09/09/2026
During Shaykh Naviad Aziz’s visit with Year 1 and Year 2 students, he spoke about something essential: the difference between humility and humiliation.
Humility is strength—knowing who you are, staying grounded, not letting praise inflate your ego. Humiliation is weakness—diminishing yourself, accepting disrespect, losing your dignity. When people praise you, the Prophet ﷺ taught us to ask Allah: don’t hold me accountable for what they say, make me better than what they think, and forgive me for what they don’t know. It’s a powerful dua. It keeps you anchored.
As a student of knowledge, your work is finding that balance—carrying yourself with confidence and dignity, rooted in what you actually know and who you actually are, without sliding into arrogance. Humility without losing yourself. That’s the path.
