Empowering the Youth – Abdur Raheem McCarthy

But your brothers and sisters in Islam

when Amari middle hubub for the Allahu and became the Khalifa of this ummah, the 13 year after the Hyjal of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the great Sahabi Abdullah ibn our basil the Allahu anhu, was about 15 years old at that time.

And OMA, will be Allah Who and in his Mejlis in his sitting, the consultants and those who would ask for their opinions from who sat with him. Were usually from they said, a chef, but meaning the elders who had fought during the war, but from the older Sahaba

with this during this time, he used to always bring with him I believe in our best will be Allahu Anhu to sit with them. And some of the Sahaba of the Allahu Anhu they felt this was a bit strange. Why is this young man amongst us? What's so unique about him?

We also have children his age, were youngsters. Why don't we invite him more youngsters? Why is he the only youngster amongst us? So Amara knew her Barbara Bella who and he wanted to teach these companions a lesson of why he had chosen to have Abdullah been our best little the Allahu Anhu met with him with the elders from the sahaba.

One day he asked them

what do you guys say about sort of the Nasim and he read the surah either Johannes Rama, he will get to the end of the surah meaning what do you say about it? What is the tip see what is the meaning of these is?

Each one of them or many of them said their opinion that it was me the meaning was that we are victorious and we conquer a place that we need to what be thankful to Allah subhanho wa Taala to praise Him. Other ones said we don't know and other ones remain quiet. And then he turned to I believe in our best little the Allahu Anhu MA and he said What do you say about the meaning of the surah he said this is a sign to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that his death has nears and it's upon him to prepare for death. Either Janice will Allah He went fetch the Nelson of the victory from Allah subhanho wa Taala when it comes and the foot meaning the conquering the fudge here is the

fact that conquering of Mecca.

And this is a sign for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to prepare for death for Sabir behind the Arabic than to praise your Lord was still fair and seek the forgiveness from him, verily is the terroir but the one who accepts the sin he acts he will accept the repentance when you make his default from your sins.

Ahmad obey Allah Who and turn to Abdullah in our best and he said this is the same understanding that I have from the Surah it was sent down to tell the prophets and Allahu alayhi wa sallam that his mission has pretty much been accomplished. And it's time for him to prepare for death. There are many benefits my dear brothers and sisters that we gain from this story, two main benefits that we're going to focus on in today's scoop. But But before we do that,

the question comes all of the time when we hear stories like this. So you look at the youth of the sahaba.

Look what they reached, look what they did. And what is wrong with the youth today, what went wrong.

And I believe that there were three key elements to the situation of the youth today.

The first of which is the fact that we have no true and good programs for the youth. We talk a lot. And sometimes we organize some programs that we see suitable for them, when we should be empowering them to come up with these programs, and to make programs that are suited for them. And the days that we live in many times, the parents are from Mars, and the children from Earth. That's how they look at us. Because they say we don't understand the world they're living in and a lot of the times many of the parents don't understand their children. And this is one of the main problems. The other issue, or the second point is the poor in Accra and proper Islamic upbringing, that they're not

taught proper Islamic Tobia from a young age.

And thirdly, that we do not empower them. Even if we teach them we do not empower them. And this is the topic that we want to talk about in today's football which is empowering our youth. When you look at the story

Oh, my God live in our bedroom the Allahu Anhu. You see that Abdullah been our best he had the proper tarbiyah the proper upbringing from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and from his family. And among them hookah, when he saw that he empowered him, he empowered him.

And this is what we need to do to our youth today, if we want them to excel, not just to teach them the right way, but to give them the tools and then to empower them.

When you look into the history of the establishment of Islam, and how Islam was established, look in the Meccan era during the time in Mecca, one of the key roles that was was played during that time was done through the base, the headquarters of the Muslims during that time, there are uncom, even an outcome, the house of an outcome and outcome who was he, from the early ones to become Muslim, who was a teenager at that time

somebody looked at as a young child today he was skiing. He's a teenager, he was a teenager who was a man who stepped up to service D, and offered his house to the province that Allahu Allah He was selling to be the headquarters for the Muslims to come and to learn their Deen. Even though that was very dangerous for him. It could have cost him his life.

