10 Tips to Become a Devoted Slave of Allah :::

1. Revive the faith in your heart. Faith is what will bring the Muslim everything he seeks in this world and in the Hereafter. Faith is the key to all goodness and locks the door to all evil. Do a lot of acts of worship and righteous deeds.

2. Turn to your Lord sincerely, as it says in the report: “If My slave turns to me inwardly and outwardly, I will turn the hearts of My slaves to him with love and mercy.”
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Allah has made worship the ultimate aim and loftiest purpose of man:

❝ And I created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).❞ [al-Dhariyaat 51:56]

3. Set your sight on the highest degrees, and make your goal in life to earn the pleasure of Allah, and strive to attain the victory of Paradise, or to attain the highest Firdaws. Strive as hard as you can to achieve these lofty aims.

4. Follow the example of historical Muslim figures such as the Sahaabah, Taabi’een and righteous forebears.

5. Make the most of every minute, every moment and every heartbeat to use it in such a way as to increase your faith.

6. Keep company with righteous people, because the Messenger (salAllahu 'alaihy wa sallam) said, ❝ A man will follow the religion of his close friend, so let each one of you look at whom he befriends.❞
[Abu Dawood & Tirmidhi].

Good friends are one of the best means of helping you to obey Allah and to avoid sin and error.

7. Do a lot of righteous deeds which will bring you happiness in this world and in the Hereafter.

8. Pray qiyaam al-layl, make du’a just before dawn. The feet of the Messenger (salAllahu 'alaihyi wa sallam) used to swell because of his desire to be a thankful slave, even though Allah had forgiven his previous and future sins.

9. Persist in reading a portion of Qur’an daily, and other dhikr that helps you to think and ponder the meanings of the Qur’an.

10. Strive to spread the word and make da’wah for the sake of Allah, and work for Islam as much as possible.

If you want to reach the status of devoted slave for which you long, then be as Allah commanded His Prophet salAllahu 'alaihy wa sallam: ❝ Say (O Muhammad): Verily, my Salah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists).❞ [al-An’aam 6:162]

Being a devoted slave of Allah means declaring one’s devotion and belonging to the Lord, which can only be achieved by applying this aayah, so that we are for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, in all our affairs.