How Can I Increase My Devotion to Allah (Most High)?
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
How do I slowly increase my time in worship and decrease my time in games in a way that will have lasting benefits?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
The best way to make slow changes to one’s current practice is to do so gradually. This is only possible if one is keeping track of their current schedule.
Step One
Determine how much time you spend playing games.
Step Two
Determine how much time you devote to acts of devotion, such as remembering Allah (Most High).
Step Three
Make small incremental increases to your devotional time and equivalent decreases to your playtime. Whenever you make an incremental change, continue to implement that specific change for at least a week before making another change.
Only make any additional changes when you feel that you are consistent in the change you have already adopted.
Supplemental Materials
This is not a full endorsement of everything in it, but the book Atomic Habits has many very beneficial tips regarding initiating good habits and removing bad habits.
Related:
On Spirituality Living the Sunna, Leaving Sin, and Acquiring Good Character [Course]
Why Am I Unable to Worship as Much as I Should in Ramadan?
How Can an Introvert Improve His Daily Acts of Worship and Seeking Knowledge?
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.
He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.
In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
