 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دادا دالا وياله من شراف عظيمي الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشدوى الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشدوى النسيدنا ونبينا محمد سل الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى today we are going to carry on من وصايا السلافي للشباب the advice is that the pious predecessors gave to the youth ومن جملة وصايا السلافي للشباب from the advice is that the pious predecessors gave to the youth is ما جا عن جعفر قال that which جعفر said كان ثابت البناني رحمه الله that ثابت البناني who was a slave for Anas ibn Malik رضي الله تعالى عنهم يخرج إلينا وقد جلسنا في القبلة فيقول he came out one day and he sat with us في القبلة إن قتولز قبلة أما إن قبلة فيقول أن he would say يا معشر الشباب or youngsters حلتم بيني وبين ربي أن أزجد له you got between me and Allah for me to prostrate for him and this was that he ثابت البناني indulged in talking and conversing with them that he didn't pray something that the salaf would advise the youth regarding they would come and they would unite and they would meet one another in the masjid but they would spend the time in that masjid by conversing and talking and chit chatting about worldly matters and so they wouldn't read Quran or they wouldn't study or learn or benefit from their time by either praying or by doing dhikr but what they would do is they would have worldly dialogue and worldly conversation so this would get between them and praying it would get in between them and praying so they don't busy themselves with عبادة and they remember and so they leave this so what is required from the youngsters and the youth is that he observes that the house of Allah is a sacred place and what it means to honor the masjid of Allah the house of Allah is that you don't busy yourself in talking about worldly affairs insignificant things that preoccupy you from عان العبادة that he busies you from عبادة tranquility and humility in the prayer especially nowadays when we're all tested with in different forms and shapes is وسائل التصال social media using the telephone so the youngster or the youth he may not even be talking to somebody and he may not be conversing with anybody but what he'd be doing is he'll be on his phone all the time he'll be responding to a people who are searched into social media what's up he'll be on twitter facebook and he'll spend all his time in the masjid sometimes so much so he will open he will basically busy and preoccupy and what do you call it distract when people are in the masjid so they can't even attain ease and quietness from him so that was the 9th advice الوصية العاشرة the 10th advice which is from the advice of the self towards the youth is ما جعن محمد ابن سوقة that which محمد ابن سوقة said he said لقني إلا قياني محمد ابن سوقة said I met ميمون ابن مهران فقلت I sat with ميمون ابن مهران حياك الله ما الله give you life فقاله ستني هذه تحية الشباب this is the greeting of the youngsters and the youth قل بالسلام سيه السلام عليكم also the prophet SAW he said من بدأ بالكلام قبل السلام سيه السلام عليكم anyone who starts speech with you first before greeting you don't respond to them don't respond to them ابن السني narrated this in his كتاب عمل اليوم والليلة وشيخ محمد ناصر الدينة الالباني authenticated it in his كتاب سلسلة أحاديث الصحيحة so what is it that ميمون ابن مهران and saying that the word حياك الله is a kind of greeting that is put forward by the youths and nowadays if you look at the youths today and they are meeting one another they have this own way of speaking to them speaking to each other the way they greet each other and other ways that they greet each other so they've left off the Islamic greeting they've boycotted it and they've made up their own way of speaking to each other so ميمون ابن مهران he advised محمد ابن صوقة to not do this type of greeting and this greeting is nothing wrong about it شرعان which is حياك الله but what does it do what does it do it kind of removes and it makes the individual boycott the prophetic the prophetic the prophetic type of greeting which is السلام وعليكم sometimes a person may even come and they talk to somebody and they converse with somebody and they chat with somebody and then after that they say سلام وعليكم and our messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام he told us that the person who starts talking to you first without any greeting then do not respond to them do not what so it's important that the youngsters in the youth take on board this advice of ميمون ابن مهران in which he gave to محمد ابن صوقة محمد ابن صوقة was a young youth so he said this is the kind of greeting that comes from the youth الوصية الحادي عشرة the eleventh advice it is ما جاعا أبي مليح أبي مليح said قال لنا ميمون ابن مهران ونحن حوله ميمون ابن مهران said we were around him and he said to us يا معشرة الشباب oh youth oh youngsters قواتكم اجعلوها في شبابكم ونشارتكم في طاعة الله يا معشرة الشيوخي حتى متى يا ميمون ابن مهران he said oh youngsters and youth put your power and your effort towards your youth while you're young ونشارتكم في طاعة الله and put your enthusiasm in the obedience of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then he turned towards the elders and he said يا معشرة الشيوخ oh youth who are elderly in age حتى متى when are you guys gonna go and benefit yourselves in obeying الله سبحانه وتعالى so what is it that he advises here ميمون ابن مهران what he advises here is استغلال قوة الشباب benefiting from the strength and the power that you have when you're a youngster and a youth and the enthusiasm that you have and the energy that you have in what في طاعة الله عز وجلة in the obedience of Allah وما يقرب إليه and that which will bring you and that which will bring you closer to him سبحانه وتعالى so to benefit from your