Introduction

Jim collins has a book called from good to great, and he speaks of the question that preyed on his mind for many years. Are there certain universal characteristics that if you apply, you can make the same leap into greatness? He writes that at the core of it all is the following, to foster a culture of discipline. What is discipline? Exemplified so clearly in the life of ibrahim salalahahaselam. In arabic, we loosely translate it as an indibat. In english, they say discipline. Although the word discipline has negative connotations. But this is not what i speak of to day.