But yet, he wanted to serve his Deen at that young age. And from that house

from that house, another young man in his 20s During that time, came there and accepted Islam. He was raised and taught and given the terribIe from the prophets and Allahu Allah, he was selling them directly. And that young man, Mousavi, a man was chosen for the most noble job at that time, which was to represent the Muslims to be the first ambassador for the Muslims and establishing the first Muslim country. In Medina, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam chose this young man out of all of the Sahaba to go into represent the Muslims to go into teach the new Muslims in Medina Islam and to spread Islam to the non Muslims. What was the outcome that they said no house in Medina, there was

no house left except for Islam entered into that house, meaning at least a few people in that house accepted Islam.

At least the people in the House knew the message of Islam. And then Medina was established and it was ready for the hedgerow for the migration of the prophets that Allahu Allah he was sending them and of the companions Radi Allahu Allah.

When you look into those from the Sahaba,

who preserved knowledge for this ummah, who were the main Sahaba who preserved this Deen, who preserved the Quran, who preserved the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. It was narrated in Santa Bukhari and Sahih Muslim that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said who the Quran min herba to learn the Quran from for from for of the Sahaba when you did the best in the Quran. If you want to learn the Quran, go to the Sahaba find them one of these four. Three of the four were from the youngsters of the Sahaba were either been Jebel Abdullah Al Masaru, and Salim Mola ABI for diva. All of them are from the youngsters, the fourth one being obeyed in capital the

Allahu and three of them from the youngsters.

More I'd even Gen the Allahu Allah, who accepted Islam at the age of 18

and died at the age of 33.

During the thought on the plague of I'm worse, which was

a disease that would spread the promises, I'm talking about this plague that would spread and that it would kill and wipe out many of the Sahaba the leader of a sham during that time, who was the Amin,

Abu Dhabi, the blood England geranyl, the Allah who and when he became sick with a bone and he knew he was about to die, he made more either bingeable or the Allahu and the new leader. Eventually he became sick and he died will be a loved one as well at the age of 33 and that was the 18 after the Hijrah, meaning that more I

was in his 20s was in his mid 20s during the time the prophets of the Lord sent him was in Medina, early 20s and mid 20s.

And the province and Allahu Allah He was sent him said take the Quran from Adam and Djibouti. Learn the Quran from what Adam Jebin and he also said about my job in general the Allahu and at this young age, he said Allah OMA TB al Hala al haram more Adam and Jebel, he said the most knowledgeable of my Alma

About Halal and Haram is more Adam in Jebel Ali Allahu Allah. He also said about my Adam in general the Allahu, and he said more of a mom and olema are not to the moon. He's in front of the dilemma the other scholars razza what his roots will mean. The scholars said that the word wrote to a means an Arabic language, either as far as the eyes can see, or as far as the arrow can go. That's how much advanced he is of other scholars. And he's from the youngsters of the Sahaba Roby Allah one.

If you look at the ones who preserved the Hadith,

the famous seven narrators from the Sahaba Radi Allahu Anhu

that Imam azul be mentioned in his book and fear, which is 1000 verses of poetry and the knowledge of masala, the science of Hadith.

He said when McQueary Nephi rewired and Ethel Abu Huraira le Hibben OMA one as soon went back Luca Quadri were Jebi rune was OSHA to Nibi. The seven or the famous narrators of the Hadith of the prophets that Allahu Allah he was sending them Abu Huraira

Abdullah bin Omar,

and they said Malik Abdullah bin at best, I will say therefore, Drea jevelin Abdullah, and Aisha, the wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam robiola, who,

from these seven

all of them were from the young Sahaba five of them were from the very young Sahaba from the teenagers. In fact, I believe in our best became a teenager at the time of the death of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. General the Allahu Han was a teenager, when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came to Medina and at the time of the death of the Prophet salallahu it he was sitting around 2728 years old, Abu Huraira, Roby Allah who and who migrated from Yemen to Medina during the seventh year of the Hijra. He was 28 years old when he came to Medina also from the young sahab these young Sahaba were the ones who learned the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

sallam, and they narrated to the Ummah, the most narration of the Hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam come from the seventh from the Sahaba

