6.   The agonies of death (Sakaraat-e-Mawt) (i.e. when the soul is being taken) will be easy for him.

7.   He will remain in the protection of Allah for as long as he is in this state. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 1, p. 702)

Eighth method: Dear Islamic brothers! If we yearn to spend a lot of our time in performing good deeds, then we should immediately start performing easy virtuous actions and make it a part of our daily routine. For example, replying to the Adhan and Iqamah is an easy deed. According to what has been mentioned in blessed narrations, the Islamic brother who is successful in replying to the Adhan and Iqamah for all five prayers, will receive 32.4 million good deeds, he will be raised by 324 thousand ranks, and 324 thousand of his sins will be forgiven. (Faizan-e-Azan, p. 6) Likewise, reciting بِسْمِ اللّٰہ before every permissible and virtuous act is an easy deed and the reward is such that you will want to recite بِسْمِ اللّٰہ، بِسْمِ اللّٰہ all the time. It is mentioned in a Hadith: Whoever recites بِسْمِ اللّٰہ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم, Allah will, in exchange for every letter, give him 4 thousand good deeds, forgive 4 thousand of his sins and elevate him by 4 thousand ranks. (Firdaus-ul-Akhbar, vol. 4, p. 26, Hadith 5573)

Ninth method: Dear Islamic brothers! In order to make your life purposeful and to spend most of your time performing good deeds, it is not sufficient to only perform good deeds; it is necessary to maintain steadfastness upon this too, and how will one attain steadfastness? There is a very easy method, and if we adopt this method, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه, we will attain steadfastness upon righteous works, and if Allah Almighty wills, we will develop a hatred towards sins in our hearts. What must we do? For a few minutes every day, we must envisage the grave and hereafter, and reflect upon our actions.

If we were to become those who do this for a few minutes every day, without fail, then be assured that our lives would prosper; we would