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Shaikh Al-Uthaymeen said:
We see that some of the elderly people are
witness to the deviation amongst their own children and the children of others.
These adults are at a loss as to what to do. Also; they are void of any hope
and incapable of strengthening and reforming the youth. This has resulted in
their disdain of these youth and shunning them. Furthermore, these adults do
not care whether the condition of these youth is good or bad. Based on these things sometimes they pass
judgments on young people as a whole that leads to a complex against every
young person. Because of this condition, the community is spilt. The youth and
elders look at each other with eyes of contempt and disdain that bring about
malice within the society.
The solution to this problem is for every
adult and young person to make an effort to remove the disaffection and
separation between them. Along with this, everyone should believe that the
society with its youth and adults is like one body. If one limb is injured the
rest of the body suffers. It is a duty on the adults to know their
responsibilities towards the youth and remove the despair of reforming the
youth from theirs souls. How many people were astray and Allâah guided them and
they became torches of guidance and callers to reform!
It
is a duty for the youth to show respect, honor and accept the guidance of their
elders. This is because they have life experiences
that these adolescents have yet to experience. Whenever the wisdom of the older
and wiser individuals of a community joins forces with the strength of the
younger and less experienced, the society by the permission of Allâh will
attain prosperity
Translated by: Abu
Aaliyah Abdullah bin Dwight Battle
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