Basic of life for which youth strive:
If youth looks at their life today, the things which they desire usually comes down to these things:
*Good Looks,
*Money; and
*Popularity.
A young, motivating Companion:
The companion Hazrat Mus’ab Bin Umair (R.A) used to possess all these things in abundunce. So much so, that everyone in those times would love to spend time with him. Before Islam, although he had everything, there was something missing in his life which he didn’t have and he used to feel a void and emptiness. We see this today in our lives too where celebrities and rappers don’t find anything to fill the emptiness within them. They search for everywhere and they usually find their peace in Islam.
This companion went to meet Prophet (S.A.W.W) when he heard about him and his teachings. When he went there, he sat silently and everyone was delighted to see him. Within a few minutes he flung out of his place, he finally found the answer to the confusion within. The consequences of acceptance of his faith were that his parents abandoned him. He didn’t accept their insistence to leave the faith even when his mother locked him up and told him that he is no more her son. He was cut off from everything he had in his life and he gave up more than anything that any other Sahabi sacrificed. Yet he found contentment and peace in heart despite the struggle and life of poverty. The way he looked at his story was that he found something a million times better than the sacrifices. All of the companions were happy because their souls were content.
Steps which we have to take today:
Today, we have to stop treating our children as ones unable to make wise decisions. We have to take a step and make our sons men. They have to start becoming mature. This is what Prophet (S.A.W.W) instilled in his companions. Mus’ab bin Umair faced a lot of pressure from non-Muslims because of his preaching, he was threatened to kill if he didn’t stop but he didn’t buckle underneath the pressure and stayed calm.
The Prophet (S.A.W.W) payed special attention to youth. The young person who is bought up in Ibadah of Allah is amongst those seven people who will enter Jannah. Mu’adh bin Jbal (R.A) was the one person who was really loved by Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W), he claimed to love Mu’adh when Mu’adh was only a child, this is why Mu’adh dedicated his whole life for attaining knowledge of Islam and gained high level of spirituality at a very young age.
Today, young girls are only concerned about getting the love of their life and young boys are engrossed in getting a life of immediate pleasure, they find intrest and high levels of concern in video games, gaining high scores and facebook updates. When you will look back at your life, you will find nothing but what a waste of time you did. There is something missing between Sunnah and what we are doing today. The Muslim youth is unaware of the reality of depths in things like marriage, they are still not mature and responsible. That is why, the marriages today are deteriorating at sucha fast pace. They highly believe in unrealistic notions. The companions used to be mature and more understanding. Today, the boys of Ummah are not standing up and that is why we can’t make progress. A change is needed at individual as well as group level to make progress and create a society as desired by Allah and His Prophet (S.A.W.).
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