Rules Of Getting Closer To Allah (swt)

{ And when My servants ask you, concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me (by obedience) and believe in Me that they may be (rightly) guided. } 2-1864

The first step of proximity (to God) (qurb ) is the proximity to obedience to God and continuous endearment with serving Him (ˋubudiyya )…
The proximity of man (towards God - Allah) is first of all a proximity through his faith and acceptance and then proximity through good deeds and performing good actions.6

”My servant draws not near to Me with anything more beloved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him (مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ), and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works until I love him.”
[related hadith]5

This GCA-list is ordered alphabetically, not by priority. There are other good actions which can be taken, although to implement the GCA-list requires already a considerable effort (jihad ). If in doubt ask those who know more.

And Allah knows best,
may He forgive us here and hereafter and grant us the intercession of His Beloved, Sayyidina Muhammad, upon him and his Family and Companions blessings and peace.

Filtered from several on-line & IRL sources. These items of advice have been collected and edited from:
muslimtents.com
missionislam.com
productivemuslim.com ↩
Beginning of prophetic hadith - Imam An-Nawawi:

Whosoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Judgment.
from: [Helping Others: A Core Principle of Islam], ↩
One letter being read equals 10 hasanát.↩
The complete verse:

{ And when My servants ask you, concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me (by obedience) and believe in Me that they may be (rightly) guided. } 2-186 ↩

Tafsir by Sahl al-Tustari: 'Affirm Me as True (saddaqanī ), for I am there whenever someone calls on Me with sincerity (mukhliṣan ), without despondency (áyis ) or despair (qanaṭ).' TT24
Related hadith
hadith qudsī 2

وعن أبي ذر، رضي الله عنه ، قال‏:‏ قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏
‏ ”‏يقول الله عز وجل‏:‏ من جاء بالحسنة، فله عشر أمثالها أو أزيد، ومن جاء بالسيئة، فجزاء سيئة سيئة مثلها أو غفر‏.‏ ومن تقرب مني شبراً ، تقربت منها ذراعا، ومن تقرب منى ذراعاً ، تقربت منه باعاً، ومن أتاني يمشي ، أتيته هرولة، ومن لقينى بقراب الأرض خطيئة لايشرك به شيئاً ، لقيته بمثلها مغفرة‏”‏ ‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏.‏

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah, the Almighty, says:

'Whosoever does a good deed, will have (reward) ten times like it or I add more; and whosoever does an evil, will have the punishment like it or I will forgive (him); and whosoever approaches Me by one span, I will approach him by one cubit; and whosoever approaches Me by one cubit, I approach him by one fathom, and whosoever comes to Me walking, I go to him running; and whosoever meets Me with an earth-load of sins without associating anything with Me, I meet him with forgiveness like that".
Reported by Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) [Muslim] ↩
Al-Qushayri also wrote, that ”proximity or closeness here is of one kind only - which is the proximity through knowledge and witnessing.” Q135/136 ↩

He also wrote on this subject of qurb: ”The closeness of man towards God is only facilitated by his distance from the creatures. And this belongs the qualities of the heart, not to the determinations of external appearances and (visible) creation.” (It has nothing to do with physical proximity or closeness.)

And: ”Someone has really the idea of closeness (to God) - then the last thing (for him) is that he has Him front of his eyes always.” (This has nothing to do with physical proximity or closeness.) Q135/136 ↩
”Anger is a destructive emotion, as a fire which destroys our well-being, consumes our good actions, repels our friends and dear ones, frightens our children and forces the angels to report bad actions for the Heavenly Records.” See: [Anger Management In Islam] ↩

2-186	{ Indeed I am near }
2-214	{ Certainly, the help of Allah is close }
7-56	{ Surely, Allah's mercy is close to those who do good }
11-61	{ My Lord is certainly (always) near, ready to answer. }
42-17	{ It may be that the Hour is nigh. }
50-16	{ We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. }
61-13	{ Help from Allah and a victory (is) near at hand }

Rules Of Getting Closer To Allah

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23 Rules Of Getting Closer To Allah (swt)

Rules Of Getting Closer To Allah

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23 Rules Of Getting Closer To Allah (swt)

Edited by OmarKN¹