Journal of Maalim al-Quran wa al-Sunnah

This research dealt with the authentic hadith of the Prophet that are related to combating against corruption. Some hadiths mentioned in the research dealt with issues related to administrative corruption such as bribery, gift to civil servants and looting of public funds. Whereas other hadiths dealt with administrative corruption in relation to mediation, and employment of relatives in the government out of favoritism and injustice. In this paper, effort has been made to ascertain among the most common causes that contribute to the spread of the phenomenon of administrative corruption in the Islamic world. This study aims to find a proper solution and appropriate remedies in light of the Sunnah, in reducing the spread of administrative corruption. A qualitative approach based upon extensive review of Hadith collections and their commentaries, as well as contemporary scholars writings, has been used to study the concept of administrative corruption and its causes. The researcher also analyzed these data through extracting and highlighting the precise meanings of the texts. The results explicitly elaborate that the Sunnah is the best means to apply for addressing the problem of administrative corruption in the Islamic world. It has been observed that the Sunnah completely address two-fold of people that are administrative officials as well as common people.