Publisher's Synopsis
Ammerul-Momeneen Ali(a) is amongst the most respected personalities of the Muslim world. In stature, he is considered just next to the Prophet of Islam(s) himself. In spite of the divisions in the Muslim world today his personality is revered by all Muslims.Masoodi in his book Murujuzahab has acknowledged him as being the author of approximately 480 documents on a wide range of topics dealing with management, ethics, theology, polemics, legal rulings, etc just to name few. These documents are held in high esteem by Arab and Non-Arab thinkers for the uniqueness of the ideas presented therein in the utmost lucid as well as literal form. During the period of Renaissance, Edward Powcock (1604-91) a professor at the University of Oxford, in 1639 delivered a series of lectures on the ideas of Imam Ali(a). He even published a collection of his sayings in English for the first time.This emphasizes the need to study this document more in detail especially for key HRM points so as to appreciate the policies which were outlined then, but remain very much relevant even today.The letter presently being considered is documented as letter number 53 in the book "Nahjul-Balagah" (Peak of Eloquence) compiled by Syed-e-Razi.This research is a continuation of previous research titled The forgotten Human Resource Management policies followed by the early Muslims and its relevance for development today.This research further elaborates on some more key points prescribed in this letter with reference to current day HR issues.
