Advice for All Youth
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The listener, Walid Khalid from Syria, sent a message asking and saying: We seek advice on what will preserve my religion and bring me closer to Allah, especially since I am at the age of fluctuating youth.
Answer:
We advise you to fear Allah the Exalted and to be in awe of Him, fearing Him and fearing His punishment while hoping for His reward, and to repent to Him the Exalted. You must also maintain the prayer in congregation, for whoever maintains the prayer maintains the rest of his religion. Allah the Mighty and Majestic says:[Al-'Ankabut 29:45] He the Exalted says: [Al-Baqarah 2:45-46] Maintaining the prayer helps you maintain your religion.
We also advise you to marry if you have not yet married, so you strive to get married, for this helps you preserve your chastity and preserve your religion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 We also advise you to keep the company of the good and stay away from the bad, for keeping the company of the good benefits you with love for good, desire for it, working in obedience, and following the good. Keeping the company of the bad is the opposite of that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) compared the good companion to a carrier of musk: you either buy from him, or he gives you some musk, or you find a pleasant scent when you sit with him. He compared the bad companion to a blacksmith’s bellows: it either burns your clothes, or you find a foul smell from it when you sit with him. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The listener, Walid Khalid from Syria, sent a message asking and saying: We seek advice on what will preserve my religion and bring me closer to Allah, especially since I am at the age of fluctuating youth.
Answer:
We advise you to fear Allah the Exalted and to be in awe of Him, fearing Him and fearing His punishment while hoping for His reward, and to repent to Him the Exalted. You must also maintain the prayer in congregation, for whoever maintains the prayer maintains the rest of his religion. Allah the Mighty and Majestic says:
and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater.
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ(45) And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah] (46) Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَWe also advise you to marry if you have not yet married, so you strive to get married, for this helps you preserve your chastity and preserve your religion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
God’s Messenger as saying, “Young man, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality; but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم يا معشر الشباب من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج، ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاء
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، وصايا لكل شباب – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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