good hearing, vision, strength, and intellect. Sayyiduna Abut Teeb Tabari               [ابُو الطیب طبری] رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was over 100 years old, yet he was mentally and physically fit and healthy. Someone asked him the secret of his health. So he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْـه replied, ‘I protected my physical abilities from sins in my youth, so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has retained them for me today when I have become old.’ On the contrary, Sayyiduna Junayd Baghdadi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی saw an old person who was begging. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْـه said, ‘this person wasted the rights of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in his youth, so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ wasted his strength in the old age.

(Majmu’ah Rasaail Ibn Rajab, vol. 3, pp. 100)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! You have just heard that the pious people of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ spent their youth in performing worship and spiritual exercises and protected themselves from sins, so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ also kept the signs of their youth in their old age too. But alas! Our youths, instead of being occupied with worship and recitation of the Holy Quran, are heedlessly and carelessly destroying their precious time by misusing mobile phones, internet, social media and TV. Mobile phone is a part of modern technology, a need of the time and an important means of communication. Where it is useful for us, at the same time, its misuse is also becoming the cause of many types of harmful effects as well. The male and female students of our schools and colleges who we call the builders of the future have become victims of this terrible epidemic too. Some are crazy for games and some are harmfully addicted to films and songs; some have memory cards full of indecent videos and some exploit night packages by spending the whole night in obscene talks. Likewise, the internet is an important and useful invention of the modern era with countless worldly and religious benefits. But due to this, many evils are becoming widespread among the youth.

The internet is like a knife which can be used for good and bad. But regretfully! Evil usage of the Internet is more prevalent in our society. The obscene articles and stories, dirty pictures and obscene films and dramas that arouse one’s carnal desires have devastated the manners, character, habits and behaviour of the young generation. Evils like wasting money and precious time the whole night, telling lies and cheating people and blackmailing are becoming rapidly widespread among the youth of our society. In the beginning, the usage of the internet was confined to the computer only. But since this facility has become available on mobile phones