2. Allah tells us in the Qura’n [35.6] Surely theShaitan is your enemy, so take him for an enemy; he only invites his party that they may be inmates of the burning
3. His ultimate goal is to doom us in thisworld and in the Hereafter!How does he achieve this?
4. He won’t come directly and tell you disobey Allah!Instead he will cleverly trick you into being a looser or a hopeless failure!!
5. By craftily laying down traps Every time you are intelligent enough to escape one of his traps, he tries to ensnare you with another trap
7. The accursed devil makes you commit the evil of Kufr and Shirk which is to disbelieve in Allah our Creator and to associate partners to Allah who is one and has no partners. 1st level 1st Dangerous Trap
8. Examples of this are:- Not accepting Islam as your religion. Practising Magic. Believing in Omens. Having lucky charms, colours or numbers. Believing in fortune tellers. Worshipping graves.
9. Consequences Being doomed in Hell forever Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed. -- Sura 4:48
15. Further away from the Sunnah.*Not getting to drink from pond of Kauther. * Most severe punishment in Hell fire after the Polytheists for altering the Deen.
25. Remedy:- *Sincere repentance for the Sin committed with deep regret in your heart & sure intention of never repeating it again. *Following a bad thing with a good thing.
26. Never justify your evil Repent don’t make excuses. Remember this is what the devil did when he was asked to bow down. He refused then offered lame excuses and so he became accursed from that time.
27. And if that too fails the accursed still has some more evil up his sleeves, he makes you commit lots and lots of minor sins. 4th level 4th Dangerous Trap
28. Examples:- Carelessly harming other living creatures who are harmless to you, as they are engaged in the remembrance of Allah. Killing plants without a valid reason as they too are engaged in the remebrance of Allah. Not saying Salaam to another Muslim.
29. Consequences:- *Making your Accounting to Allah harder. *Your journey on the Siraat will be tedious, long & you can get scratched and burnt as you make your way to Jannah!
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31. Examples:- Shopping all the time. Extremely busy social life. Health freak: exercising all the time. Trying to become wealthy: too busy working. Too lazy sleeping away mostly. Food lover: trying out new cuisines everytime. Cleanliness freak: cleaning the already clean stuff.
32. Consequences:- *Too preoccupied with worldly things to get good deeds. So although you don’t get punished for doing the wrong, you also miss out the chance to achieve high grades in jannah!
40. Fasting nafl whilst neglecting your duties and failing to discharge others rights upon you.
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44. Remedy:- Recite *Ta awwudh abundantly *AyatulKursi *Adhaan *Recitation of duas: entering & coming out of the house, eating, toilet duas etc *Frequenting the Masaajid.
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46. Always remember: a wise person is one who is on the vigilance against the traps of his enemies and stays away from them!