Himran Ibn ‘Ayun narrates: I came to visit Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) and asked him to advise me! And he said: “I advise you to be pious and fear Allah (SWT)…”[1]
Piety results in a clean life from any aspect. A clean life requires avoidance of sins at all costs. A clean life will eventually lead to a clean death and if one dies with many sins, then he won’t be able to enter the paradise.
In the end the one who lived a pious life hears upon entering the paradise: “Peace be on you, you shall be happy”[2]
We have prayed a lifetime to have a good ending after this life. A good ending can only occurs with piety as a driving force.[3]
Footnotes:
[1] Mustarefat Saraair, pg. 144, #13
[2] The Holy Quran 39:73
[3] “The good end is for those who guard (against evil)” The Holy Quran 28:83