawa All of you are equal to me al-i and he said it is incumbent upon me to be sincere to all of you and to be obedient to you. So then for the third quality of the leadership of imam amir is what? Imam would never hide anything from the people that he led if it was things that had to do with them. Today you find in our community sometimes our leadership are doing something nobody knows what is happening. You will all of a sudden start seeing things in the community and when you ask a question it becomes a problem. But amir al-muminini had what is called shafa fear. Most of you know Arabic. Shafa fear me said he was very lenient. He would consult them he would approach them in fact Allah in Qur'an advised the willing prophet of Islam to do the same, isn't it? Allah will tell prophets consult them shawiruhum fil amam consult them in the affairs wa fa izaa azamta fatawakal al-Allah but once you have decided and then you depend on Allah. Fourth feature of the leadership skills of Imam Ali is what? Al-Hisaab. Imam was a leader who was accountable leader. Imam amir al-muminini would not spend a sentence or pens of bayt al-mal without informing the people. You know this incident very well when Talha and Zubair visited amir al-muminini Amir had a candle which was lit already. The moment Talha and Zubair entered Imam switched off that candle and lit a new one. So Talha and Zubair look at Imam Ali what's the difference between these two candles? Imam said this one is for bayt al-mal and this one is for my personal and I know you are not coming for anything that has to do with religion you are coming for your own personal thing. This is the leadership of amir al-muminini. Today we have sometimes in our community manis are being spent anyhow and nobody ask the God to ask. You ask, you get labeled from the community. You get jacked out from the community. Amir al-muminini was a leader who accounted for everything that he spent for the sake of Islamic ummah and for the sake of Islamic community. And the last quality of the leadership style of Imam Ali is lots. Amir al-muminini al-i-sala would always regard people's suggestions. If someone would come to Imam with suggestion Imam would not throw the person away. Imam would not belittle the person by telling the person, no, who are you to suggest to me? Imam would always take people's suggestion. In that beautiful tradition Imam said the most intellectual person is the one who joins his mind to that of others. So as a leader you need to always listen to people. Don't just take decision or no, don't chase people away when they come with their suggestion. That is what Amir al-muminini al-i-sala wa al-musallim left for us as a legacy. So therefore brothers and sisters, whoever amongst us is aspiring to become a leader or to lead our community. I'm talking of shee community. I'm talking of our mosques, our usailiyas. Absocks on campuses. Read the leadership's thoughts and style of Imam Amir al-muminini.