Here are 23 tips from our Prophet (SAWS) to help you erase

your sins :

1) Repenting

Allah says : "O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and
ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I
shall not mind. O son of Adam, if your sins reached the clouds
of the sky and if you then ask forgiveness of Me, I will forgive
you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly
as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing
no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great
as it." [Tirmidhi, Ahmad]

2) Performing Prayer

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"When the time for a prayer comes,
if any muslim performs ablution well and offers his prayer with
humility and bowing, it will be an expiation for his past sins, so
long as he has not committed a major sin; and this applies to
for all times." [ Muslim ]

3) Performing Wudhu (ablution)

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"He who performed ablution well,

his sins would come out from his body, even coming out from
under his nails." [ Sahih Muslim ]

4) Attending the Jumu'ah Salah (Friday Prayer)

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"The five prayers and from one
Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is an expiation (of the
sins committed in between their intervals) if major sins are not
committed." [ Sahih Muslim ].
"Whoever takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as
he can, then uses his (hair) oil or perfumes himself with the
scent of his house, then proceeds (for Jumua prayer) and does
not separate two persons sitting together (in the mosque), then
prays as much as (Allah has) written for him and then remains
silent while the Imam is delivering the Khutba, his sins in-
between the present and the last Friday would be forgiven."
[ Sahih Al-Bukhari ]

5) Waiting for Prayer

Messenger of Allah (SAWS) asked : "Shall I not tell you of

something by means of which Allah erases sins and raises you
in status?". They said :"Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He (saws)
said : "Doing wudoo' well even when it is difficult, taking many
steps to the mosques and waiting for praying after prayer. That
is (equivalent) to guarding the frontier." [ Muslim ]

6) Doing good deeds

Do more good deeds because Allah said :" Verily, the good
deeds remove the evil deeds (small sins)." [ Quran : 11 verse
114 ]

7) Performing Umrah and Hajj

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"Whoever performs Hajj for Allah's

pleasure and does not have sexual relations with his wife, and
does not do evil or sins then he will return (after Hajj free from
all sins) as if he were born anew." [ Sahih Al-Bukhari ]
"The performance of Umra is an expiation for the sins
committed (between it and the previous one). And the reward of
Hajj Mabrur (the one accepted by Allah) is nothing except
Paradise." [ Sahih Al-Bukhari ]

8) Saying 'Ameen' after the Imam

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"When the Imam says 'Ameen', you
should all say 'Ameen' at that time, and he whose 'Ameen'
coincides with the 'Ameen' of the angels, all his past sins will be
forgiven." [ Bukhari ]

9) Calling out Adhaan

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"The muadhin (the one who call out
the prayer) will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his
voice reaches, and every moist and dry place will testify on his
behalf; and he who attends (the congregation of) prayer will
have 25 prayers recorded for him." [ Aby Dawud ]

10) Walking to the Prayer Place

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"If he performs ablution completely

and then goes to the mosque with the sole intention of
perfoming the prayer, and nothing urges him to proceed to the
mosque except the prayer, then on every step which he takes
towards the mosque, he will be raised one degree or one of his
sins will be forgiven. The angels will keep on asking Allah's
forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long as he
keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say, 'O Allah,
bless him! O Allah, be merciful to him!' as long as he does not
do a thing which gives trouble to others." [ Bukhari ]

11) Giving charity

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"The charity erases the bad deed
like the water puts out the fire." [ Tirmidhi ]

12) Asking forgiveness from others on wronging them

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"Whoever has oppressed another

persons concerning his reputation or anything else, he should
beg him to forgive him before the Day of Ressurection when
there will be no money (to compensate for wrong deeds), but if
he has good deeds, those good deeds will taken from him
according to his oppression which he has done, and if he has
no good deeds, the sins of the oppressed person will be loaded
on him." [ Bukhari ]

13) Fasting Ramadan and perfoming prayers during its nights,

especially Laylatul Qadr

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"Whoever fasted the month of

Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from
Allah, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood
for the prayers in the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and
hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be
forgiven." [Sahih Al Bukhari]

