This thesis explores the concept of amanah in ethical leadership by looking at the history of the emergence of the tittle al-Amin for prophet Muhammad SAW by historical studies approach. Therefore, the writer would like to try to understand the meaning of key word used by thinker explain about the amanah concept in ethical leadership. To know more about the amanah concept the writers study about the history of give al-Amin for prophet. What is the correlation of amanah concept in leadership ethics with al-Amin Prophet Muhammad? How is the reconstruction of amanah in leadership ethics based on the history of Prophet Muhammad?

In this thesis, the writer interested in studying about amanah concept of leadership ethics because it topic is not far from human life in the world. Every country, community, group, and family always needs someone to be a leader to arrange everything around them. when there is no a leader, a community will be clutter. this showed that a leader is very important in human life. Especially, the leader can do amanah by good. Not only he as a leader in front of community but he also became leader in front of God and prophet.

From the research, the writer can conclude that the actually it is more a crisis of courage rather than a crisis of leadership theory, because the lack of today is not the knowledge or theory, but the courage to bring this knowledge into tangible form (actual performance). Courage does not come only with hope. That can only happen as a consequence the level of awareness (consciousness) of a person. To reach it, one must be able to understand and experience the deep level of consciousness and self-identity levels higher, as a prerequisite for the development of competence in leading and maintaining the trust of others. Must remember that everything we do, in the last will we responsibility in front of our God. So, do the best.