1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Youth is a branch of folly.’[al-Ikhtisas, p. 343] 2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best of your...
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Youth is a branch of folly.’[al-Ikhtisas, p. 343]
2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The best of your youth are those who act like the old from among you, and the worst of your old ones are those who act like your youth.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43058]
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There are two things whose worth is only known to one who has lost them: youth and health.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5764]
4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily the heart of a youngster is like an empty plot of land - it accepts whatever is planted therein.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 70]
5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) asked al-Ahwal, 'Did you go to Basra?' He replied, 'Yes.’ Imam (AS) asked, 'How did you find people's hastening to this matter87 and embracing it?' He replied, 'By Allah, such people were few in number, and even that which they did do was little.’ Imam replied, 'You should put it forth to the youngsters, for verily they hasten towards anything good.’[Qurb al-Isnad, p. 128, no. 450]
Learning During One's Youth
6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Learning something during one's youth is like engraving in stone, and learning something when one is old is like writing on the surface of water.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 222, no. 6]
7– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'If I was brought a young shi`aa man undevoted to learning [religious matters], I would discipline him.’[al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 357, no. 760]
8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'I only like to see the young man from among you occupied in either of two states: learning or teaching, for if he does not [engage in either of these two], he is wasting his time; and by wasting his time, he will lose out; and by losing out, he will be committing a sin; and by committing a sin, he will dwell in the Fire, by the One who sent Muhammad with the truth.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 303, no. 604]
9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah, most High, boasts about the worshipping young man to His angels, saying, 'Look at My servant! He has abandoned his desires for My sake.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43057]
10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah, most High, loves the penitent young man.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10185]
11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The superiority of a young worshipper who worships Allah in his youth over an old man who worships after he has grown old, is as the superiority of the prophets over the rest of people.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43059]
12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily Allah loves the young man who spends his entire youth in the obedience of Allah.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43060]
