What is your advice for the youth who neglect seeking knowledge and hurt one another?
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Question:
We seek advice for the youth who neglect seeking knowledge and hurt one another without advising them, and there is much boycotting among the youth?
Answer:
As mentioned before, the youth should turn to seeking knowledge from the scholars and not belittle the scholars. They should respect them, learn from them, and honor them, for they are the best of people. The scholars are the choice of people, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Mujadila 58:11] He the Exalted said: [Az-Zumar 39:9] So the scholars have a rank by which Allah has raised them above others. Therefore, the youth and others should fear Allah, respect the scholars, seek knowledge from the scholars, and advise one another to abandon backbiting, talebearing, incitement, and sowing discord between the students of knowledge and the scholars. They should fear Allah, for this is from the devils, the devils of mankind and jinn, who want to divide this Ummah and separate it from its scholars, so that the devils of mankind and jinn may mislead the people and corrupt their religion.
We seek advice for the youth who neglect seeking knowledge and hurt one another without advising them, and there is much boycotting among the youth?
Answer:
As mentioned before, the youth should turn to seeking knowledge from the scholars and not belittle the scholars. They should respect them, learn from them, and honor them, for they are the best of people. The scholars are the choice of people, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:
Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌSay, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.
قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم للشباب الذين يهملون طلب العلم ويجرحون بعضهم البعض؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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