Abdullah bin, our best will be Allahu Anhu. Maya

was known, is known as the greatest scholar of this ummah, the most knowledgeable when it comes to the Tafseer of the Quran, the most knowledgeable when it comes to the fifth

and 11 years old, that determine the death of the prophets that Allahu Allah He was 11

or 13 years old, around the time of the death of the prophets of Allah who it was sending him around 15 when Abu Bakr died, throw the loved one.

During this time, as a young teenager, he said to one of his friends, who was from the Ansara, young, a young lad like himself from now on Saab, who said,

he said, Let's go to the companions of Rasulullah sallallahu it he was saying, why there's still so many of them here. Let's go learn the hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam from them.

And he said to him, who needs you now? Why waste time on that? nemmeno is time but so what put your time into that when

they don't need you? Nobody needs you. Now.

Why put your time into this when people don't need you. But Abdullah Abdullah in our basketball, the Allahu anima. He didn't listen to him. He went, and he learned from the companions of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And he taught us all a lesson. They said he would go at the time of the boom.

When it's very hot in Medina.

And perhaps that Sahabi was taking a ruler, he was taking his nap.

And he didn't want to disturb him out of edit out of respect. He said I would sit on his doorstep and wait till he would come out for the prayer. He said I'd have to cover myself with my garments from the wind and from the heats.

And as they would come out, they would see even on Rasul Allah, the cousin of Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi, wa sallam, they said, If you called me, I would have came to you. And he said, No, it's your right upon me to come to you. Why? Because the knowledge, you're supposed to come to the knowledge and take the knowledge, not the knowledge come to you. This is how you obtain the knowledge.

And through striving, and persevering while the Allahu and

and through the two of us through the loss of Allahu Allah he was sending him he became the great scholar of this Ummah that we know. And fact when you look into the books of the scholars of Hadith,

when he talks about the narrator's of Hadith, they have a quote, for four of the youngsters of the Sahaba

who are known for their piety and for their worship.

And for the vast knowledge of the DEA, all of them who are young teenagers during the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam known as Al Abadi led up by the for Abdullah loss. The scholars of Hadith, they said and are mandated by the for Abdullah Abdullah bin Omar. Abdullah bin our best Abdullah bin Salman and Abdullah bin Zayed road the Allahu Allah from the great Sahaba from the youngsters from the youth.

When we look at their upbringing, what made them so special is the question all of us have in our mind now, this amazing look what they did for this woman. But what made him so unique? What was the terbium and if you look into the Serbian to the upbringing, you'll see that it focused on many areas, but it's mentioned three of them. Three of the major impacts that that they had on their lives that made them so strong and their Eman and made them strive for this de

jundo Bibb Abdullah and also Abdullah bin Omar, Radi Allahu Anhu. They mentioned a similar narration about their upbringing.

And I want you to pay attention to this and how we teach our kids in the Quran today and pay attention to how they learn the Quran. And why the Quran has such a huge impact on themselves. They said couldn't met the ILM, Al Eman Goblin, that element of Quran that we will learn Eman first, and then we would learn the Quran. They know Allah subhana wa Taala as it should be no, they know Allah is they have proper Eman

and then they would learn the Quran.

After knowing Allah after knowing the pillars of his of Eman and understanding it have an impact on the life. He said then we will learn the Quran, President ABBYY Manna and then we would increase in our Eman through the Quran.

So they would focus on the man focus on the Quran. And then they would see the implementation of Islam. In their parents, they would see in the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in front of them, they would see it in the society and their own parents and their own households. Therefore,

when it came their turn to implement Islam and strive for Islam. They started striving from a young age. Look at the stories. Abdullah bin OMA wrote the Allah who wrote the Allahu Anhu Ma, who was 13 years old, during the Battle of budget.

