Dear Islamic brothers! Indeed, to adopt piety and abstinence is beneficial for our worldly life and the Hereafter. Let me tell you some ways to attain this great blessing:

How to attain piety

1.         We should keep in mind the punishments of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, His wrath and anger, His Power and Independence and should never forget our humility, weakness and helplessness. No doubt, the person who believes that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is Independent and All-Powerful and he also understands that he will be punished for his sins on the Day of Judgement, so now it becomes very easy for him to abstain from sins and to achieve piety.

2.         Another way to attain piety is that a person should abandon the company of heedless and wicked people and should be in the company of the pious and abstinent people, so that piety and abstinence can be developed in his heart by the effect of these people’s company.

3.         To attain piety we should read or listen to the incidents of piety and abstinence of the life of our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی so that we can succeed in applying these pure attributes in ourselves. By reading ‘Muttaqeen ki Hikayaat’ [Parables of the Pious People] mentioned on page 367 of the book Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, volume 2, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami, we can also make our minds to adopt piety, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

Dear Islamic brothers! The best way to easily act upon all of them is to remain associated with the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami, attend the weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’ and weekly Madani Muzakarahs, watch other series, in particular, Madani Muzakarahs on Madani Channel. We should continue to try and travel with a 3-day Madani Qafilah every month and act upon the Madani In’amaat, by virtue of their blessings, the hatred for sins and love for good deeds will develop in our hearts, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ.