10 The administration system (the people’s affairs)
Running of the government's and the people’s affairs is carried out by offices, departments and administrations, whose task is to ensure the management of the State's business and the discharging of the people’s interests. Each office (Maslaha) would be headed by a general manager, and each department (Da'ira) and administration (Idara) would be headed by a director who would run its affairs and be directly responsible for it. Those directors would be answerable to the general director in charge of their offices, departments or administrations from a professional side, and answerable to the Wali and the amil with regards to abiding by the rules and general regulations.. The Messenger of Allah ({BUH) used to run and discharge the affairs and appoint secretaries for their administration. Thus, the Messenger (PBUH) used to discharge the affairs of the people in Al-Madinah, solve their problems, organise their relations, secure their needs and direct them to that which suits them. All of these matters are of the administration issues that ease their life from problems or complications:. In matters of education, The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) made the ransom of the disbelieving prisoners of war the teaching of ten Muslim children, where the ransom was in return for the spoils, which became property of the Muslims. Thus, securing education was one of the Muslims affairs..
In healthcare, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was given a doctor as a gift, but he assigned him to Muslims. The fact that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) received a gift and he did not use it, nor take it, rather he assigned it to the Muslims is evidence that healthcare is one of the interests of Muslims.. In regards to employment, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) directed a man to buy a robe and then an axe and collect firewood and sell to the people instead of begging from them, where somebody might give him while another would resist. Thus, solving the problems of work was also one of the Muslims' interests. Ahmad reported a hadith and Al-Tirmidhi approved it stating that:. "A man from Al-Ansar came to the Prophet (PBUH) and asked from him (sadaqah). The Messenger (PBUH) said ‘Don't you have anything in your house?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ The Prophet (PBUH) said, ‘Bring them to me.’ He brought them to him. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) took them in his hand, and said, ‘Who would buy these two?’ A man said, ‘I would take them for two dirhams.’ He gave them to him and took the two dirhams. He gave them to the Ansari and said, ‘Buy with one of them and give it to your family and buy with the other an axe and bring it to me.’ He brought it to him. Then he tied with his hand a rod to it and said, ‘Go and collect firwood and sell, and do not let me see you for fifteen days.’ He did that, and came back having ten dirhams". [Abu Dawud, Sunan, #1641]. Al-Bukhari reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:.