He comes and he wants to take part in the battle.

The Prophet said a little while he was him solemn being very small, and he turned it back. He said but I can hold the sword. And he got he gets I can fight with the sword. I'm ready. I'm ready to go. He wants to fight to defend Islam defending Muslims. The province that Allahu Allah He was Selim sent him back for being too small. And then during the Battle of conduct, he gave him permission, wrote the Allah one.

From the Sahaba as well. sagen Abby will cause Radi Allahu, and he mentioned that during the Battle of butter, he sent us all my little brother Omega hiding amongst the troops. He would hide over there. Then he would hide over there, changing his position all the time. So he went to him he said yeah, he my brother. He said what is it that you're doing? He said, I don't want Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to see me because I'm small. And he said, he might send me home, my send me back. So he said, I want to be and I want to be here and fight. He said, Perhaps Allah will bless me with the shahada in the path of Allah, Allah

and the Brotherhood as well, from the youngsters from the youth who wanted to take part in the battle. Rafi a beautiful age, and some are even Judum Rhodiola Han

when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was looking at the troops, he saw these two young, these two young Sahaba and he wanted to send them back. But the Sahaba told him that right there.

He excels when it comes to the Rami to shooting, he shoots the arrows with perfection. So the province of Allahu alayhi wa sallam

tested him and saw him shooting the arrows and he was perfect, perfect and shooting arrows. So he allowed him to stay with the archers during the battle. Somebody being turned back, he started to cry.

And he went to his stepfather. And he said he gave permission to rough air, but didn't give me permission. But he said I can beat rough it and wrestling. I'm stronger than rough air.

He said Please tell the prophets of the law while he was selling. His stepfather went to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and told him so the province isms and bring them to me. He said wrestling in front of me this me Let's see who wins. And sure enough, someone was able to beat Rafa and wrestling to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave him permission as well to fight in the battle of words.

The profits and Allahu alayhi wa sallam empowered the Sahaba He empowered the youth. Look at the story before his death Ali Salatu was Salam ala

Who was the commander? Who was the general who was chosen for the army that was going to fight the Romans.

The army that had Abacha subdeacon it that I want them cooked up and from the elders, from the sahaba. From the most important from the Sahaba, who is the commander, who Samad? Xiidra. The Allahu Allah. What was his age during that time? 18 years old. Some of the Sahaba didn't understand from the elders. And they didn't understand how that young man could be their their leader. The prophets of Allah while he was selling became angry as it was narrowed in Sahih Muslim and he stood on the member and scolded the Sahaba for when against his decision to make some hymns at the commander of the army.

What about the story of the six year old Imam

Ahmed even selama Robbie Allah one who, during the time his people, they learned the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that the imam in the Salah Donnelly's the prayer should be the one who is better in the Quran, memorization and we citation and the best resetter they had. And the one who had memorized the most was this email was this six or seven year old boy as it came in, say to Buhari, six or seven, a young boy but they made him the imam who led the prayer and look at this to be a lesson that we gain

as Muslims as an ummah. When we see that young Imam, what does this teach us? It teaches all of us and it teaches the youth the importance of obeying, and following the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam when he said the best of you in the Quran, they didn't say you have he's young? No, no, we don't want to see some younger leaders in prayer. He's too young. This is the Sunnah He leads us Bismillah.

And imagine the impact that has on the other youth as well. When they see now he's the leader. He's the one who's leading the prayer, it's going to encourage them to strive to learn as well. This is how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and how the Sahaba would empower the youth Zaidan Fabian or the Allahu, and

he said that my people, his uncles, and the people from his tribe, they were very proud of him how much he had memorized the Quran at a young age. They took him and praised him in front of the prophets of Allahu alayhi wa sallam, the province and Allahu Allah you sent them tested him on the Quran, he tested his HIV. And he found that it was amazing what this young boy had done.

If this happened to any of us,

where a young person came to us today,

a teenager who was reading the Quran, what would we say?

