Youth deviation: its causes and cure - Ibn Badis

Young people and youth are the strength of society, they are the pillar of society.

The deviation of youth: its causes and its remedy

The uprightness of any society, or rather of any community, is linked to, or even dependent on, the uprightness of its youth. This rule is valid in general as far as rectitude is concerned. Thus, the youth, dear brothers, are to the community what the heart is to the body: if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy; but if it is corrupt and deviant, then the whole society is affected.

In most cases, the young person is bound to have some eccentricity. That is why it is reported from Abû Hurayra رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "There are seven whom Allah will cover with His shadow on the day when there will be no shadow but His: the righteous Imam; the youth who has grown up in the worship of his Lord; ... [al-Bukhârî n° 629].

It is out of mercy to these people, out of a desire to enlighten our own people and our brothers on this dangerous issue, out of a desire that we all, by the grace and permission of Allah, take the path of righteousness and rectitude and avoid the paths of deviation and regret, that I wanted to submit this issue to my brothers, while clarifying some of the causes of deviation and the means of remedying them.