Assalamu Alekum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaathuh brother.
1.) Learn more about the Akirah/afterlife, and remember it often (this will cause a concern in your heart to do good).
2.) Have a firm intention that you want to be Muttaqi (one who is aware of Allah (SWT)'s prescence/that He is watching everything).
3.) Listen to a lot of Quran (and not only Sudais/Shuraim, but any recitor who's recitation softens your heart, like Afasy). Because in Surah Fussilat (ch 41), Allah (SWT) stated that it is a cure for the beleivers. And by cure, He means that their hearts become clean from the Duniyah (and it's adornment), and it brings their hearts closer to Allah (SWT), thus, help keeping them away from sin, and encouraging them to do more good deeds.
And also brother, if you are ever n a situation of committing sin (example, you have the urge to look a girl when no one is looking), then the thing which helps alot is to remember a heartwarming recitation of the quran, like recitations by Qari Imad ad-Din al Mansary or Qari Abdul Aziz az-Zahrani.
4.) Make a lot of Tawbah which is sincere, because it cleanses one from their sins, and it elevates them in their rightouesness, steadfastness, and awareness/closeness to Allah (SWT), and Rasulallah (SAW) stated (in Muslim) that
he would make Tawbah 70 times in a day. And when Aishah (RA) asked why he would do that (since he is ALREADY free from SIN), he stated that
Allah (SWT) loves it when his slave returns to Him in Tawbah.
5.) Do a lot of good deeds. Rasulallah (SAW) stated (from the authentic sources) that a beleiver's best deeds are those which they do at a constant basis, like Salat, Hajj every year/two years, etc.
So brother, when it comes to good deeds, TRY to pray the 12 Rakah (Sunnah Mu'akadah) everyday (Fajr/2 Zohr/4+2 Magrib/2 Isha/2) along with your Fardh. And if you can't (like if you have school, etc.) then try to do all of them during your weekends, or during times that you aren't tired.
Also, Tasbih is REALLY beneficial. It is something that can be done during your spare time.
1.)100 Subhnallahs is equal to 1000 good deeds written, or 1000 sins (minor sins) to be forgiven. (authentic)
2.) Recite, "Subhanallahi wa Bi Hamdihi" 100x in the daytime and 100x in the nightime, because Rasulallah (SAW) stated that it will be one of the heaviest things on the scales of the beleiver on Yawmal Qiyamah.
3.) After each Salat, recite Subhanallah 33x, Alhamdulillah 33x, Allahu Akbar 34x, and Laa ilaha illa Allahu, wahdahu, laa shareeka lahu, lahul mulku, wa lahul hamdu, wa huwa alaa kulli shay in qadeer, and then all your previous (minor) sins will be forgiven. (bukhari)
4.) Subhanallahi Wa bi hamdihi 100x a day, and then all your sins will be forgiven even if they were dense like the foam in the sea (bukhari).
and many more.
6.) do not come next to sin, because it will stain your heart. Example:
do not listen to backbiting, because then you will get use to listening to backbiting SO MUCH that you will end up DOING it yourself.
7.) Constantly make dua to Allah (SWT) to help you acheive your dreams of being a better Muslim, and seek His help from sinning, as well as being steadfast upon doing good.
Anyway, that's all for now brother. Please forgive me for everything brother, and I wish the best for you. May Allah (SWT) forgive you, and all of our dear brothers and sisters on TTI and in the world, and may He bless us with Jannah, and that we live our lives with Islam, and that we die with Iman, and may he protect us from committing shirk and kufr, Ameen.
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