1. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Your Lord is
delighted (in the way that suits Him) about a young person who does not have youthful
(lustful) desire. (An authentic hadith recorded by Imam Ahmad, at-Tabarani, Abu
Yala and Ibn Abi Asim)
2. Allah will give shade to seven on the day when there will
be no shade but His. They are: a just ruler; a youth who has been brought up in
the worship of Allah sincerely from his childhood; a man whose heart is
attached to the mosques; two people who love each other only for Allah's sake
and they meet and part in Allah's cause alone; a man who refuses the call of a
charming woman of noble birth for illegal sexual intercourse with her and says:
I am afraid of Allah; a man who gives charitable gifts so sincerely that his left
hand does not know what his right hand has given; and a person who remembers
Allah in seclusion and his eyes become flooded with tears. (Recorded by Bukhari
and Muslim)
3. Hasan and Husayn will be the chiefs of the young dwellers
of paradise. (An authentic hadith recorded Imam Ahmad and at-Tabarani)
4. The dwellers of paradise will be told: It is for you to remain
young and never grow old. (Recorded by Muslim)
5. Abu Bakr said to Zayd ibn Thabit in the presence of 'Umar
(may Allah be pleased with them all): You are a wise young man and we do not have
any suspicion about you and you used to write down the divine inspiration for
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him). So you should search for the fragmentary
scripts of the Quran and collect them into one book. (Recorded by Bukhari)
6. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) went to visit a young man
who was dying and asked him: How do you feel? The youth replied: I seek Allah's
mercy, O Allah's Messenger, and I am also afraid of the consequences of my
sins. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: These two feelings cannot be together
in a slave's heart at this particular moment except that Allah gives the slave
what he seeks and saves him from that of which he is afraid. (A reliable hadith
recorded by Ibn Majah and at-Tirmidhi)
7. Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (RadiyAllah anhu) said while recalling
the events of the Battle of Hunayn: No! By Allah, Allah's Messenger (Peace be
upon him) did not flee, [what actually happened was that] his young unarmed
Companions met a group of men ... who happened to be (excellent) archers. The
latter shot at them a volley of arrows that did not miss. The people turned to
the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)... So he got down, prayed and invoked
Allah's help (Recorded by Muslim)
8. Ibn Mas'ood (RadiyAllah anhu)said: We used to fight along
with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) when we were youths. (Recorded by Muslim
and Imam Ahmad)
9. Anas ibn Malik (RadiyAllah anhu) said: There were some
seventy youths among the Ansar who were called the reciters of the Qur' an.
They used to stay in the mosque and in the evenings they would go to an area in
Madinah and study and pray there. While they were in that place their families would
think that they were in the mosque, while the people of the mosque would think
that they were with their families. When the dawn appeared, they would fetch
water and firewood and take it to the Prophet's (Peace be upon him )apartment. (Recorded
by Imam Ahmad, Bukhari, and Muslim) These youths also used to buy food with the
proceeds of their firewood and water and give it to the poor emigrants from Makkah
who had no family or clan in Madinah. They used to dwell in the shaded part of
the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) mosque or near it.
10. 'Alqamah, one of Ibn Mas'ood's companions, said: I was walking
in Mina along with Ibn Mas 'ood when 'Uthman met him and had a conversation
with him. 'Uthman then told him: 0 Abu 'Abdur-Rahman! Can we marry you to a young
woman who will remind you of some of the past days of your life? Ibn Mas'ood replied: As you have said that,
the Prophet (Peace be upon him) once said: 0 young men! Whoever is capable of
maintaining a wife among you should get married, for marriage lowers the gaze
and protects the private parts from fornication and adultery. And whoever is not
capable should fast, for fasting curbs the sexual urge. (Recorded by Bukhari
and Muslim)
11. It is also reported in a hadith about the Dajjal that
the TheProphet (Peace be upon him) said: The Dajjal will call a man in the
prime of his youth and will cut him with a sword into two pieces and will throw
them. He will then call him and he will respond with his face bearing joy and
smiling. (Recorded by Muslim)
12. Malik ibn Huwayrith (RadiyAllah anhu) said: We came to
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) while we were youths of almost the same
age and stayed with him for twenty days and nights. The Prophet (Peace be upon
him) was compassionate and kind. When he assumed that we were yearning for our
families, he asked about those we left behind and we told him. He then said: Go
back to your people and stay with them, teach them and command them (then he
mentioned some things) and pray as you saw me praying. When it is time for
prayer, someone among you should make the adhan (call to prayer) and the eldest
of you should lead you in prayer. (Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim)
Source: Youth’s
Problems. Issues that Affect Young People by Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymeen
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