Causes of Preserving Youth from Deviation and Causes of Their Deviation
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Question:
The Shaykh says: What are the most important causes that preserve youth from deviation? And what are the causes that lead them astray from the straight path?
Answer:
The causes, after the success of Allah the Exalted, are upbringing; proper upbringing. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded parents to raise their children in prayer, ritual purity, and worship, and to teach them the Qur'an and what they need of the matters of their religion. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: seven Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:5. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Al-Isra 17:24] raised me [Al-Isra 17:24]. Upbringing plays a great role in correcting children if it is proper, and it plays a bad role if the upbringing is bad, or if the children are neglected and not looked after or paid attention to, as is happening and is common in this time, with fathers and mothers being preoccupied with their children, each in their work outside the house, and the children remaining with a maid or a servant who raises them and raises them badly, and perhaps diverts them from the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). This is one of the greatest causes of the deviation of youth. Likewise, one of the causes of deviation is the company of the wicked and the association with corruption.
The poet said: If you keep company with a people, keep company with the best of them. And do not keep company with the earth, lest you return with the bad. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and compared the bad companion to the bellows-blower, because of what his companions, those sitting with him, find of harm from him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh says: What are the most important causes that preserve youth from deviation? And what are the causes that lead them astray from the straight path?
Answer:
The causes, after the success of Allah the Exalted, are upbringing; proper upbringing. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded parents to raise their children in prayer, ritual purity, and worship, and to teach them the Qur'an and what they need of the matters of their religion. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Order your children to pray
مروا أولادكم بالصلاةAnd command them to pray when they are seven, and be strict with them when they are ten, and separate them in their beds.
عَلَيْهَا لِعَشْرٍ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِand say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up
وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي[when I was] small."
صَغِيرًاThe poet said: If you keep company with a people, keep company with the best of them. And do not keep company with the earth, lest you return with the bad. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He compared the good companion to the carrier of musk, because of what he finds from the one who mixes with him of a good scent.
مثل الجليس الصالح بحامل المسك. فما يجده من خالطه من الرائحة طيبة.The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/201 — archive.org (8:33)
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