The Singularity of Intention and Will - a podcast by Cambridge Khutbas Etc.
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'Do not push aside those who call upon their Lord morning and night desiring His Face...'
Surah Al-'An`ām, verse 52
The Sheikh begins this khutba with thisayah, which touches on the key Qur'anic concept ofiradaandniyya, will and intention. A 'key counterbalance to excessive exteriority', these principles are the gateways the Almighty uses to judge our actions in this earthly realm. Famously Imam Bukhari begins his great corpus ofSahihHadithwith the foundational narration starting "actions are by intentions".
Quite often when discussing intentions, the idea of sincerity is mentioned, a translation ofikhlas. Whilst this translation is common, the Sheikh points out thatikhlascan be defined not simply as sincerity but rather as a purification of an entity to its most singular essence. Thus in this context the believer is asked to have a singularity of intention in all his or her affairs.
Judgement is not by ones goods and wealth but with, as the Qur'an says a sound heart,qalbin saleem. As Imam Ghazali notes one can't have singularity of intention without having a sound heart. The uproarious tumult of our desires doesn't settle just because we simply want to have a pure intention. This comes only with the purification of the heart, for as the Qur'an says "truly he succeeds that purifies it".
Photo of the grave of Umm Haram, known as Hala Sultan taken at theHala Sultan Tekkein Larnaca, Cyprus by the CKETC team.
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