A Look at Young People (2/2)

Corrupt Young People

These are young people who are religiously deviating, behaviourally reckless, self-deluded, and engulfed by their own vices. They do not accept truth from others, do not refrain from the falsehood that is inherent in their minds, and are selfish in their conduct.

They are obdurate, do not give truth a chance, and do not care that they neglect obligations that are due to Allah or those that are due to human beings.

They are anarchic and partial in their thoughts, their behaviour, and their conduct. They are proud of their opinions as if truth flows from their tongues alone. They view themselves as infallible but others, according to them, are prone to mistakes and fallacy as long as their views run contrary to their own.

They deviate from the straight path of their religion and from good manners in their behaviour. Their mischievous deeds are portrayed to them as good and they consequently fall among the losers.

 “[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think: that they are doing well in work.” (Qur'an, Surah Al-Kahf, 18: 104)

They are a calamity to themselves and a catastrophe to society. They bring this Ummah down to the lowest of the low, obstructing its way to glory and honour. They are like a deadly disease that is not easily curable except by the will of Allah Alone, Who is All-Powerful.

Confused young people

These young people are the ones who are uncertain, irresolute, and at a crossroad. They know the truth and are sure of it. They live in a religiously conservative society but have the misfortune of being exposed to evil   channels   from every direction. They are exposed to evils like scepticism about the truthfulness of the Muslim creed, corruption in conduct and behaviour, decadence in actions, attacks on the established customs and traditions, and other various absurd trends.

They live in a mental and psychological whirlpool and stand aghast in front of these trends in confusion, not knowing which of the two options is correct: is it that which includes ideas, concepts, and courses of action that have just been imported to their societies or that which their predecessors and their conservative societies have been doing before the importation of those new ideas?  They are so confused and troubled that they sometimes favour the former and on other occasions, the latter, depending on the strength of the trends blowing them.

They are passive in their lives and need a strong and captivating element to lead them to the realm of truth and the righteous way.  That  is  very easy  if Allah  provides  them 'with righteous da'wah preachers (those  who  call  others  to embrace Islam) who possess  wisdom,  knowledge,  and good intention.

They  are  largely  found  among  those  who  have  some Islamic education  and culture but who on the other hand study mainly worldly sciences that run contrary  to religion,  either in reality or  according  to  their  imaginations.  Hence they stand confused, between the two cultures.

They can free themselves from this confusion, however, by concentrating on  Islamic  education   and  learning  it  from  its original sources,  the  Qur'an and the  Sunnah, with the help of sincere scholars, and, Allah willing, this will not be difficult for them.