By Nasser Ijaz Moghal
1. Memorize the Quran
2. Go a week without technology
3. Get Married
4. Go for Hajj and Umrah (WITH YOUR WIFE)
5. Travel
6. Start a business
7. Get a Shahadah
8. Write a book
9. Get a hijamah
10. Read the Quran with understanding
11. Buy a gift for your parents
12. Become a shepherd
13. Stop and admire the creation of Allah
14. Learn Arabic
15. Go camping in the woods
16. Teach for free
17. Do archery while horse riding
18. Learn swimming
19. Spend a week in the company of a scholar
20. Go for A’itekaaf in the month of Ramadan
I like “open a business” part! 😛
Brother Nasser, this post speaks my heart out. So much so that I called you brother Nasser. :’)
I will still call you Omer Sahab though. 😛
Write at least one research paper
Advent at least one new weapon
While the list in and of itself is great.. there is no point putting pressure on youngsters by putting all of this as something to be done before 25. Instead it could be something that can be done over a larger period of time. I’m not quibbling over details but things like memorise Quran isn’t something that one can do without discipline. We all know the famous anecdote of Umar RA slaughtering a goat after he memorised surah Baqarah.
Youth today are a highly distracted bunch and putting together a list of things that need a lot of discipline to achieve that to before the age of 25 would further justify the false notion that Islam is hard and create unrealistic expectations even among the practicing
Wallahu Tha’ala A’lam
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MashaAllah that is one awesome list. I have most of these on my own list (except “become a shepherd”, that one’s too quirky haha). Though, 25 might be a little too short time for memorizing the Quran and going to Hajj for most people. 🙂
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