What is your advice for a young man at the beginning of guidance and rectification?
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The questioner : May Allah benefit everyone with your knowledge, guide your steps, and correct your speech. What is your advice for a young man at the beginning of the path, or at the beginning of the path of rectification?
The Shaykh : Yes, our advice to this young man, who is on a sound path if Allah wills, is: that he should constantly ask Allah for steadfastness, that he should ask Allah for steadfastness and correctness. This is the first point.
Second: that he should increase in reading the Qur'an with reflection, because this Qur'an has a great effect on the heart if a person reads it with reflection.
Third: that he should strive to stick to acts of obedience and not become bored or lazy, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge with Allah from weakness and laziness.
Fourth: that he should strive to keep the company of the righteous and avoid the company of the wicked.
Fifth: that he should advise himself when it affects him and says: "The distance is far, and the road is long." So let him advise himself and be steadfast, because Paradise is surrounded by disliked things, and the Fire is surrounded by desires.
Sixth or seventh: that he should avoid the company of the wicked, even if they were his friends before, he should distance himself from them, because the company of the wicked affects him. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Ibn Hibban 6:255. Yes, allow.
And with this, the time has ended, because Brother Musa seems to be gesturing with his hands and saying: the time has ended. So we say: Praise be to Allah for the success, and we ask Allah the Exalted to guide us and you to beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds.
And until the next meeting if Allah wills in the coming week, and we inform you of good and reward, for whoever walks a path seeking knowledge therein, Allah will make for him a path to Paradise easy. And we apologize to you because the place, as you see, has some heat in it, but perhaps it is better, because these residues that the body excretes through heat may be harmful if they remain in the body, so praise be to Allah in all circumstances.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And when the time ends, the question ends, because I am the imam of a mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, our advice to this young man, who is on a sound path if Allah wills, is: that he should constantly ask Allah for steadfastness, that he should ask Allah for steadfastness and correctness. This is the first point.
Second: that he should increase in reading the Qur'an with reflection, because this Qur'an has a great effect on the heart if a person reads it with reflection.
Third: that he should strive to stick to acts of obedience and not become bored or lazy, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge with Allah from weakness and laziness.
Fourth: that he should strive to keep the company of the righteous and avoid the company of the wicked.
Fifth: that he should advise himself when it affects him and says: "The distance is far, and the road is long." So let him advise himself and be steadfast, because Paradise is surrounded by disliked things, and the Fire is surrounded by desires.
Sixth or seventh: that he should avoid the company of the wicked, even if they were his friends before, he should distance himself from them, because the company of the wicked affects him. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The example of the bad companion is like the bellows of the blacksmith: either it will burn your clothes, or you will find from it a foul smell.
مَثَلُ الجليس السوء كنافخ الكير، إما أن يحرق ثيابك، وإما أن تجد منه رائحة خبيثةAnd with this, the time has ended, because Brother Musa seems to be gesturing with his hands and saying: the time has ended. So we say: Praise be to Allah for the success, and we ask Allah the Exalted to guide us and you to beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds.
And until the next meeting if Allah wills in the coming week, and we inform you of good and reward, for whoever walks a path seeking knowledge therein, Allah will make for him a path to Paradise easy. And we apologize to you because the place, as you see, has some heat in it, but perhaps it is better, because these residues that the body excretes through heat may be harmful if they remain in the body, so praise be to Allah in all circumstances.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And when the time ends, the question ends, because I am the imam of a mosque.