Ummah is in need of brave, knowledgeable, sincere, and loyal Muslim youth. Their unwavering efforts and dedications for the cause of Islam never needed as badly as it is today.
The youth are the future of this Ummah, they are the flag bearers of Islam who carry the message of Islam to the next generation.The youth are brought out to take the divine message of Islam to various parts of the earth. Youth means the future; youth means that the Ummah stands the chance to regains its leadership role; youth means that the Ummah can be proud of its future. Muslim youth of today will be the leaders of the Ummah tomorrow. This is a role for which they ought to be prepared, by their families, educational institutions, and the society at large. Today, the sad reality is that the youth are “lost” – they lack direction and they are in dire need of real Islamic leaders motivated by Islamic cause, to follow. Defeats and tragedies inflicted upon the Ummah today. Ummah is in need of brave, knowledgeable, sincere, and loyal Muslim youth. Their unwavering efforts and dedications for the cause of Islam is never needed as badly as it is today.
In this article, I intend to assess the current state of Ummah, the tasks to be executed to help Ummah regain its glory, and the great roles Muslim youth need to play towards revival of Ummah.
Merits of Youthfulness:
Islam has given youth a high status due to the role they play in the development of civilizations and the future of nations.
In Surah Alkahf (13) Allah says: “Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and we increased them in guidance.”
Islam has paid due attention to young people and instructed Muslims to provide them with good education and guidance.
The Prophet (pbuh) said: «Your Lord is delighted (in the way that suits Him) about a young person who does not have youthful (lustful) desire.” (An authentic hadith recorded by Imam Almad, at-Tabarani, Abu Ya’la, and Ibn Abi Asim)
“The dwellers of paradise will be told: It is for you to remain young and never grow old” (recorded by Muslim)
The Almighty will shade this youth who was raised in the obedience to Allah on the day in which there will be no other shade: “There are seven whom Allah will shade beneath the shade of His Throne onthe day in which there will be no shade but His shade..(including) a youth who was raised upon the obedience to Allah.” (Part of a longer hadith reported by al-Bukhari (1423) and Muslim (1031)
The Current State of Muslim Youth:
When we take a careful look at young people today, we find that they are religiously deviated, reckless, self-deluded, selfish in their conduct and ill-behaved, unwilling to accept the truth from others and hasten in spreading falsehood among the people.They are less committed and non-serious to their creator and often found to neglect obligations that are due to Allah or those that are due to human beings.They feel proud of their opinions and show less respect to the opinions of elders. Their bad deeds rendered to them as good and they thus fall among the losers.
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا – الكهف 104
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work) ( Qur’an 18: 104)
They turn out to be a calamity to themselves and a misfortune to society. They become the cause to bring this Ummah down to the lowest of the low, hindering its way to regain its glory and honor. They have become a deadly disease, which is not curable except by the will of Allah alone,the All-Powerful.
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