How to Escape Sins (Based on the Words of Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim) | Islamic Self-Purification & Spiritual Growth Book

How to Escape Sins presents practical Islamic guidance derived from the words of Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمه الله), explaining beneficial methods to overcome sin, strengthen faith, and protect the heart from spiritual harm. The book provides practical steps rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah to help believers pursue obedience to Allah and avoid disobedience.

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The path away from sin begins with strengthening one’s relationship with Allah, purifying the heart, resisting harmful desires, and cultivating sincere obedience. Through reflection, remembrance, repentance, and striving against one’s lower self, believers strengthen themselves against disobedience and move toward spiritual growth and righteousness.

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How to Escape Sins: The Ways and Means to Refrain From the Disobedience of Allah is a spiritually enriching work based upon the teachings and wisdom of Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمه الله), explained and presented by Dr. Abdur-Razzaq ibn Abdul-Muhsin Al-Badr. This beneficial book addresses one of the greatest struggles faced by believers — resisting sin and remaining steadfast upon obedience to Allah in a world filled with distractions, temptations, and moral challenges.

The opening pages introduce practical methods derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah that help strengthen faith and protect the heart from falling into disobedience. The author highlights that overcoming sin begins with developing reverence and veneration for Allah, recognizing His greatness, and strengthening one’s awareness that Allah sees and knows all things.

Throughout the work, readers are guided through important spiritual principles including love of Allah, gratitude for His blessings, reflecting upon the consequences of sins, resisting evil desires, striving against one’s lower self, controlling harmful thoughts, and severing attachments that lead toward temptation and wrongdoing. The book emphasizes that spiritual growth requires both knowledge and action working together.

Special attention is given to reflecting upon the temporary nature of worldly life, remembering death and accountability, seeking closeness to Allah, and focusing upon the everlasting rewards prepared for the righteous in the Hereafter. These reminders encourage believers to develop self-discipline, patience, sincerity, and stronger reliance upon Allah during times of struggle.

The featured pages also highlight Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim’s profound insight that true freedom and happiness are found in obedience to Allah, while surrendering to unchecked desires ultimately leads to spiritual loss and hardship. Written in a simple and practical style, this work serves as a valuable resource for Muslims seeking purification of the soul, stronger faith, and practical guidance toward living a life of righteousness and devotion.

