Investment of youth

My dear sister, As-salamu `Alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!).

It is our pleasure to welcome you in (Alukah Network), and we ask Allah (may He be Exalted) to guide us to offer all useful matters to His Servants, for He is All-Hearing, All-Responding.

My dear sister, I am used -in my answers to counsels- to extracting the positive points in the character of the questioner in order to move forward to correct and change the negative points.

However, today I am in front of a positive example in all senses of the word, as I can feel from your message: self-appraisal, precise critic for behavior, high psychological contentment, desire for rehabilitation that exceeds oneself to all individuals of society, then practical translation for this desire to find its way out instead of restraining it.

May Allah bless you dear sister and I hope that you be a good example to follow by everyone and not only to your generation.

My dear sister, contentment is one of the high qualities which raise the human soul to the highest ranks, but what I could understand from your message is that there is some exaggeration that might lead to asceticism, so your question about whether you are weird or not is not in its proper place because asceticism in the worldly matters may be considered as high self-traits according to many religions.

However, what characterizes our religion is balance and moderation in the worldly and religious matters in order to cope with the human nature which Allah (Glory be to Him) knows its secrets, for He is All-Knowing.

Moreover, your desire to invite your generation to be positive should be outlined by exhortation and yearning which will take them from the modern things which arouse their lusts.

Therefore, I see that you should be the model for them to show them that the positivity of Islam does not prevent a person from enjoying worldly benefits but achieving that through moderation is a type of thanking Allah and admitting His Favor.

As for your question about whether you are fool or not, I think it is unfair to describe yourself this way.

How could you describe yourself with foolishness while you are caring for young people and wanting to teach them about their wasted energies, and take practical steps to achieve that while you are still twenty?! You have touched upon a very social problem that has been ignored by older people which is the problem of investing the energies of youth and directing them.

I describe it as a problem because what was resulted from wasting these energies and ignoring their needs led to increasing different psychological problems.

Statistics of one of a specialized Arabic site indicated that more than 70% from the questioners are young people. May Allah grant you and us success!

Finally, dear sister, I invoke Allah to make you useful to your community and guide your steps. Let it be known that we are eager to hear from you again.