How to Escape Sins

The Ways and Means to Refrain from the Disobedience of Allah: Based on the words of Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim in 'Uddah As-Sabirin Wa Dhakhirah Ash-Shakirin.

In an age of consumerism and materialism, the faith of the Muslim is tested and tried on a daily basis in the face of waves of immorality and corruption. Imam Ibn al-Qayyim discusses twenty practical measures, based on the Qur'an and Sunnah, for the servant to implement in order to escape sin.

Why Practical Measures Rather Than Only Exhortation

Because knowing that sin is harmful has never been the obstacle for most people — resisting it in the actual moment is. Ibn al-Qayyim's genius across his major works is consistently this: taking a spiritual struggle everyone recognizes and breaking it into concrete, implementable steps rather than leaving the reader with good intentions and no method.

'Uddah As-Sabirin, the source work this is drawn from, is itself one of Ibn al-Qayyim's most substantial treatments of patience, and this extraction focuses specifically on its practical guidance for avoiding sin.

What the Twenty Measures Address

Concrete strategies drawn from the Qur'an and Sunnah for recognizing the approach of temptation, interrupting the pattern that leads to sin, and building the habits that make resistance easier over time.

Who It Is For

Any Muslim struggling with a particular sin who wants practical steps rather than only the instruction to stop.

Related Reading

• The Disease & The Cure (Purification of the Heart & Soul) — the same author's fuller work, The Disease and the Cure
• One Hundred Pieces of Advice — one hundred pieces of advice from Ibn Al-Qayyim
• Are You Hurt? 20 Formulas for a Forbearing Heart — twenty formulas for a forbearing heart