regular litanies help safeguard an individual from many difficulties and calamities.

Dear Islamic brothers! This precious gift of Pious Deeds reminds us of the practices of our righteous predecessors. Through this, we can review our actions and develop a sincere passion for self-reform. The Pious Deeds booklet is essentially a collection of deeds that lead to Paradise and save one from Hellfire. Our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ also practiced self-accountability and ensured the elevation of their spiritual ranks.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The third cause: bad company

Dear Islamic brothers! You may have heard the saying, “It is better to be alone than in bad company.”  Today, one of the major reasons for the increase in sins, the lack of concern for self-reformation, disinterest in good deeds, and neglect of the reality of death, is the influence of bad friends.

 When we associate with such people who neither care about their own afterlife nor that of others, we, too, will gradually adopt their behaviour. Consequently, we become heedless of our self-reformation and waste our precious moments on futile activities.

Remember, bad company leads to ruin, opening doors to calamities, misfortunes, and hardships. Bad company can:

1.    Distance a person from their salah.

2.    Drag a person into the swamp of sins.