14) Reciting Salawaat (Blessings) on Prophet Muhammad

S.A.W.S

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"He who sends blessings on me

once Allah sends blessings on him ten times and removes from
him ten times and raises him by ten degrees." [ al-Nasa'i ]

15) Being kind to animals

The Prophet (SAWS) said :"A prostitute was forgiven by Allah,

because passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that
the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and
tying it with head-cover she drew out some water for it. So Allah
forgave her because of that." [ Sahih Al-Bukhari ]

16) Praising Allah after Eating Food

The Prophet (SAWS) said :" He who has taken food and says
at the end : Al-hamdu lillahi-lladhi at'amani hadha, wa
razaqanihi min ghairi haulin minni wa la quwwatin (All praise is
due to Allah Who has given me food to eat and provided it
without any endeavor on my part or any power), all his past
(minor) sins will be forgiven." [ At-Tirmidhi ]
17) Removing Obstacles from the Road or Way

The Prophet (SAWS) said :" While a man was on the way, he
found a thorny branch of tree on the way and removed it. Allah
thanked him for that deed and forgave him (his sins)."
[ Bukhari ]

18) Hide Other's faults and sins

The Prophet (SAWS) said :" He who conceals (the faults) of a

Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults in the world and in the
Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a servant so long as the
servant is at the back of his brother." [ Sahih Muslim ]
He (saws) also said :" The believer will be brought close to his
Lord until He conceals him and makes him confess hin sin.
Allah will say, 'Do you remember such and such a sin?' The
man will say, 'Yes, I admit it.' The Lord will say, 'I concealed it
for you in the world and I forgave you for it today." [ Bukhari ]

19) Observing Patience during Hard Times

The Prophet (SAWS) said :" Whenever a believer is stricken

with a calamity (discomfort, illness, anxiety, grief or worry),
even the pricking of a thorn, his sins are expiated for him."
[ Bukhari, Muslim ]
He (saws) also said :" When Allah loves someone He tests
them, as for whoever is content Allah is pleased with him, and
as for whoever is discontented, Allah is displeased with him."
[Tirmidhi, classed as Hasan]

20) Making some dhikr

The Prophet (SAWS) said :" Whoever says, 'Subhan Allahi wa

bihamdihi', 100 times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if
they were as much as the foam of the sea." [ Sahih Al-Bukhari ]
He (SAWS) said :" If anyone glorifies Allah after every prayer
33 times (SubhanAllah), and praises Allah 33 times
(Alhamdulillah), and declares His Greatness 33 times ( Allah hu
Akbar ), ninety-nine times in all, and to complete a hundred
says : 'La ilaaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulk
wa lahul-hamd wa huwa 'alaa kulli shai-in qadeer' his sins will
be forgiven even if these are as abundant as the foam of the
sea." [ Sahih Muslim ]

He (SAWS) said :" If anyone says: Astaghfirullah-alladhi la

ilaaha illa Huwal-Haiyyul-Qayyoumu, wa atoubi ilaihi ( I seek
forgiveness of Allah besides Whom there is non worthy of
worship, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and I turn to Him
in repentance ), his sins will be forgiven even if he should have
run away from the battlefield." In another narration, these words
are to be repeated 3 times. [ Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and Al-
Hakim ]

He (SAWS) said :" If anyone sits in an assembly where there is

clamor and says before getting up to leave 'Subhanaka
Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu Allah ilaaha illa-anta,
astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayka' (Glory to be to You, O Allah, I
begin with declaring all praise is to You, I testify there is no god
but You; I ask Your pardon & turn to You in repentance), he will
be forgiven any sin (of the tongue) he might have committed in
that assembly." [ Tirmidhi ]

21) Saying 'Subhan-Allah' 100 times

Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas ( May Allah be pleased with him )

reported : We were with the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) when
he asked :"Is anyone of you unable to earn a thousand good
deeds?" One of those present asked: "How can one earn
thousand good deeds in a day?" He (SAWS) replied :"By
saying :'SubhanAllah 100 times, then 1000 good deeds will be
recorded for him or 1000 sins will be blotted out from his
record." [ Muslim ]