Advice from the Shaykh to the Libyan Youth.

The Shaykh : The bottom line, my brother, is that we want the youth to be able to gather in one country if possible. But if they cannot gather in one, then in two. If not in three, then in four, or five. But if they remain as they are, living under pressure—pressure of tyranny that has no parallel even in the lands of the disbelievers—then this means that establishing Islamic rule on earth is very, very far off. The bottom line, may Allah reward you, is that you should not cling to the idea that, by Allah, this fatwa is based on the fact that the picture presented was incorrect. Let it be so. But the picture that was presented, this is its answer. And you are now presenting the picture that you see as correct. Nothing has changed for me at all, because not all of the Libyan people, old and young, men and women, are prepared to migrate in the cause of Allah. Those who will migrate in the cause of Allah are very few individuals. And let us be frank: who do you think will remain there, the educated youth, or the opposite?

The questioner : In my view, some of the youth, and many of them, meaning those who carry the Salafi ideology, must remain there in order to spread this ideology and call people to this religion. Because, on the other hand, there are what are now called the Revolutionary Committees, O Shaykh Nasser.

The Shaykh : But this is not possible.

The questioner : Shaykh Nasser, just a moment. This revolution, the revolution of Muammar al-Qaddafi, took place in 1969. In 1970, the Islamic University, the University of King Idris, was closed. In 1986, religious education was completely abolished. Only one subject remained, which was Islamic Education, meaningThe student : they would take a surah from the Qur'an every week or twice a week. Now, this year, this subject has been abolished. There is nothing religious. A campaign of ignorance, to the point that in some subjects they teach the students that the Wahhabi and the heretic is a misguided man, and the one who lets his beard grow and the one who raises his garment. So these new generations have become afraid of this appearance. On the other hand, among these people, there are youth, and truly many of them, who have succeeded in spreading a counter-ideology among the people and clarifying Islam to them, and they have succeeded to some extent. Recently, it has spread among them, perhaps many of them do not grow a beard, as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) created them, and you find him active, but his appearance is not Islamic, for example his demeanor. And if he is committed to the garment and has a very light beard, this means that some of the youth, when they sat down and said to him to remain and call, for example, but when the fatwa came that the youth must leave, if a person, for example, has a light beard that does not show to people, and he wears the Libyan dress, which is in accordance with Islamic law, and he continues to call and spread the ideology, against these people so that they do not make the common people ignorant, should such a person leave?

The Shaykh : You are talking in fantasy, O Shaykh. May Allah guide you!

The questioner : Believe me, O Shaykh, I am talking from reality.

The Shaykh : Believe me, you are talking fantasy. All the pressure you are talking about is an argument against you. All this sequence of fighting Islam openly, so you say we must fight this atheism secretly. First of all, you, without offense, assume that the Muslim youth is knowledgeable about Islam. The Muslim youth needs someone to teach him. So who will teach him?