Khalid Latif – ICNYU Getting Ready for Ramadan 2012: Session #1: Intentions: Confidence vs. Arrogance

About this lecture

In this first session of ICNYU's Ramadan 2012 preparation series, Chaplain Khalid Latif leads a deep and personal exploration of intention (*niyyah*), grounding the discussion in the famous Hadith of Intention and unpacking what it truly means to act for the sake of Allah. He draws on the wisdom of Ibn Taymiyyah, Imam Ghazali, and the example of the Prophet ﷺ to distinguish between sincere intention and riya' (showing off), and between confidence and arrogance. The session concludes with a reflective writing exercise in which participants examine who they are, who they were a year ago, and who they want to become by the end of Ramadan.