Advice for the Youth in the Time of Trials and the Steadfastness of the Upright
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Question:
He says: May Allah bless you. We have seen recently that some of the steadfast have returned to their old ways and lapsed, so we ask you for a word of guidance for the youth, and to prevent them from sliding into the pitfalls of pleasures and desires.
Answer:
Yes, a person is in danger as long as he is alive; he is in danger from influences that either strip him of his religion entirely or diminish it. So the Muslim must avoid the causes that corrupt his religion or diminish it. There is no doubt that we are in a time of trials now, a time of influences, bad companions, bad gatherings, and deviation in thought and behavior. There are callers to misguidance who lie in wait for the youth and for those they see as compliant. So we must be wary of these people and stick to the right path.
And we must stick to the company of the people of good, attend the gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), and maintain the congregational prayer in the mosques, because this is safer for our religion and this is what preserves our religion. If we neglect these matters, it is fitting that the devils take control of us: the devils of mankind and the devils of the jinn. The devils of mankind are no less dangerous than the devils of the jinn; indeed, they may be more dangerous than the devils of the jinn.
Because they sit with you, keep you company, show you love and advice, and speak to you. So they are more dangerous than the devil who whispers and whom you do not see. So we must be wary of these people and know that we are in a time of trials and evils. So we must be wary, hold fast to our religion, and be patient with it. We are patient, even if people blame us or reprimand us, for we do not fear in Allah, we do not fear in Allah the blame of anyone.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: May Allah bless you. We have seen recently that some of the steadfast have returned to their old ways and lapsed, so we ask you for a word of guidance for the youth, and to prevent them from sliding into the pitfalls of pleasures and desires.
Answer:
Yes, a person is in danger as long as he is alive; he is in danger from influences that either strip him of his religion entirely or diminish it. So the Muslim must avoid the causes that corrupt his religion or diminish it. There is no doubt that we are in a time of trials now, a time of influences, bad companions, bad gatherings, and deviation in thought and behavior. There are callers to misguidance who lie in wait for the youth and for those they see as compliant. So we must be wary of these people and stick to the right path.
And we must stick to the company of the people of good, attend the gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), and maintain the congregational prayer in the mosques, because this is safer for our religion and this is what preserves our religion. If we neglect these matters, it is fitting that the devils take control of us: the devils of mankind and the devils of the jinn. The devils of mankind are no less dangerous than the devils of the jinn; indeed, they may be more dangerous than the devils of the jinn.
Because they sit with you, keep you company, show you love and advice, and speak to you. So they are more dangerous than the devil who whispers and whom you do not see. So we must be wary of these people and know that we are in a time of trials and evils. So we must be wary, hold fast to our religion, and be patient with it. We are patient, even if people blame us or reprimand us, for we do not fear in Allah, we do not fear in Allah the blame of anyone.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (37:21)
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