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asalam alikum peace be unto you this is
a message to the Youth of
Islam I know that in the society that we
live in you are bombarded from every
side from every means by by Temptation
by the life of this world wanting to
become full into the life wanting to be
tempted by the things that are put in
your face every day through media
through school through friends through
peer pressure through music through all
of these things gangs drugs all of this
enter into your to your realm every
single day enticing you away from Islam
I want to tell you from experience that
I I've been there and done that I was
very good Christian as a young boy and
then I after becoming uh fed up with
Christianity leaving Christianity
becoming distraught about the truth of
God I I left and and entered completely
into the D or the life of this world you
know completely fulfilling my lust
wanting to know party wanting to be with
girls this that and the other but I I
will let you know that there's it is a
complete facade the the pleasure that it
brings is only temporal it is only
temporary and then it leaves you with
nothing behind it this is the the trick
of Satan this is the trick of Shayan to
entice you with so beautiful things that
become a mirage once you get them they
fade away and they're gone and they
leave you with nothing but Despair and
depression so I would say to the youth
to do your best to do your best to try
to avoid these things use the energy of
your youth to try to better yourself and
to Dy to better the world around you
through Islam
but young people tell me but I'm young
why can't I just party and have fun
while I'm young and then practice Islam
when I get
older and I asked them what promise do
you have that you're going to reach old
age what promise do you have that you're
going to live till tomorrow what promise
do you have that you're going to walk
away from me and make it five more
minutes we don't know our time we don't
know the the thead or the the the
predestination that Allah has set for us
in our life we don't know where we're
going to end up tomorrow
so we are told to always be on guard
with this the prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him said remember death much for it
will bring you fear and closer to Allah
remember the death is always around the
corner I remember one statement that
Ali said to one of his companions he
told him that you take one step death
takes two to catch you so no matter how
far you go how fast you run death will
always catch you and then the last last
I'm going to leave you with a a
statement of prophet Muhammad s alaihi
wasallam peace and bless of Allah be
upon him he was talking to one of his
companions and he drew two lines in the
sand he drew one line and then a little
farther he drew another line he said
this farther line is a man's hopes it is
what a man wishes and desires to do with
his life he said this line in front of
it is his death he said verely this line
will catch him before he reaches this
line so we have to remember that the
death is always around the corner and
our goal is to have Paradise to enter
into the paradise and to live an eternal
existence among those who are beloved by
Allah and we only can do that through
submitting ourselves every single day
every single minute in
Islam I'm also asked by the youth how do
I ward off or how do I avoid all of
these temptations that I'm faced every
day and I reply to them that all of
these Temptations for all of this evil
is only a perversion of what is Hal what
is good byan everything that we see that
is bad can be be replaced very easily
with something that is good for instance
music We Know music with instruments and
things like this is Haram you can
replace it with Halal music someid with
the the dove or drum things this nature
all of these things can be replaced you
know all of these things can be put in
their proper perspective for instance
let me use the the
analogy of Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were put into paradise and
they were told by Allah not to eat from
this one tree now was that the only Tree
in Paradise no it was not the only Tree
in Paradise Paradise was full of trees
that they could eat from but Shayan
tempted them and induced them and entice
them to eat from this tree because this
is the one that is so beautiful this is
the one that tastes the best just like
as we are are bombarded every day with
images of oh this bad thing this this
thing is very good you know this this
this way of life is very en iing this
way of life is very good for you and we
know for sure that there are many things
around us that are just as good but that
are legal and Halal by Allah's means we
just have to take a minute look around
the tree look behind the tree find all
of those other things that around it
that are good and focus on those things
instead of just allowing shitan to focus
our vision just on those things that are
bad and my final advice to the
youth is going to be using a story that
Allah narrates to us in the Quran when
lman
gave gave advice to his son he said to
his son 10 things which I call the Ten
Commandments of lman Alim the wise he
said to his son he said oh my son do not
ever commit sh do ever associate
anything with Allah this was his
greatest commandment to his son do not
commit sh do not associate anything as a
partner with Allah stay away from this
by all means necessary for verely sh is
the worst inequity it's the worst evil
he also said him further he said oh my
son Allah will bring all things to light
be they small or be they large be they
hidden on a rock high above or in the
heavens down below and in their finest
details Allah will reveal them oh my son
his second advice
was establish Sal establish regular
Salat for my remembrance
this was his second commandment to his
son do not associate partners with Allah
and establish regular prayer regular
Salah he also told him enjoy
good enjoy good and forbid evil this was
another command after
you put Allah as one in his after you
establish and join to the good forbid
the
evil he also said that since you're
going to be doing this you must be
patient because you know the trials are
coming so next he said be patient
whatever befalls
you he said do not speak with the people
with your face turned away in Pride do
not speak to the people with insolence
and with pride be humble with them be be
very firm with them but be humble he
also
said be moderate in your pace in your
walk and lower your voice walk in the
Earth with humility and be a person who
is a model and example for Humanity this
was the examples that lman gave to his
son and this is my example and my advice
to the Youth of Islam