01-07-2007, 06:03 PM
INTRODUCTION
Countries do prosper except with the help of its citizens and religion does not gain strength except with its followers. The Muslim Youth are future of this Ummah, they are the torch bearers and flag bearers of this Deen. When Muslim youth are rightly guided then by default future society is on right guidance. So, Muslim Youth has major role to play in reforming the society.
TYPES OF YOUTH
There are different types of Youth we find today
The one group who is totally satisfied with this Deen and sees Eemaan as blessings from Almighty Allaah and losing it is a big loss. Fulfils obligatory acts of worship with Love, Hope and Mercy.
The second group who is convinced about this Deen and knows very well that this is the truth but due to lack of knowledge and wrong influence his Aqeedah corrupts. The doors of evil is opened for them through their friends, surroundings etc.,
The third group are those who have made a life time commitment with Shaytaan the accursed. They have no faith in the Deen, nor do they believe in Aaqhirah. For them this worldly life is everything, they eat, drink, enjoy and die.
The following compilation is targeted to the first two category of the youth, who are confused and some don’t know where to start in reforming the society.
MUSLIM YOUTH CAN BE A BOON OR A BANE FOR THE SOCIETY
Sociologists have performed some experiments to determine which societies will fall and which ones will continue to strive in the future. They have been able to pinpoint exactly the time at which some societies would fall or prosper. Their findings have not been proven to be wrong in fact they have proven to be correct every time the research has been performed.
How did they know that?
The way they do their research is by going to the universities in each country and asking the young people there what do they hope to achieve in life?. Through their answers they are able to determine the future of each country. Some have high ambitions of becoming a scholar, scientist, statesman and some who are least bothered about their future and they don’t have any plan. As its said, if we fail to plan, we plan to fail!
This research is not a new idea. It existed since history began. It also existed since when Muslims used to be in Andalusia (Spain now). Socialist back then used to be Portuguese. They used to be sent to the Muslims in Andalusia under the decoy of researchers but in fact they were spies sent to know how the young Muslim people think. They knew that youth of a country are its hope for the future, so they wanted to know if the young Muslims were serious in life or if they had an objective in life. At first they used to find examples like; a young Muslim telling them that he started memorizing Sahih Muslim after having already memorized Sahih Bukhari. Another one would be training hard to excel in archery and another one would tell them that he is the best knight in the country and no one would dare challenge him.
So, the Portuguese spies, they did not have much options but to tell the army of their country not to attack the Muslims because of the will and the earnestness of the youth. Until one day, a Portuguese spy approached two young Muslims one of whom was crying. He asked him: why are you crying?. The young Muslim answered: My girlfriend has left me. Then the Portuguese spies knew that it was their chance to attack the Muslims and throw them out of Andalusia. The Muslims reined in Andalusia for 800 years but withdrew out of it in one month only. [Amr Khaled, Towards a bright beginning]