Concept of Hisbah and Its Principles in Islamic Administration

Verification or Hisbah in its arabic term is an islamic doctrine of keeping everything it order within the laws of Allah. It is based on the concept of Shariah, Enjoin good values and forbid bad values(Amal ma'ruf nahi mungkar). The concept of hisbah is to review and evaluate actions and achievement in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of Administration. Thus, overcoming and improving earlier weaknesses.

There are 7 principles of Hibah. The first one being to control, check and update administration system in order to upgrade the level of efficiency and effectiveness of Administration. In Hisbah, performance and management in administration are evaluate so that any weaknesses or errors can be corrected. Another priciples of Hisbah is success of administration is measure so that implementations of plans meet the target and fulfill the intended aims. Problems and difficulties that causes failures or problems are required to be detected and identified in order to plan appropriate actions and create solutions. Identifying personal errors is critical to the administration as corrections can be made and to ensure the same problems are not repeated. In Hisbah, publics also plays an important roles for the government-views,ideas and comments from the public are look into on a certain policy or plan introduced by the government. Lastly, development needs to be review and any changes are followed to determine success of implementing a policy or plan.

As a muslim we are obliged to follow the concept and principles of Hisbah. Not only Hisbah is an islamic doctrine but it also help the community by keeping everything in its order.