Asif Siddiqi- a student of Quran Academy

 A successful person according to Islam is a person who has good deeds, who repents from his sins, who offers salah, gives zakat and fasts in the name of Allah. A person who is rich, has a big house, big cars and servants is not successful according to Islam if he is an evil person and does bad deeds and commits sins all the time and doesnt turn to Allah and forgets Allah and doesnt repent for his sins. A successful person according to Islam is one who does good deeds like giving charity, helping others like the needy and friends and helping poor people especially poor relatives. The university degrees and wealth have no importance in the eyes of Allah if we keep on committing sins and do bad deeds. Allah has also said that the poor will enter Heaven first and the rich will enter Heaven last. This really means that Allah gives more importance to poor people and everyone is answerable to one's deeds and actions. In the end what I would like to say is that being rich isnt criterion o...

 Allah has promised us that he will give us more than he has taken from us. If we suffer a loss whether financially, a divorce, death of a loved one or the death of a spouse. Allah has promised that he will replace it with something even better. Everything happens for a reason for example in Surah Kahf Hazrat Khizer killed a young boy. Hazrat Musa who was accompanying Hazrat Khizer asked why did he kill an innocent boy? Hazrat Khizer replied that boy would grow up to become harmful to his parents and his parents were innocent and righteous people.  Everything has been preordained or predestined by Allah and according to Allah's plan for us there is cure, there is good in store for us and it is for our own good and well being. One cannot be perfect whether its looks, intelligence or socio economic status so we shouldnt be jealous of people of whom Allah has given more. In the end what I would like to say is that everything that happens in life is for our own good.

 Allah has told us to be modest in Islam. Men and women should guard their private parts from one another if they are strangers to each other and are not married to one another. For women they are particularly expected to be modest and do hijab and guard their private parts particularly those which are visible to the naked eye. Women are particularly are expected to be modest and do hijab because they do not have as much sexual desires and libido as men do and that's why they are expected to dress up decently. All these laws are made to protect women from being raped and subjected to sexual violence. Similarly men are expected to be modest to protect themselves from sins and from committing Adultery. Men are also expected to dress up decently with clothing uptill their navel. In the end what I would like to say modesty protects us from sins and Allah forgives our sins through modesty and repentance.

 We must be grateful to Allah at all costs whether we are in hardship, ease, having the time of our lives, or in difficulty such as financial problem or the death of a loved one. Allah has promised us if we are grateful to HIM he will give you even more and much more than you have imagined. On the otherhand if we are ungrateful to Allah and whin about petty things then be ready to face the wrath of Allah. Just like Bani Israel nation when Allah was giving them Mon Salwa to eat they were happy and grateful as soon as they became impatient and ungrateful to Allah, Allah took away everything from them. Allah has surely promised that after every hardship, calamity and difficulty comes ease and better living conditions so stop being ungrateful to Allah if you have suffered a loss whether it is financially or the loss of a loved one or being divorced or being single throughout much of your life or your property just got lost or you got poor grades as a student. In the end what I would li...

 One shouldnt be jealous of one another as we should see people below us in abilities, wealth, intelligence, looks and socio economic status. Allah has blessed everyone with his blessings and for some he has given more and for some a little less in wealth. We shouldnt compare each other and be jealous of someone who has more than us. If Allah made every one rich then there wouldnt be any people working as janitors, sweepers, drivers, peons and servants etc and in this way the system of Allah wont work in this world. About back biting Islam said that backbiting is the same as eating your dead brothers flesh which you will surely abhor. Back biting is a social evil as all those things said behind someone's back if he/she would mind it said in front of him then we shouldnt say it behind his/ her back which is a major sin in Islam.  In the end what I would like to say is that Surah Falaq should be recited in order to get protection from the evil eyes of jealousy.

 The purpose of life in islam is to worship Allah and Allah alone especially for Muslims. Money has not be given as much importance in life as it is for worldly purpose and materialistic gains. Worshipping Allah and Allah alone without shirk has been given upmost importance in Islam as compared to earning money. Besides love for money and worshipping money is another form of shirk in the eyes of Allah. Our life in this temporary world has not been given any importance by Allah but our deeds, our actions and our ibadat of Allah has been given the utmost importance by Allah. All our 1 lakh and 24 thousand prophets send to earth and which definitely includes our last prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad (Peace be upon him) have been advocating and emphasizing in the ibadat of Allah whether it is reading the Quran or praying five times namaz or keeping fasts or performing Haj or Umrah.. In the end what I would like to say is that if a person fulfils this purpose of life of praying and wors...