Islamic Ethics

Sincerity in Worship and Deeds: Where intentions reach the heavens before the action.

Sincerity in Worship and Deeds: Where intentions reach the heavens before the action
by Sameer Murad Kermalli

In an Instagram reel, a man stands quietly with a tap credit card in his hand, waiting patiently for senior shoppers who probably live on a bare minimum at near poverty levels, waiting for them to fumble for cash after being told their bill at the cash register, and he swoops in casually and pays their bill for that day’s shopping. Gratitude is evident on their faces.

Art of Decentering

The Art of Decentering : Shifting the ‘I’ to the ‘We’

Decentering can have serious effects. In a work setting where the ‘We’ is adopted holistically, the ones who work hard to achieve results have their actions diluted in the larger group context where the leads who in their complex of inferiority feel undermined and usurp the success and call credits of a generalized ‘We’. Yet when the buck needs to be passed, the ‘We’ gets dropped, and fingers get pointed. This is where leadership comes in and becomes the sound of logic and reason. There are things where collaboration is needed and there, due to the objective achieved, success is shared, and then decentring is fair, however, when an individual has put the lion’s share in something, their energy cannot and should not be shared in a collective. The Arbinger Institute 2000 Leadership and Self Deception book published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. includes amazing anecdotes about the self and solutions to problems caused due to the embodiment of the decentered ‘We’. [my personal opinion].

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