WAYS TO DEVELOP SINCERITY IN WORSHIP
Achieving and developing a high degree of sincerity in worship and actions, is what every Muslim should constantly try to realize. There are some ways through which we can achieve sincerity and in worship of Allah Almighty and actions.
1. Improve your Secret Life
Secret Life means private life. In Islam we have excellent importance for our privacy. But it is the nature of man to have fear of visible authorities and in privacy, we cannot hide ourselves from Allah. With this belief, improvement in private life can develop sincerity in worship. "The primary stage of sincerity is that, your private and your public life should be similar".
2. Ask Allah Almighty for sincerity
Having deep fear for Allah Almighty, we should ask Him for sincerity and this is practiced by our Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him). Asking right path for your heart that interact with wrong beliefs. If a person attain Allah Almighty's guidance to develop sincerity that is the wonderful way to be strong and sincere believer.
3. Keep pure Intentions
Our intensions should always be closed to achieve the happiness of Allah Almighty and right cause or objectives of our doings. Good intentions can help us in transforming the attraction into rewarding action. For instance, our acts of eating, drinking, exercising with intension of attaining more strength to perform more worship of Allah Almighty can develop sincerity.
4. Adopt Patience to endure hardships in life
Hardships are the critical tests in a person's life. These are hard to bear if person doesn't have strong belief on Allah Almighty. The belief that every thing is just from Allah Almighty and every hardship has fruits behind it, can help a person in developing sincerity. The example of Life of Holy Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him is like, how much his life was full of hardships but than his life is also a testament to success.
5. Keep motivated to do good deeds
Motivation is the inner quality that trigger to do something. If it trigger to do good deeds, with time the sincerity will be developed. It is the required element that should be developed by first. It is the development of determination and dedication. It is the sign of sincerity to practices strong determination for good deeds.