Publisher's Synopsis
Rasulullah PBUH said: "Youth is a kind of madness." It is a stage and period in life when a young person is full of strength and energy, and becomes reckless and uncontrolled in his behaviour and actions; except for the one who adopts Taqwa.
The youth are the flowers of the Ummah - and it deeply hurts when a flower of the Ummah, coming into full bloom, gets caught up in sins - and thereafter, health, wealth, strength and everything is destroyed!
We deal with so many cases of young Muslim boys diagnosed with AIDS; with young, unmarried school girls and university going girls, who are pregnant or have had abortions, and others who have to also contend with the shameful consequences of sins. ...What did indulgence in Haraam bring? ...Regret, humiliation and disgrace.
Often, the young person does not want to listen to his or her parents or to anyone, for that matter. He even says that he is free and can do whatever he wants. He does not want to be bound by restrictions. He believes that he knows everything and is blind to his inexperience and immaturity.
Together with the effort to stay away from sins and spend the time of youth productively and constructively - in good deeds - we should keep good, righteous company, and continuously make Dua to Allah Ta'ala for His special protection and for steadfastness.
May Allah Ta'ala grant us all the correct understanding such that we strive in the obedience of Allah Ta'ala, happily; and that we spend our youth seeking His Pleasure and earning the great honour of the Shade of His Arsh.