We would say, mashallah, to Bartok Allah, he's going to have a great future. And we would stop there. But how was the thinking of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam?

He didn't say is he's just gonna have a great future. He's gonna have a great president right now. He's gonna be great right now. We're going to empower him right now. When he saw his potential, he said to him, that I do not know the language of the Jews, and I don't trust them. He said, Therefore, I need someone to learn their language.

Who can read to me their letters and translate to me?

They live in federal de la Whoa. And he said within 15 days 50 nights he said hasn't hadn't gone by. Except for that I learned the language. And one of the narrations. I perfected the language. And then he said I would read the letters that they sent to the province and Allahu alayhi wa sallam. This is how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam empower the youth to excel and that's why they reach what they reach because they weren't just given the tools. They weren't just encouraged but they were empowered. BarakAllahu li Walakum for animals sunnah whenever anyone hear from me my female it will hikma are full of poly ha That was stuck for Allah honey welcome First of Pharaoh who

in whom who will have a full Raheem Bismillahi WorkCover wa Salatu was Salam ala Nabina Mustafa,

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam.

If we were to raise our children properly

and they were to follow the Sunnah of breeding certain calf every Friday.

What is one of the main messages that will be sent to them?

That they are

a group of youth who believed in the Lord, so we increase them in guidance.

When they're reading that every Friday, Allah subhanho wa Taala is talking about a fifth year a group of youth youngsters. He would say that to me. The story is for me, the stories about me I'm a youngster. If we teach them the Hadith, of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about the seven who will be in the shade of ALLAH SubhanA wa

Allah subhanho de la mala when there is no shade except for his subhanaw taala and human piano, from them, Sherbourne, Nisha Viva Nisha theory by the tiller. One of them is the youth who was raised and the obedience of Allah subhanho wa taala. He was raised as a young man practicing his Deen we, the parents, show them the way, we give them the tools, and we empower them. And then after that, we say it's up to you. It's up to you now to empower yourself and to hold on to the path. And if you do, you will be from the ones who received this noble description, this noble honor and his great rewards of being from those who will be in the shade of Allah on the Day of Judgment when there's no

shade of his the youth who came up in the obedience theory badda of Allah subhanho wa Taala worshiping Allah being obedient to Allah doing that what he's supposed to do, and stay away from that which is haram.

If we were to teach our children our history, and let them know the greatness as we heard today, the examples from the Sahaba from the youth, the scholars, the warriors, the commanders, the rulers of the Muslims at a young age, and it didn't just stop there. All throughout the history. Look, who was the one who opened and conquered Sindh and Punjab modern day Pakistan. Who was it? Mohammed, email parsing and photography. Rahim Allah. How old was he? When he became the commander of the army? 17 years old.

Al to Estonia, and Turkey Istanbul today who conquered that? What was his name? Mohammed infatti Rahim Allah. How old was he when he conquered 24 years old. When did the mission start? From a young age a youngster, a teenager a young boy. This was his objective is to follow in the footsteps of his father, Moraga Thani Rahim Allah to be from the one who conquers al Castanea.

These are the youth of this Oma. Once they are given the tools and they're given the direction and then they are empowered. They can do amazing things. We always hear the statement that the youth are the future, which is true.

And the you they're going to be the future no matter what. But they're going to be either a future of fame and baraka and blessings for this OMA or they're going to be a future of show of evil and destruction for the ummah.

And I will leave you today. My dear brothers and sisters, with a quote from Malcolm X Rahim Allah Tala who said the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. The future belongs to those who prepare for today though man no more a human level Yeah, come on Allah amaro can be among but that'd be be nfcu to mythen be Mala Ekati Kieron for Palazzo gel in Allahu Allah Allah eco saloon Allenby year you are living in Amman or Sun Valley he was selling with this Nima where you're putting in a view sallallahu alayhi wa sallam masala lamb Wahida sallallahu alayhi Ashleigh Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala Nabina Muhammad wa ala moana Boulevard la she didn't have Ibaka Rama workman or

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