Calling All Couples
In the name of The Most Benevolent & The Most Kind. He had set each and everyone of us with certain talents and skills. There are those who are good at playing skateboard and they are those who suck at it. Whatever skills you have, use it and don't let it come to waste.
The one talent which The All-Knowing had given to us is the ability to differentiate what is good and what is bad. In fact, He had given this special ability since we were around 7. All of us knew that stealing is bad. We can just tell if the food is edible or not. An average 7 year old kid would know playing with fire will cause harm or injury. As a kid, we were already equipped with the 'basic' skills that we need live. This in fact, helps us improve, develop and tame the basic instinct for the years to come to prepare us for challenges in the future.
The development of a child, if not, given proper monitoring and the appropriate input will often lead to an unwanted output for a family, a society, a country and the world at large. From an Islamic viewpoint, if a man was to marry, the first thing he needs to do before engaging into a marriage is to find a muslimah lady. A lady who has taqwa. Because our beloved Prophet Muhammad said that, "A man marries a woman because of 4 things, her wealth, her background, her beauty & her piety (iman), marry a woman who has piety, then you'll be safe".
What is happening in our society now is that people obviously have not yet improved, developed & tamed their skills as they obviously cannot differentiate what is good (halal) and what is good (haram). There are things which Islam allows and disallows. One of the things which Allah allows is marriage and He forbids 'coupling' (boyfriend and girlfriend). It is seen weird and bogus for a girl not to have a boyfriend or is seen seemingly strange for a boy not to have a girlfriend during his or her youth.
People in the West namely the US and European countries see having illegal relationship as something trendy coz 'if you're not in it then you're just not with it'. As slaves / servants of The All-Mighty Allah, we need to consider every aspect of every act. Do you think if you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, Allah is glad? Do you think you feel that you have been 'blessed'? You may be happy with your current relationship now but do you think that you will be happy for the rest of your life? Think of this way...
IT WAS ALREADY WRONG FROM THE START, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT WILL NOT FALL APART
The common belief is that Islam is only about praying 5 times a day, you perform sawm during month of ramadhan and so on. The five stilts of islam. A genuwine (genuine) practitioner of Islam should apply what's in the holy Qur'an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad in his / her daily activities. Such as, he would ask his friend not to waste time and hang out with non-muhrims or waste time talking about popstars, soccer heroes and the whatever? Another example would be to ask your friends and family to pray on time or attend speeches / lectures given by muslim scholars. This point here is, not only you want yourself to be good but you also want people around you to be good FOR ALLAH.
Obviously, not all of us have the ability to interpret what is good and what is bad. Alas, the rise of immoral acts in our family, in our society and in this world at large.
