Prudence in Managerial Sīra of Prophet Joseph (A.S.)

In this research, which is carried out with a quality study and an analytical approach, at first, prudence is briefly touched upon and then with an analysis of the most evident example of prudence in Sūrat al-Yūsif (A.S.), i.e., the incidence of embedding the king’s cup in Benjamin’s load and conforming legal criteria to it, while responding to peripheral misconceptions, new findings have been achieved; firstly, the most important congestion (tazāḥum) in this incidence – which is misconceived by most interpreters – is specified. Secondly, by applying the components involved in this incidence, including accusing Benjamin of theft to the criteria of moral action, the misconception of moral blameworthiness and using immoral means in this prudence is rejected. Thirdly, four strategies for discernment of prudence have been enumerated and then by applying systemic thinking to the management of the incidence, the comprehensive systemic outlook as Yūsif’s (A.S.) macro-strategy in discernment of prudence has been introduced.