The Responsibility of the Ummah Toward the Youth

Question:
A large number of questions have arrived. If you permit, I will convey whatever is feasible of them. One of the brothers says: Your Eminence, may Allah preserve and protect you, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. During your lecture, you mentioned that the youth are the wealth of the ummah (the Muslim community). If they are the wealth of the ummah, what is the responsibility of the ummah toward them? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The responsibility of the ummah toward them is to encourage them and raise them in goodness, and to facilitate the path before them. This is the responsibility of the ummah. For this reason, when a child reaches the age of seven, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Thus, religion is established through upbringing and education. The child’s education should begin early; when he reaches the age of discernment, education begins, first through his parents, then through the scholars. When he reaches a level where he can bear knowledge from the people of knowledge, he does so. Therefore, the important point is that the responsibility of the ummah toward its youth is a great responsibility. As for the young man, if he is neglected, he is lost, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Upbringing has a role: if those who raise him are Christians, he becomes a Christian; if those who raise him are Jews, he becomes a Jew; if they are Majus (Zoroastrians), he becomes a Majusi. But if he is raised by Muslims, he becomes a Muslim, and they preserve his fitrah (the innate natural disposition); they preserve his fitrah. As for those others, they distort him from his fitrah and change his fitrah. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you