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Mahtab Jafari: The Relationship between Performance of the Administrative System and
National Authority of Governments: An Islamic Point of View

3. Public Monitoring: From the standpoint of Islam and Nahj al-Balagha, the most
effective form of monitoring the performance of administrations is the robust
supervision carried out by social masses who believe in Islam and the Islamic
government. Hence, social differences, social classes, the type of ideological
attitudes, and other factors should not prevent people from monitoring the
performance of the administrations and authorities;

4. Judicial factors: fair judgment, prevent employees from carrying out violations.
In this relation, the religion of Islam has emphasized the provision of operators’
rights in the judiciary system and monitoring their performance, in order to preserve
the correctness of the judiciary and the administrative systems.

From the standpoint of Nahj al-Balagha, the government is a sociopolitical system
which is assigned to the ruler or the Governing Council by God and the people, so
that social order and improvement will be realized towards material and spiritual
well-being of the individual and the society (Navaei and SeyedMoosavi, 2011: 76).
Imam Ali (AS) has told the rulers that: don’t say that I am a king and you must obey
me, as this leads to a retrogression and destruction of the government. Based on the
principle that proper and correct management leads to the evolution of individuals,
society and government in addition to establishing a political system, Islam has
defined the characteristics of the administrative managers and the components
governing the administrative system. In accordance with what was presented in this
section of the study, these characteristics and components are as follows:

Characteristics of the Administrative Managers: A principled and ethical diplomacy;
commitment and expertise; advisory decision-making; appropriate encouragement
and punishment, in accordance with the principles of Islam, and with respect to
human dignity and dignity as well as the propagation and promotion of justice.

Components governing the administrative system: Rule of law, the correctness and
corruption in the government affecting the correctness and corruption of the
administrative system, transparency, accountability, organizational supervision,
improving the income of employees, the role of people in the correctness of
administrative system, institutionalization of criticism and openness to criticism,
meritocracy.

Therefore, considering the Islamic principles required for the realization of an
efficient political system that causes the development and improvement of the
individual and society, we can understand the role of functional dimension and the
performance of the administrative system in realizing, strengthening and sustaining
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