Asif Siddiqi- a student of Quran Academy

 Our lives are full of tests and tribulations and whoever passes these tests will be rewarded with success both in this world and the hereafter. Not only poor people are tested but rich people are tested too. Poor people are tested living in a life of poverty and hardships. Rich people are tested as they might get robbed or lose wealth or make decisions that have a fear of losing their wealth. Man tends to forget Allah when he is in good shape that is both financially or health wise. On the otherhand he starts remembering Allah whenever he faces adversity or hardships. This is totally wrong as righteous people are those who remember Allah and worship him whatever their conditions is whether their condition is rosy or whether they are facing hardship. We should be patient whenever we face a hardship like loss of wealth, divorce, being single or through the loss of a loved parent or spouse or family member. In the end what I would like to say is that we should observe patience and pe...

 Ramazan is the holy month in which muslims fast and it is the month that is approaching fast. Fasting has been prescribed for those who came before you and for you so that you may acquire piety. Fasting prevents sins infact washes sins away and in this way instils fears of Allah. In laylatul Qadr night on the 27th night of Ramazan which is better than a thousand months. On this night sins of believers and those who pray during that night their sins are forgiven. The Satan is locked during the holy month of Ramazan so that we should be able to do good deeds and attain piety. We should also give charity during ramazan and make arrangements for iftar for the poor and needy. Ramazan instils patience and discipline in our lives as we live without food and water from dawn to dusk. Ramazan is the month in which doors of Heaven are opened and doors of Hell are closed. In the end what I would like to say is that we shouldnt skip any fast during ramazan as fasting is healthy as it prevents ...

 Those who love Allah Allah loves them and especially those who worship Allah by saying 5 times prayer, reading the Quran, fasting, performing haj or umrah atleast once in their life time and giving charity or sadaqah.  Those who love money and prefer it over Allah are surely going to hell as Allah has said that poor people will enter jannat first and rich people will enter jannat last. There is great issues picking on everything that a rich person earns by Allah so it is better to be poor than rich. Besides poor people are under more trial and tribulations in this world rather than the rich and elite. The love for money and materialistic things like having big cars, big houses and lavish food and clothes is another kind of shirk in the eyes of Allah. In the end what I would like to say is that we shouldnt forget Allah by getting too much involved in worldly affairs but we should love Allah and worship him alone.

 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.