How Getting a Chicken Roll Can Be an Act of Worship
I asked our Barakah Effect course students to practice a simple exercise. Before every action, they needed to pause and ask themselves, “How can I please Allah SWT through this?”
I asked our Barakah Effect course students to practice a simple exercise. Before every action, they needed to pause and ask themselves, “How can I please Allah SWT through this?”
When life throws you a curveball, don’t just focus on solving the immediate problem. Step back and reconnect with your deeper intention. Let that intention be your Qibla, guiding you through whatever storms lie ahead.
As I held my pen, I wondered: in an age where AI can write entire books in hours, what makes human writing uniquely valuable? And how do we honor the sacred act of writing while engaging with these powerful new tools?
Your life’s purpose isn’t self-actualization. Your life’s purpose is to worship Allah. Don’t let any self-help book or guru convince you otherwise.
How might we, as modern-day designers, entrepreneurs, and professionals, reconcile the deep understanding and spiritual practice of our creative predecessors with our hyper-digital, Hustle Culture lives?
The intention-impact matrix is a conceptual tool we’ve developed at The Productive Muslim Company to help individuals align their tasks and actions with long-term impact and underlying intention. This is particularly aligned with our Barakah Culture approach to productivity.
Traditional goal setting frameworks don’t work. So how do we go about setting goals that matter? And more importantly, how do we go about achieving them?