Editing Nation of Islam (section)

=== Leadership and financing ===

As of 2020, the Nation consisted of ten ministries: for Spiritual Development, Agriculture, Education, Information, Health, Trade and Commerce, Defense, Justice, Arts and Culture, and Science and Technology.{{sfn|Izadi|Hosseini|Mohammadi|Anjomeruz|2020|p=148}} It also established a shadow ministry, forming the prototype for the governance of the future state it hopes to lead.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=337}} Responsible for the group's national security is the supreme captain, one of the most powerful roles in the organization.{{sfn|Finley|2022|p=57}} Family ties are an important element of the NOI's senior ranks; various members of Elijah Muhammad's family were for instance married to members of Farrakhan's family.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=125}}

[[File:FruitOfIslam cropped retouched.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Fruit of Islam photographed in 1974]]

The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is a group of men within the NOI. FOI members are trained in military protocol, wrestling, boxing, and [[judo]].{{sfnm|1a1=Curtis IV|1y=2002|1p=174|2a1=Finley|2y=2022|2p=55}} They are tasked with protecting NOI leaders, temples, and other NOI property and are expected to strictly follow NOI rules.{{sfn|Curtis IV|2002|p=174}} The Nation has also established [[Muslim Girls Training|Muslim Girls' Training]] for women, whose members receive lessons in domestic skills and self defense tactics.{{sfnm|1a1=Curtis IV|1y=2002|1p=174|2a1=Finley|2y=2022|2p=57}}

The NOI says that its finances come primarily from donations and its businesses.{{sfn|Izadi|Hosseini|Mohammadi|Anjomeruz|2020|pp=137–138}} At the start of the 1960s, it was reported that members were expected to donate a set part of their earnings to the group each year; as of 1952, this reportedly constituted a third of a member's annual income.{{sfn|Lincoln|1961|p=17}} In 1976, Wallace Muhammad estimated the Nation's net worth to be $46 million, although revealed it had a severe cash flow problem, owed millions in back taxes to the [[Internal Revenue Service]], and was making a loss with its agricultural operations.{{sfn|Allen|1996|p=15}} Although the Nation does not disclose the extent of its financial resources,{{sfn|Izadi|Hosseini|Mohammadi|Anjomeruz|2020|p=137}} in the 1990s its assets were estimated to total $80,000,000.{{sfn|Gardell|1996|p=115}}