I found a response I had posted on a discussion board some time ago. People were complaining about how Muslim Youth are messed up, the Ummah is doomed etc… So I wrote this:

I think that Muslim youth should not be judged according to their current state and where they are at in relation to Islam. I say this because I believe we should look at their potential instead. After working with the youth for several years, I believe that if we just act as a catalyst for change Allah (S) will put blessings in our work/efforts in his way. Of course every single kid won't become the best Muslim over night. But we just need to plant seeds of change. It's not enough to just analyze the situation and come to conclusions (just talk, complain etc- what uncles do when they talk about the youth). We need to do practical work in educating and then mobilizing youth to work for the cause of Islam. Many of us would not have been into it, if we didnt have someone who came and influenced us. And most of our influences were peers (no not those kids of peers- the ones you pay to pray for you) . So in conclusion; get busy in bringing people closer to the Deen! Remember the hadith of Prophet Muhammad (S) where he described how he is trying to hold someone back, while they are trying to jump into the (hell) fire.

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