Also spelled niyyat, intention.
Talk · Education & Parenting
A talk urging teachers to treat their work as building the Ummah, not merely a job, and to withstand pressures at work and home by strengthening heart and mind through daily Iman renewal, Zikr, Durood and Istighfar, with lessons from Salama ibn al-Akwa, Yusuf’s Taqwa, and Tawakkul as effort followed by contentment.
Writing · Education & Parenting
Spiritual Resilience and the True Calling of a Teacher
Presents teaching as a sacred trust and the work of building the Ummah, not merely a career, and offers three daily practices (reviving Iman through La ilaha illallah, Zikr of the Third Kalima, Durood and Istighfar) to withstand classroom stress, alongside Taqwa and Tawakkul as utmost effort with the result left to Allah.
Talk · Da'wah, Community & Institutions
An address in Auckland arguing that belonging to the Ummah is an honour that carries responsibility: under global scrutiny, Muslims must let Islam’s beauty show through their amal, as the companions did. Urges immigrants to recast their niyyah as representing the Prophet ﷺ, reconnect with Allah, strengthen Iman and follow his documented life.
Writing · Family & Relationships
What Years of Unconventional Interpersonal Experiments Taught Me About People, Mentoring — and Myself
A first-person account of years spent deliberately engaging people across classes, countries and degrees of closeness to understand them and himself. Argues that Allah educated the prophets and companions through exposure to every temperament, that the practice teaches understanding without agreeing, and that its skills equip a manipulator unless guarded by niyyah and dua.
Writing · Da'wah, Community & Institutions
A Comprehensive Analysis of How Its Structure, Methodology and Living Curriculum Produce Transformative Human Development
Drawing on leading a 40-day jamaat of twelve men from sharply different backgrounds, argues that Tabligh Jamaat is an underestimated life-coaching programme: the six points and Fazail-e-Aamaal are scaffolding for an immersive curriculum in sabr, empathy, teamwork, time management, public speaking, conflict resolution and leadership, anchored in a spiritual core.
Writing · Faith & Spirituality
The Invisible Axis of All Worship — A Complete Analysis of the Most Critical Dimension of Imaan: the Prophetic Method, the Sahaba’s Practice, and the Path of the Salaf
Explains ikhlaas as the invisible condition of the heart on which the acceptance of every deed depends, drawing on the Sahaba and the Salaf. Maps its contaminants (riyaa, sum’ah, ’ujb, hubb al-jah and hasad) and sets out Prophetic remedies and a daily framework, urging vigilance without abandoning good deeds out of fear.
Writing · Faith & Spirituality
The Mukhliseen Are the Lamps of Guidance
Continues the series on ikhlas through two narrations describing the Mukhliseen as Masabeeh al-Huda, lamps of guidance, and the hidden ones Allah loves. Argues that hiddenness is the credential of sincerity, that the Ummah’s survival is owed to such unseen people, and offers practical steps and a du’a for becoming one.