Youth In Hadith As this page is for Youth i would like to add this verse of Holy quran" Iblis said, "Lord, because you have caused me to go astray, I shall make earthly things attractive to (people) and mislead all of them (15:39) except Your sincere servants" (15:40). God said, "The path which leads to Me is a straight (15:41) and you have no authority over My servants except the erring ones who follow you (15:42). So be a Sincere servant of Allah and save yourselves from Iblees. 1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Youth is a branch of folly.'[al-Ikhtisas , p. 343]
2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best of your youth are those who act like the old from among you, and the worst of your old ones are those who act like your youth.'[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43058] 3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There are two things whose worth is only known to one who has lost them: youth and health.'[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5764] Educating Youngsters 4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily the heart of a youngster is like an empty plot of land - it accepts whatever is planted therein.'[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 70] 5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) asked al-Ahwal, 'Did you go to Basra?' He replied, 'Yes.' Imam (AS) asked, 'How did you find people's hastening to this matter87 and embracing it?' He replied, 'By Allah, such people were few in number, and even that which they did do was little.' Imam replied, 'You should put it forth to the youngsters, for verily they hasten towards anything good.'[Qurb al-Isnad, p. 128, no. 450] Learning During One's Youth 6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Learning something during one's youth is like engraving in stone, and learning something when one is old is like writing on the surface of water.'[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 222, no. 6] 7– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'If I was brought a young shi`aa man undevoted to learning [religious matters], I would discipline him.'[al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 357, no. 760] 8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'I only like to see the young man from among you occupied in either of two states: learning or teaching, for if he does not [engage in either of these two], he is wasting his time; and by wasting his time, he will lose out; and by losing out, he will be committing a sin; and by committing a sin, he will dwell in the Fire, by the One who sent Muhammad with the truth.'[Amali al-Tusi, p. 303, no. 604] The Virtue of a Worshipping Young Man 9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah, most High, boasts about the worshipping young man to His angels, saying, 'Look at My servant! He has abandoned his desires for My sake.'[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43057] 10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah, most High, loves the penitent young man.'[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10185] 11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The superiority of a young worshipper who worships Allah in his youth over an old man who worships after he has grown old, is as the superiority of the prophets over the rest of people.'[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43059] 12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah loves the young man who spends his entire youth in the obedience of Allah.'[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43060] http://www.fatmiya. net __._,_.___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to shiagroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to shiagroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
