The Amazing of Youth

My brother, just now I was invited to be speaker in masjid Nurul Huda, Prupuh, Panceng, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The inviter is commitee of Remas (masjid teenager) there. I told about about “The Amazing of Youth”.

In this oppurtinity, I will tell what I have told in that program. May be, the reader can take advantage from this. :)

Youth or teenager have amazing thing in theirselves. Soekarno, first president of Indonesia ever told, “give me 10 youths I will shake the world”. He didn’t say old man, but young man. Why? Because a  youth has power, spirit, brilliant idea, etc  that old man don’t have it. 

If we read history, we will find that many youths have amazing achievement eventhough their age still young. Usamah bin Zaid was believed by Rasulullah to be leader in war. His age was only 19 years. Imam Nawawi can wrote amazing book like “Riyadus shalihin” or  “Arba’in Nawawi” when he was young, Imam Syafi’i became ‘mufti’ when he was 15 years old, etc. So, many young man proved that they can create something amazing eventhough they were still young.

Hm...my brother, actually still many things that I told but I want to resume it. The last thing that I delivered to audience is Ali bin Abi Thalib saying. He said, “laisal fataa man yaquulu hadzaa abii. Walakinnal fataa man yaquulu haa anaa dza”. A real youths is  not someone who say, this is my father. But the real youth is who say, this is me”.

So, as youth, we should maximilize our time and oppurtinity. We develop our capibilty. We make it progress. And then, we should make achievement. Our own achievement, Not our father, mother, or our friend achievement. Okey??? :)

Panceng, Gresik, may 24, 2014