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Salam Brothers and Sisters
Wa alaykum assalam,
1) Why are there people suffering in the world, for example in Africa..there children!
All is in Allah [swt]'s hands bro', the best
you can do at this moment in time is to make du'a for all the sufferers.
2) If I am being good in society, helping people, charity, feeding family, helping mum + dad but not reading namaz why does it make me a bad Muslim?
Nobody can judge whether you are a good Muslim or not apart from Allah [swt]. Prayer is mentioned in the Qur'an as very important, you must try your best to carry them out!
For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers). So hasten towards all that is good. Wheresoever you may be, Allah will bring you together (on the Day of Resurrection). Truly, Allah is Able to do all things.
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O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).
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Guard strictly (five obligatory) AsSalawat (the prayers) especially the middle Salat, and stand before Allah with obedience.
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And trust me, prayer is mentioned many many more times in the Qur'an. Keep trying! :thumbs_up
3) Why does it make me a bad Muslim if i talk 2 the opposite sex, when im not doing anything wrong?
Refer to The Khan's answer.
4) In Islam it says Zinah is wrong, how comes talking to the opp sex is wrong IF you can control your attentions?
SAA
5) Why is music haram, if it doesn't change the way you think?
I cannot put the answer into one post. If you follow one of the four madhabs though, they all agree it is haram.
6) Why is alcohol haram if it doesn't change the way you think its just liqud?
Woah, bro'! It's not just a liquid! It clouds judgement and is the cause of cancer and in some cases, death!
They ask you (O Muhammad SAW) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: "In them is a great sin, and (some) benefit for men
*,
but the sin of them is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they ought to spend. Say: "That which is beyond your needs." Thus Allah makes clear to you His Laws in order that you may
give thought."
* I think they use it in medicine sometimes, hence the benefit.
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O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, AlAnsab, and AlAzlam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaitans (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.
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7) As our death is written, allah knows how we are going to act when we are in our life so its not a "true" test...
So you think if Allah wrote down for us to get married at a certain age, we should just lock ourselves in our rooms and things like that will come to us?
No. You have to act. Put it this way: Allah knows what we will do.