Exerting effort in obedience

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al-Ijtihaad fee al-Taa'ah - You should exert the utmost effort to perfect your ritual acts. Allah says,

“And among mankind is he who worships Allah as it were, upon the very edge (i.e. in doubt); if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face (i.e. reverts back to disbelief after embracing Islam). He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.” al-Qur’an, Surah al-Hajj, 22: 11

And,

“Remain, then, conscious of Allah as best you can, and listen [to Him], and pay heed. And spend in charity for the good of your own selves: for, such as from their own covetousness are saved – it is they, they that shall be successful!” al-Qur’an, Surah al-Taghaabun, 64: 16

And Allah says,

“O you who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the Shaytaan; for he is to you an avowed enemy.” al-Qur’an, Surah al-Baqarah, 2: 208

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1. Thankfulness

You must be thankful to Allah for all his blessings upon you.

2. Praise

You must praise Allah.

3. Remembrance

You should invoke Allah (or remember him through praise and glorification or other acts of worship).

4. Glorifying Allah

You should glorify Allah.

5. Supplication

You must supplicate to or ask Allah only. Du’a is supplication; calling and asking Allah (swt) it is a ritual act that cannot be performed to anyone else nor via anyone or anything else (even Muhammad) i.e. nor by intercession but rather must be directl