Dedication
Please recite Suratu-l-Fatihah
For
MARHOOM ABDULA ISMAIL
(paternal grandfather of Haji Hussainali Abdula)
MARHOOMA JAWIBAI & FATMABAI
ABDULA ISMAIL
(paternal grandmothers of Haji Hussainali Abdula)
MARHOOM SHERMOHAMED NASSER
(maternal grandfather of Haji Hussainali Abdula)
MARHOOMA ZAINAB ALIBHAI PETHA
(maternal grandmother of Haji Hussainali Abdula)
Upon the day when you see the faithful,
men and women, their light running before them,
and on their right hands. "Good news for you today!
Gardens through which rivers flow, therein to dwell
forever! This is indeed the mighty triumph."
(Qur'an, 57:12)
- World of Our Youth
- Acknowledgement
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Themes 1: Our Youth In the Light of The Qur’an
- Our Youth in the Light of the Qur’an
- Exhortation by Words
- Combining Intellect and Emotions
- Qur’anic Method of Exhortation
- Exhortation by Example
- Addressee's Role
- Abrahamic Education
- The Man of God
- Islam as a Medium of Instruction
- The Challenge to Affection and the Self
- Fatherhood and Prophethood
- Blending Humanness and Prophethood
- Children of Prophets are Like Any Other Humans
- Influences of a Corrupt Community
- Betrayal of the Message
- Influence of the Mother
- Truth Refutes Distortions
- Temptation Versus Strength of Character
- Faith as a Barrier to Temptation
- Fortitude of Character
- The Apostolic Spirit
- The Fortitude of a Woman
- The Problem of Envy
- The Era of the Imams
- The Issue on the Aspect of Dawa
- Envy Does not Produce Working Results
- The Envious Person Must Take a Position of Contemplation
- Spiritual Weakness
- Friendship in Its Proper Settings
- Role of Sentiment in Relations
- Cautioning Against Evil Friends
- A Qur’anic Example
- Friends in the Hereafter
- The Rights of Friends
- The Injunction of Prayer
- Responsibilities of Those Whose Call is to Islam
- Being Good to Parents
- The Noteworthy Duties of Parents
- Responsibilities Towards the Parents
- Transforming Love to Guidance
- Pleasing the Parents ... Is There a Limit
- Harmonizing Words and Deeds
- Social Ostracism
- Worship in its Broad Understanding
- Comprehending God's Desires
- Achieving Justice in the Universe
- The Qur’anic Youth
- Addendum on Narrations (1)
- Themes 2: Our Youth .... The Essential Model
- The World of Happiness and Suffering
- There is No Predistination
- Inherited Characteristics and the Desire of the Human Being
- The Ability of a Person to Change the Atmosphere
- Environmental Oppression
- The Excused and the Non-Excused
- Expending Effort
- Imitation in Doctrine
- The Islamic Perspective on Adolescence
- Adolescence is a Normal State
- The Islamic Nurturing of the Adolescent
- Adolescent Misbehaviour
- Adolescence and Maturity
- Counsel and Guidance
- Masturbation ... The Perpetrator and the Victim
- Early Marriage
- Temporary Marriage and Registered Sexual Activity
- Sex Education and Societal Norms
- What is the View of Islam on Love
- Instinctive Love and Platonic Love
- Sex Education: How do We give it to Our Youth
- Islam Adopts Sex Education
- The Mandatory Steps in Sex Education
- The Responsibilities of the Home and the School
- The Sexual Atmosphere
- The Concept of Deficiency
- Sex Issues as Educational Issues
- What about a special program for sex education in schools?
- Sex Films
- Two Differennt Generations: Parents and Children
- Every Age has Its Morals
- The Desired Balance in the Life of the Youth
- Life is Body and Spirit
- How to Achieve Proper Balance
- Special Aspects of Girl's Education
- The Problem of Repression
- The Successful Wife and Righteous Mother
- Machismo is not Manhood
- From the Shariah viewpoint, when exactly does Islam permit one to emigrate to a non-Islamic or Western country?
- Emigration at the Expense of Religion is Forbidden
- Analysis of Refugee-Status Emigration
- Is it up to the individual to assess what constitutes oppression?
- Police Authority
- The Problem of Children and Adults
- The Double Lives of the Immigrant Youth
- The Child Succumbing to Influences
- Addendum of Narrations (2)
- Themes 3: Youth, The Pedagogical Responsibility
- Characteristics of the Islamic Educator
- Repertoire of Methodologies
- Kindness to the Student and the Learners
- Between Seminarian and Academic Education
- Between the Home and School
- The Role of the Two Institutions in Adolescent Care
- Punishment and Reward
- The Shariah Position
- Nurturing: Threat and Encouragement
- The Qur’an Supports the Two Methods
- Yes to Corporal Punishment ..... No to Corporal Punishment
- Dangers of Coeducation
- A Woman May Work in Every Field
- Parental Monitoring of Children's Behaviour
- Equitability Between the Children
- Actions of the Infallible Leaders (masum) Indicate Legality, not Compulsion
- Emulation does not mean Deduction
- Civilizational/Cultural Showing Off
- Imitation and Copycat Behaviour
- Imitating Actors
- The Best Example
- On Emulation and Attraction
- An Intellectual Attack against Imitation
- Should imitation of the West be limited to certain conditions only?