time death does not care about the age of a person and it doesn't bother it doesn't concern him how old you are you can be a young person you can be an elderly person when the day it comes to you death you're gonna go and what's going to be awaiting for you on the other side is the effort and the hard work that you put in so it's to benefit from the age and the youth that you have today that is something إن شاء الله وتعالى that will allow you to grow in positions the day of judgment الوصية التانية عشرة the 12th advice عن الفريابي فريابي يسأل كان سفيان كان سفيان الثوري سفيان الثوري رحمه الله وزوان يصلي ثم يلتفت إلى الشباب فيقول إذا لم تصل اليوم فمتا سفيان الثوري he used to pray and then when he prays what he used to do is يلتفت إلى الشباب he would look at you the youth in the mischief and the youngsters and he would say to them إذا لم تصل اليوم if you guys don't pray today then when are you going to pray this is an advice from to the youngsters in the youth a great advice which is to benefit from this age that they're in شباب if the person does not benefit from if he doesn't benefit from his age of being a youth in what? in prostration then the person will become weak he will grow older his body parts will become weak and he's going to wish that he becomes a young person so he can prostrate as much as he could have so if you don't pray today then when are you going to pray الوصيهة الثالث عشرة the thirteenth advice جاعة ربيعة ابن كلثوم إنه قال نظر إلينا الحسن ونحن حوله شباب فقال ربيعة ابن كلثوم he said حسن البصريه لقتتها إمام حسن البصريه he looked at the youngsters in the youth and he said to them يا معشرة الشباب or youngsters and youth أما تشتاقون إلى حور العين do you not desire and do you not want حور العين the women of jannah and this is very powerful from حسن البصريه he's reminding them the blessings of jannah and the bliss that are in jannah and the things that a person desires ملدات الجنة and that which is from the مصرات of jannah that will bring you joy and happiness especially the fact that these are youngsters in the youths حور العين is something that youngsters and youths would love so this would make them what work hard and make sure that they fulfill their lust and their desires in the heraft as it's better for them than his dunya and that also what you take from حسن البصريه's advice here is that it's about placing hope in the people's hearts and reminding them of the good that they can attain and not scaring people necessarily and making them look forward to something and Allah said in the Quran ومن أراد الآخرة the person who wants the day of judgment he works for the heraft وهو مؤمن and he is in a state of Eman Allah says those ones they are striving is praiseworthy and from the things that you will attain the heraft are the women of jannah the food of jannah and the drinking of jannah الوصية الرابعة عشر the 14th advice is ما جعني الحسن البصريه أيضا حسن البصريه also said يا معشرة الشباب ينكس إياكم والتسويفة stay away from صوفة I will stay away from that صوفة أفعلوا stay away from I will do stay away from that don't have this problem don't have this issue of delaying things صوفة أتوب I will repent صوفة أحفظ على الصلاة I will in the future save God my prayer and make sure I pray correctly صوفة I will I will be obedient towards my parents and upright towards them don't be one who is like that this is called طول الأمل you're giving yourself and you're assuring yourself that you're going to have a long life this concept of a صوفة I will is what really brings about what a person never to do anything and never to hasten and that person will never benefit rather that person will delay and delay and delay and delay that he will never ever come to doing it the قاعدة is don't leave a repentance of today for tomorrow because you're going to have to repent for tomorrow's mistakes as well so today's repentance today's shortcomings and today sins you need to repent for it today not for tomorrow الوصية الخامس عشرة the last and final advice that the pious predecessors gave from the series that we were doing من وصايا السلف للشباب is ما جا عن حفصة بنت سيرين حفصة بنت سيرين the sister of محمد المسيرين أنها قالت she said يا معشر الشباب or youngsters خذوا من أنفسكم وانتم شباب فإني والله ما رأيت العمل إلا في الشباب she said وضي الله تعالى عنها oh youngsters and youth take your affairs whilst you're young فإني والله بايا الله ما رأيت I never saw actions in its complete form إلا في الشباب when you're young والله when you're young and you're a shab it is from من أعظم المراحل it is from the greatest period of time it is called some of the علم I used to call it مرحلة الخيري the stage of good but it's only good in وفق الشباب if the youth Allah gives him the توفق and the ability to benefit from it whereas the other one who jokes around and he plays and he destroys his time he follows his desires and what his nafs is inclined to or he even does that which is حرام العياد بالله he punishes his nafs in committing sins then this person has really caused a great damage to his future he has caused a great damage to his own nafs some of my beloved brothers and sisters may Allah make us those who benefit from this stage that we're in this age that Allah has given us those who recognize its value and its importance may Allah also allow those who are heedless and unaware of the value of what they have right now may Allah allow them to understand and recognize it and to come and to come with it that was all that we could go through and point out وأسأل الله رب العرش العظيمة بأسمائي الحسنة وصيفات العلى أن يوفقنا لما يحبه ويرضى من سديد الأقوال وصالح الأعمال وأن يصلح لنا شأننا كله وأن لا يكلنا إلى أنفسنا طرف تعين وأن يهدينا إلى صراط من مستقيم وصلى الله عليه وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وأخر دعوان أن الحمد لله رب العالمين