throughout the entire month also seems very appropriate.”

(Sunni Bahishti Zaywar, pp. 347)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

10 Doors of Satan and the Way to Close Them

A pious predecessor رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه states: “I thought about the doors of Satan through which he misleads humans. In the light of the Quran and Hadith, I found ten doors of Satan and ten ways to avoid them:

1. Satan attacks humans through greed; the remedy for this is to practice contentment (being happy with whatever and however much Allah Almighty has provided).

2. Satan misleads humans by giving them long hopes; the remedy for this is to keep death in mind at all times.

3. Satan attacks through the desire for comfort and getting lost in worldly blessings; the remedy is to worry about these blessings being taken away and being answerable for them.

4. Satan attacks through self-admiration (thinking one is better); the remedy is to remember the favours of Allah Almighty and to fear a bad end.

5. Satan attacks by making one consider Muslim brothers as low and inferior; the remedy is to keep respecting your Muslim brothers.

6. Satan misleads through jealousy; the cure is to be happy with the distribution by Allah Almighty (and not look at the blessings of others greedily).

7. Satan attacks through showing off; the cure is in sincerity, where a person seeks only the pleasure of Allah Almighty.

8. Satan misleads through stinginess; the cure is to remember the blessings of the Hereafter and to keep spending worldly wealth in the Divine path.

9. Satan attacks through arrogance; the cure is to adopt humility and modesty.