1) Young Muslims - The Message

Guidelines1. First step is to realize that you are violating Allah's commandand you are bringing upon yourself a lifelong destruction andharm.2. Never touch the intimate parts of your body unnecessarily.3. Avoid being alone as much as possible. Find good company andstay in this good company. Remember, an idle mind is thedevil's (Shaytaan) workshop.If you are associated with other persons having this sameproblem, you must break off the friendship. Never associatewith other people having the same weakness. Don't assumethat both of you will quit together, you never will. You must getaway from people of that kind. It is mentioned in a Hadith that aperson is upon the way of his friend. (Bukhari, Tirmizi) Theproblem must be taken out of your mind for that is where itreally exists. Your mind must be on other and more wholesomethings.4. When you take a bath, do so as quickly as possible.5. When in bed, if that is where you have your problem for themost part, dress yourself for the night so securely that youcannot easily touch your vital parts so that it would be difficultand time-consuming for you to remove those clothes. By thetime you started to remove protective clothing, you would havesufficiently controlled your thinking and the temptation wouldleave you.If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed,engage in something useful. The purpose behind this suggestionis that you focus your mind on something else. You are thesubject of your thoughts, so to speak.Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 169