Asif Siddiqi- a student of Quran Academy

 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...

 belittling others and taunting people is not considered good in Islam Belittling others whether it is  their looks, appearance, height, income, physical strength, money and  financial status or for that matter their unemployment or kind of job.they are doing is disliked in Islam as  Allah has said those who belittle others Allah belittles them and makes their situation exactly the same.  In Surah Hujurat it is written do not mock or deride others who knows the person derided is better than you. Better in the sense that he is more pious and Allah fearing than you. Mocking people also comes under  belittling people.  Also under sheer jealousy or envy people belittle others. They should be in fact happy with what Allah has given them instead of comparing each other. In the end what I would like to say is that belittling others is amongst the evils of society and must be avoided at all costs.

 We should respect our mothers as Allah has said that jannat lies beneath the feet of mothers. Allah has said it and our Holy Prophet Muhammad has also said that mother's rights and respect are three times that of our fathers. Hence mothers are exalted in Islam. Mothers are given special treatment in Islam. Mothers bear children and they bear labour pain of child birth with patience, great pain and sabr. That's why Islam has given special status to mothers. Not only child birth but in our early stages of child hood, throughout our adolescence until we become adults our mothers are our huge supporters and caretakers.  In the end what i would like to say is that we should take care of our mothers especially in their old age and not send them to old homes.

 Allah has promised in the Quran that our future will be better than our past. Our sustenance, our rizq, our health and all are future well being belongs to Allah alone and we must trust Allah in all our matters. In Sha Allah Allah will take care of everything that goes in our lives and Allah has a plan for everyone not only believers but also the non believers.  Allah has promised that sustenance and rizq is being given to all man kind. If Allah can feed a huge animal like blue whale then why cant he feed human beings which are much smaller in size. If we do good deeds and obey Allah's commands then surely we will have a great future Allah has promised that. In the end what I would like to say is that everything has been predestined by Allah and Allah is the best of planners.

 Nowadays which are considered as survival of the fittest people are constantly in a race to earn more and more money. They even judge people in terms of their socio economic status whether they are superior or inferior to one another. This materialistic thinking is what Islam looks down upon such people and considers it as haram. In types of shirk one shirk is to associate partners with Allah, another kind of shirk is considering nature to be superior to Allah's power and the other type of shirk is people's love for money. People 's love for money and worldly things is the reason why people become arrogant, proud and start treating people who are not as fortunate as themselves badly. These kind of people have an ego problem. They begin to think just on the basis of wealth they are superior to others whether it is intelligence wise, education wise or their planning or cleverness but on the otherhand all this wealth belongs to Allah and Allah has given them this wealth and t...