Encouraging the youth to be patient in calling to Allah and to persevere.
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The Shaykh : This is the problem the youth always complain about. Personally, I encourage them to be patient and to persevere, and I say: As long as it has an effect on your remaining [in the faith], that is good, even if it is only a little at a time. For we know that building is slower than destroying, is it not?
Suppose we have a large, strong, well-built palace, and we want to demolish it. How long do you think it would take if we sent ten tractors against it?
It would collapse in one day, but building it might take three years or more.
Therefore, we must judge reasonable matters by tangible ones. If building a palace takes three years and demolishing it takes three hours, that means building nations in their religions and morals takes a long time. So we must be patient and persevere.
Suppose we have a large, strong, well-built palace, and we want to demolish it. How long do you think it would take if we sent ten tractors against it?
It would collapse in one day, but building it might take three years or more.
Therefore, we must judge reasonable matters by tangible ones. If building a palace takes three years and demolishing it takes three hours, that means building nations in their religions and morals takes a long time. So we must be patient and persevere.