You are now in the prime of your lives! Here are a few tips for you muslim teenagers out there! This is the period of exertion and this is the period of worship, and this is the period of Daw'ah, and this is the period of movement and activity! So, it is upon you to turn towards Islam, learn it, implement it and call to it. Knowledge, action and propagation! If this chance passes you, it is a golden opportunity that can never be repeated. How plentiful is the free time during college days, and how wonderful are the college days for turning towards Allah, and how wonderful are the college days for worship, and how wonderful are the college days for Daw'ah to your colleagues and friends, those you know and do not know!
It is easy for you to learn, to act, and to teach. If you do not do this within this period, you have let an opportunity pass you by that will never show itself again. Time is not replaceable. You might never again experience a period in which you have this amount of free time, so take advantage of it! Beware of having incessant hopes and following your desires! Incessant hopes waste your time, and following your desires corrupts your heart. Read the noble Quran everyday, at least half a juz so that you could complete the entire Quran every two months, at least! Also, be constant with the remembrance and supplications of the morning and evening. Seek Allah's forgiveness day to day. You will be asked about every second of your life on the Day of Resurrection!
Take advantage of your youth, because you are today able to perform optional fasts, and tomorrow, when you are approaching old age, and you will need to nourish and feed your bones and flesh, you will not be able to withstand the pains of fasting. Right now, you are a youth who can get up and pray in the middle of the night, staying up in the bowings and prostrations that you can present to the Lord of the Worlds to bear witness for you, or to one day keep you company in the loneliness of your grave. Today, you are in the early years of your life, the years of your youth. The time of, O brothers, is the time of struggle. It is the time in which you are supposed to exert yourself and sacrifice! It is the time in which you are not tied down with many responsibilities, as you are alone. Allah's Messenger said: Take advantage of five things before five other things: from your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before you become occupied, and from your life before your death.
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