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The Ways and Means to Refrain From The Disobedience of Allah
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Table of Contents
Biography of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim
Reverence And Veneration of Allah
The Love of Allah
Acknowledgment Of Allah's Blessings Reflecting On The Punishment of Allah
The Great Loss That Results From Sin
Suppressing One's Soul And Conquering The Devil
The Compensation And The Reward
The Ma'iyyah Of Allah
The Imminent Approach Of Death
Calamities Are A Consequence Of Sin
Striving Against The Soul
Repelling Evil Thoughts
Severing Relationships With Things That Arouse Lusts
Contemplating Over The Signs Of Allah
The Reality Of This World
To Turn To Allāh
The Two Opposing Forces
Eternal Bliss Of Paradise
Knowledge Has To Be Accompanied By Action Ibn Al-Qayyim's Actual Words
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1. Reverence and Veneration of Allah2
The first of the ways to escape sins involves the reverence and
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veneration of Allah (). So the person acknowledges within his heart the exaltedness and magnificence of Allah ().
Allah, the Exalted, said,
مَا لَكُمْ لَا نَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
"What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] magnificence? While He has created you in stages?" [Surah Nuh 71:13-14]
And He (J) said:
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ، وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ
يَوْمَ الْقِيَمَةِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّتُ بِيَمِينِهِ، سُبْحَنَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ )
"They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him. And on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorified is He, and High is He above all that they associate as partners with Him." [Surah az-Zumar 39:67]
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HOW TO ESCAPE
SINS
The Ways and Means to Refrain From The Disobedience of Allah
In an age of consumerism and materialism, the faith of the Muslim is tested and trialed on a daily basis in the face of the waves of immorality and corruption. Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim (x) discusses twenty practical measures based on the Qur'an and Sunnah for the servant to implement in order to overcome the lure of sin and disobedience. This book explains these invaluable directives cited by Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim () in a simple and clear manner.
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim () said,
"The Messengers of Allah () came with the call to eternal comfort and to the magnificent kingdom [of paradise]. Whoever responds to them will receive the greatest enjoyment of this world and the most pleasant of what exists therein. His life in this world is more pleasant than the life of the kings and anyone else. This is something that the devil envies the believer for with the greatest envy and he strives in every possible way to deprive the believer of this. If the servant controls his desires and anger and if they yield to the call of the religion, then he is a true king. This is because the possessor of this dominion is free and independent, whereas the king who surrenders to his desires and anger is a captive of his lusts and anger. So in reality he is a subservient subject in the attire of a king who is being steered by the reins of lust and anger, as a camel is led.
The person who is deceived and deluded focusses his sight solely upon the visible dominion, which appears like a kingdom but in reality is nothing more than slavery, and he focusses upon the lusts that are initially pleasurable but in the end are [a source of] regret." Summarized
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The Ways and Means to Refrain From The Disobedience of Allah
Based on the words of
IMAM IBN AL-QAYYIM
'Uddah as-Sabirin wa Dhakhirah ash-Shakirin'
DR. ABDUR-RAZZAQ IBN ABDUL-MUHSIN AL-BADR
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Table of Contents
Biography of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim
Reverence And Veneration of Allah
The Love of Allah
Acknowledgment Of Allah's Blessings Reflecting On The Punishment of Allah
The Great Loss That Results From Sin
Suppressing One's Soul And Conquering The Devil
The Compensation And The Reward
The Ma'iyyah Of Allah
The Imminent Approach Of Death
Calamities Are A Consequence Of Sin
Striving Against The Soul
Repelling Evil Thoughts
Severing Relationships With Things That Arouse Lusts
Contemplating Over The Signs Of Allah
The Reality Of This World
To Turn To Allāh
The Two Opposing Forces
Eternal Bliss Of Paradise
Knowledge Has To Be Accompanied By Action Ibn Al-Qayyim's Actual Words
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How To Escape Sins
1. Reverence and Veneration of Allah2
The first of the ways to escape sins involves the reverence and
The
veneration of Allah (). So the person acknowledges within his heart the exaltedness and magnificence of Allah ().
Allah, the Exalted, said,
مَا لَكُمْ لَا نَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
"What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] magnificence? While He has created you in stages?" [Surah Nuh 71:13-14]
And He (J) said:
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ، وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ
يَوْمَ الْقِيَمَةِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّتُ بِيَمِينِهِ، سُبْحَنَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ )
"They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him. And on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorified is He, and High is He above all that they associate as partners with Him." [Surah az-Zumar 39:67]
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HOW TO ESCAPE
SINS
The Ways and Means to Refrain From The Disobedience of Allah
In an age of consumerism and materialism, the faith of the Muslim is tested and trialed on a daily basis in the face of the waves of immorality and corruption. Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim (x) discusses twenty practical measures based on the Qur'an and Sunnah for the servant to implement in order to overcome the lure of sin and disobedience. This book explains these invaluable directives cited by Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim () in a simple and clear manner.
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim () said,
"The Messengers of Allah () came with the call to eternal comfort and to the magnificent kingdom [of paradise]. Whoever responds to them will receive the greatest enjoyment of this world and the most pleasant of what exists therein. His life in this world is more pleasant than the life of the kings and anyone else. This is something that the devil envies the believer for with the greatest envy and he strives in every possible way to deprive the believer of this. If the servant controls his desires and anger and if they yield to the call of the religion, then he is a true king. This is because the possessor of this dominion is free and independent, whereas the king who surrenders to his desires and anger is a captive of his lusts and anger. So in reality he is a subservient subject in the attire of a king who is being steered by the reins of lust and anger, as a camel is led.
The person who is deceived and deluded focusses his sight solely upon the visible dominion, which appears like a kingdom but in reality is nothing more than slavery, and he focusses upon the lusts that are initially pleasurable but in the end are [a source of] regret." Summarized
ISBN 978-1-4951-0354-4
90000>
H Hikmah
PUBLICATIONS
Email: hikmahpubs@gmail.com
9 781495 103544"
Retail Price: $10 US