Those people we try so hard to please and attain their love will eventually forget us, by Allāh! They will forget us when we die even before we’ve been shrouded. They forget that love sometimes even whilst we’re alive so how about when your presence is not there to remind them of the bond you once shared? We’re trying so hard to please people that will flee from us on the Day of Judgement.

We should strive to learn how the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions believed and acted, and implement them in our lives. How else would we act like them if we do not know how they acted? We should follow their footsteps, do what they did and stop where they stopped, that we may be from the pious.

We hear of people uttering statements which are totally alien to the Dīn (religion) of Allāh (عز وجل). Statements such as “Only Allāh can judge me”, or “It has nothing to do with you, so focus on yourself”. Know, may Allāh bless you, that Allāh (سبحانه) has commanded us not only to do good but, also to forbid evil.

Every nation was sent a messenger and all of those messengers came with one all-encompassing message, one purpose; Tawḥīd, commanding their people to worship Allāh Alone and to stay well away from false deities and all the paths that lead to such.

How many times do we hear of young people dying? How many times this year have we heard of young people we grew up with dying? Shouldn’t that ring a bell in our heads, should’t it serve as a wake-up call to all of us? Is it not enough of a reminder that we are not promised the whole of today let alone tomorrow?

How many hours or even minutes of our days are spent in goodness? Do we constantly check and recheck ourselves? Do we renew our intentions? Do we work for the reward Allāh has promised for the good-doers? Or do we perceive death as a dream that will never become a reality?

So we affirm for Allah that which He affirmed for himself, He rose over His Throne in a way that befits His Majesty. So, How did He do it? In a way that suits His Majesty. Not in the manner you and I ascend over anything, not how ‘so and so’ explained it, but in a manner that suits His Majesty

Allāh mentioned that true believers are the best people ever raised. And what makes them so? They enjoin the good and forbid the evil! They promote and intercede in good causes, they call to the worship of Allāh alone and forbid all that is evil and despicable… They do not just stay silent like spectators when Allāh’s boundaries are crossed, and they are not mute devils.

Lots of us fall prey to uttering unbefitting statements for the believer, such as: “Why me”, “If I had just done ‘x’ ‘y’ would have happened”, or more common amongst the youth in our times “God when”. We ask Allāh to save us from impatience and misguidance.

Which of us does not want to be closer to Allāh? Do we not all desire to be from those who Allāh loves? If we do, upon us is to hasten to learn and act upon the various beliefs and actions that Allāh has obligated us to do.

Contrary to the popular belief of many of us youth, submitting to Allāh and His Messenger (ﷺ) is not only for the “pious ones”, rather it is upon us all, our teachers, and all of the creation to submit to Allāh, The Lord of all that exists.

Indeed true love necessitates that you do not only want to be with a person in this world, but the next as well, for this reason, we should all make efforts to strive alongside our families, friends and communities to seek the pleasure of Allāh and His Paradise, so that we may all dwell there eternally.

Whatever it is you’re chasing after in this Dunyā (world) at the expense of your Ākhirah (afterlife) I swear by Allāh it will perish, and only that which is with your Lord (ﷻ)  will remain.

He commanded with worshipping Him not only in Ramaḍān but until there comes to us certainty (death). We have been commanded to fight our desires up until the very end.

How many times do we consciously hide in darkness and give in to our desires, forgetting that the vision of The One who created the darkness is not blurred even for a moment, may Allâh safeguard us. And how will you answer to those deeds on a day where no secret will be hidden? Verily, He who created us knows our secrets even before they become secrets.

O mankind! Be afraid of your Lord (by keeping your duty to Him and avoiding all evil), and fear a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily, the Promise of Allâh is true: let not then this (worldly) present life deceive you, nor let the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allâh. (Sûrah Luqmân:33)

The month of Ramadân is the month in which the Qurʾân was revealed, as well as some of the other divine books that were revealed to the Prophets that came before our Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadân out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven." [Sahîh al-Bukhârî, 38].