As Salaamu Alaikum!
ALL PRAISES AND THANKS TO ALLAH, LORD OF THE WORLDS!!
How does Shaytaan misguide us? The following are the six ways through which the Shaytaan, the accursed,
leads us astray. He will continue to assault mankind until he succeeds in one or more of them. And also
mentioned below are 10 different ways of keeping ourselves safe from his enticements.
Shaytaan attacks us by:
1) The evil of polytheism and disbelief;
2) Then innovations;
3) Next are the major sins;
4) Then the minor sins;
5) Subsequently, busying people with practicing Mubahaat (meaning Actions that one is neither ordered
to or prohibited from performing
Specifically , such as eating or sleeping) instead of practicing good deeds [that one is rewarded for];
6) Next is busying them with practicing deeds which are good instead of deeds which are better.
The reasons that safeguard a servant from the Shaytaan are ten:
1) Seeking refuge with Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala from him;
2) Reading al Mu'awathatain [Surat an Nas and Surat al Falaq];
3) Reading Ayatul Kursi;
4) Reading Surat al Baqarah;
5) Reading the ending of Surat al Baqarah [last two verses];
6) The believer reading from the beginning of {Haa Meem.} until {to Him is the final return.} [Ghafir: 1-3];
7) Saying what translated means: 'There is no deity worthy of worship but Allaah, alone having no partners, to him belongs the
dominion, to him belongs all praise, and He has the ability to do all things.' One hundred times;
8) Practicing the remembrance of Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala a lot;
9) Performing ablution along with prayers;
10) Refraining from supernumerary (extra) looking around, talking, eating and mixing with people.
By Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir as-Sa`dee
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