How You See Yourself at 30
Niyyah: What You Carry Into the Work
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Two people can do the exact same thing and walk away with entirely different outcomes before Allah.
How You See Yourself at 30, Book Three: Niyyah: What You Carry Into the Work is a short, honest guide to niyyah, the intention that decides whether ordinary work counts as worship.
Book One asked who you are becoming. Book Two asked what you already promised, before any of it began. This book takes up niyyah, the hinge the Prophet's hadith calls a third of all knowledge, and unpacks the full hadith of intentions, the fiqh maxim built on top of it, and what it actually means to bring sincerity into everyday work.
Inside, you'll find the full hadith of intentions and the story behind it, including why Imam al-Bukhari opened his entire hadith collection with this one narration, al-umuru bi maqasidiha, the fiqh maxim that runs through seventy chapters of Islamic law, riya, the hidden shirk that quietly corrupts good deeds, and a practical test for sincerity, and four fully worked examples, a doctor, a nurse, a teacher, and a tradesman, showing how the same ordinary task becomes worship or doesn't, depending on what's carried into it.
Written in plain, direct language for young adults navigating study, work, and the pressure to have it all figured out.
Book Three of the How You See Yourself at 30 series, from the Sayyidina Omar Institute for Character and Leadership. sayyidinaomarinstitute.au
Details
- Publication Date
- Jul 26, 2026
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781291594621
- Category
- Young Adult
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Farhad Omar
Specifications
- Format
- EPUB
Keywords
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