Before going to sleep, think about the good and bad deeds you performed that day. Question your nafs over any sins it caused you to do and make firm intention to never do them again.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه The Pious Deeds booklet gifted to us by the Amir of Ahl al-Sunnah helps hugely when it comes to this self-accountability. Also, taking daily account and submitting this booklet monthly is one of Dawat-e-Islami’s 12 Islamic activities.

Filling in the Pious Deeds booklet is a truly effective way of taking account of your deeds and preparing for the Hereafter. Try your best to get hold of and act upon this booklet, and submit it to the relevant Islamic brother within the first ten days of every month. ان شآء اللہ By the blessings of this, you can avoid Satan’s evil plans and stay away from other sins.

5. Eating to a full stomach

Another way many of us fall victim to our desires, is by eating to a full stomach. Satan easily overpowers someone who has a stomach full of food, which causes their heart to turn away from goodness. Self-indulgence then awakens within them, and they end up chasing desires of the nafs and even find comfort in sinning.

Subject to calamity

The Sufi, Yaḥyā MuꜤādh Rāzī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains:

Whoever eats to a full stomach has his body increase in size. Whoever’s body increases in size; such a person eventually submits to his desires. Whoever submits to his desires increases in sinful deeds. Whoever increases in sinful deeds has his heart become hard. Whoever’s heart becomes hard; such an individual