- Addendum of Narrations (3)
- Themes 4: Our Youth and Effective Work
- The Negative Attitude Towards Politics
- The Function of Religion is the Function of Justice
- The Connection Between Politics and Religious Justice
- Politics and Morals
- Politics and Legislation
- Our Youth and Political Affiliation
- Affiliation under Fear
- The Separation between Religion and Politics
- Woman in the Political Theatre
- The Woman and Leadership Positions
- Job Rivalry and the Difficulties of Stratification
- Difference not Destruction
- Towards International Islamic Student Activity
- Workaholism
- Addendum of Narrations (4)
- Themes 5: Our Youth ... The Shariah View
- Fun and Pastime in their True Extent
- Sports: The Preferred Hobby of Youth
- The Concern with Sports
- The Woman's Hijab
- Hijab that Matches the Current Modes
- Notorious Clothes
- The Qualities of the Islamic Hijab
- Societal Hijab
- The Mentality of the Fornicator
- Mental Hijab
- When Hijab Loses its Meaning
- The Western Perspective on Hijab
- The Principle of Virtue and its Effects
- The Hijab and Repression
- That Which Naturally Appears of Beauty
- What is Forbidden Glance Regarding the Woman
- The Deceitful Look
- No Passion and No Lust
- Lowering the Glance is a Preventive Condition
- The Shariah Limits in the Permitted Look
- Respecting the Veil Leads to the Respectful Look
- The Glance at the Photo of a Woman
- The Look in Specific in Medical Situations
- Guardianship Over the Female Youths
- Precaution in the Case of the Virgin Young Lady
- The Independent Young Woman
- The Young Lady Who May Look After Her Affairs (Raashida)
- What is the communal understanding of responsible for conducting her own affairs?
- Exhorting to Good (Al-Amr Bi-l-Maruf) is Different From Guardianship
- Is it not the father's right, for example, to force his daughter to observe hijab?
- Confusion Between Custom and Shariah Law
- The General Customary Perception of Temporary
- Muta is a Protection Against Corruption
- Polygyny
- Desirability of Early Marriage
- Smoking is Forbidden
- What is the Islamic ruling on drugs?
- What about certain types of drugs like opium and the like?
- What do the jurists mean by the term "non-liquid intoxicant"?
- What about the issue of cultivating it?
- Cinema and Television
- What are the limits of permissibility regarding cinema and television?
- There is No Prohibition on Shaving The Beard
- Are there jurists who allow its shaving?
- Shaking Hands With The Opposite Sex
- Purity (Taharah) of The People of The Book
- What about the ritual impurity (najasah) indicated by the Qur’an?
- Good enough-but what about eating their meat?
- Music...The Lawful and The Unlawful
- Its Tune or Its Ancillaries?
- Using Musical Instruments in a Halal Manner
- Instruments of Plaintive Melodies
- The qasidas of knowledge are often love verses-what about their recitation?
- Classical Music
- In case of doubt concerning a melody-is it halal or haram-what is the solution?
- Can we define what is meant by "tunes of the people of immorality?"
- A Woman Singing For Her Husband
- Singing At Weddings
- A Woman's Reciting At Men's Gatherings
- The Problem Lies in Influence
- There Is a View That States "The Voice of a Woman Is Private"
- The Ruling on Chess
- What is the view on visiting places where there is gambling and the like?
- Fortune Telling and Reading The Future
- Horoscopes In Newspapers and Magazines
- There are things which these practices discover and they are true, ascertained then and there
- Magic Is a State of Delusion
- Entertainment And The Needed Alternatives
- Seeking The Positive Aspects of Amusement
- The Problem of Inducement
- Bypassing Custom
- Jealousy And The Evil Eye
- Addendum of Narrations (5)
- Themes 6: On The Sidelines of Disclosure: The Experience of Allamah Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah, The Youth
- In the eventful life of knowledge and work which Ayatollah Fadlullah has lived, what are the best methods of nurturing according to him? How did he take care of himself in his youth?
- The Man of Islam
- I Have Loved All Humankind
- This Is The Way I Nurture My Sons and Daughters
- Return To The Meadows of Childhood
- Try To Study Us and Our Past
- Gems from the responses of His Eminence Ayatullah al-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah, may God grant no end to his counsel, on youth issues
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