What advice is there for someone who performs acts of worship and obedience, but at the same time commits sins and watches forbidden things?
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Whoever mixes a good deed with a bad one, their bad deeds will be weighed against their good deeds on the Day of Resurrection, and the determining factor will be whichever outweighs the other. One must be wary of good deeds becoming nullified due to persistence in sins. Shortcomings should not lead to abandoning good deeds, for Allah rewards good deeds even if the servant is a sinner. Among what helps in maintaining rectitude are: knowing the worthlessness of this world, humbly and persistently asking Allah for help, having righteous company, and avoiding everything that incites desires and leads to sins.
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