1) Young Muslims - The Message

as taking the other extreme and declaring the mere presence ormen and women in the same place to be unlawful mixing.We will conclude by mentioning a few verses of the Qur'an. Allahsays: "Nor come nigh to adultery". In this verse, Allah does not say"Do not commit adultery" but tells us not even to come close to it.This means that everything that may seduce a person to fall intoadultery is unlawful.Moreover, Allah says: "Say to the believing men that they shouldlower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greaterpurity for them." and says: "And say to the believing women thatthey should lower their gaze and guard their modesty." [Sura An Nur24:30-31] This shows us how men and women are to conductthemselves.Advice to Teenagers ConsideringTaking DrugsPraise to Allah the Exalted and the peace and blessings be upon HisMessenger!Indeed all face the trial of times, including the pious and sinful, theyoung and the old. The Messenger of Allah (Blessings and Peace beupon him) praised the youth who spent his youth worshipping hisLord as is narrated from Abu Huraira with an agreed upon chain ofnarrators:"Seven groups shall be in the shade of Allah on a Day when therewill be no other shade: A just ruler, a youth who grew up in theworship of his Lord, a man whose heart was attached to themosque, two men who met and separated for the sake of Allah'slove, a man called to by a woman of beauty and position to commitadultery but he declines, a man whose right hands' giving in charityYoung Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 184