The Disease of Muslim Youth of the New Generation
History, even up to the end of the thirteenth century hijri, will reveal that the Muslims were the sole possessors of honour, dignity, power and greatness but when one turns one’s eyes away from the pages of the history books and looks at the Muslims of today, one sees the picture of a people sunk in misery and disgrace, people who possess no real strength or power, honour or dignity,brotherhood or mutual love and reflect no virtues or moral character worth the name. One cannot find any sign in them of those noble deeds, which at one time used to be the symbol of each and every Muslim. Nowadays, there can hardly be a living person who can be said to have purity or sincerity of conscience. On the contrary, Muslims are sunk in vice and sin. They have wandered away so far from the path of virtue, which are one time used to be their hallmark, that the enemies of Islam talk and discuss their affairs with delight, disrespect and laughter.
Unfortunately, the matter does not end here. The Muslim youth of the new generation, which has been affected and influenced by the so called modern trends or the Western way of life, talks pleasure in laughing at the very ideals of Islam and openly criticizes the sacred code of “Shari’ah” as being out of date and impracticable. One wonders at such behavior and finds that a people who once gave strength, happiness, honour and peace to the entire mankind, have now become completely demoralized, cold, shallow and helpless. Those who had once taught the world the golden lessons of manners and culture are today found wanting in these very beatifications.