Q: What is your general advice to the youth of the evergrowing Islamic awakening nowadays in the Islamic world?
A : This awakening, which pleases every Mu'min (believer) may be called an Islamic movement, revival and activity should be promoted and directed to hold fast to the Book and Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet). Its leaders and members should stay away from excessiveness and immoderation. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says:
O people of the Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion
Beware of religious extremism, for those who were before you perished because of their religious extremism.
Ruined are those who are harsh in religion. Ruined are those who are harsh in religion. Ruined are those who are harsh in religion.
They should always devote their efforts to Allah asking Him for success, sincerity, and righteous deed and steadfastness upon truth. They should carefully recite, contemplate, and comprehend the EverGlorious Qur'an and act upon the Sunnah that comes next only to the Qur'an as a source of legislation, for it also interprets the Book of Allah. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says:
And We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﻢ) the Dhikr [reminder and the advice (i.e. the Qur'ân)], that you may explain clearly to men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought.
And We have not sent down the Book (the Qur'an) to you (O Muhammad ﺻـﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴـﻪ ﻭ ﺳـﻠﻢ), except that you may explain clearly unto them those things in which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a folk who believe.
The Du`ah (callers to Islam) should make use of this Islamic awakening and cooperate with its leaders to remove suspicions that may waver around any of them acting upon Allah's Saying (Glorified and Exalted be He):
Help you one another in AlBirr and AtTaqwâ (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression.