The Causes of Guidance and Righteousness
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Question:
And may He bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What are the ways to guidance and righteousness?
Answer:
Supplication. Supplicate to Allah the Exalted, saying: O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, O Allah, keep me firm upon the truth. You supplicate to your Lord, the Exalted, and Allah is near and responsive. Also, among the causes of guidance is keeping the company of the guided and the righteous.[At-Tawbah 9:119] So keeping their company causes you to be guided, by the permission of Allah.
Also, among the causes of guidance is reflecting upon the Qur'an and the Sunnah. So if you reflect upon the Qur'an, Allah will guide you by it.[Al-Isra 17:9]. Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Reflect upon the Qur'an if you seek guidance, for knowledge lies beneath the reflection upon the Qur'an. Yes.
And may He bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What are the ways to guidance and righteousness?
Answer:
Supplication. Supplicate to Allah the Exalted, saying: O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, O Allah, keep me firm upon the truth. You supplicate to your Lord, the Exalted, and Allah is near and responsive. Also, among the causes of guidance is keeping the company of the guided and the righteous.
O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَAlso, among the causes of guidance is reflecting upon the Qur'an and the Sunnah. So if you reflect upon the Qur'an, Allah will guide you by it.
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable
إِنَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/008 — archive.org (14:10)
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