What is the way to achieve taqwa (mindfulness of Allah)?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Yunus 10:63], what are the means to achieving faith in this verse?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
The ways to achieve faith in this verse are those who believed and were mindful of Allah.
The Shaykh:
You must act in obedience to Allah and leave off disobedience to Allah. By doing so, you will be among the awliya (close friends of Allah) and among those who are mindful of Allah. You guard against His disobedience and act in His obedience, and thus you will be among those who are mindful of Allah.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,
Those who believed and were fearing Allah
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَThe Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
The ways to achieve faith in this verse are those who believed and were mindful of Allah.
The Shaykh:
You must act in obedience to Allah and leave off disobedience to Allah. By doing so, you will be among the awliya (close friends of Allah) and among those who are mindful of Allah. You guard against His disobedience and act in His obedience, and thus you will be among those who are mindful of Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [109 -858] ما السبيل في تحقيق التقوى؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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