Examining the Ways to Overcome the Obstacles of Piety in the Holy Qur'an and Hadiths

The subject of piety, maintaining and strengthening it has always been the focus of scholars and thinkers in Islam. Maintaining piety in the first stage, and strengthening it in the next stage, can only be realized by knowing the factors that prevent piety. The Holy Qur'an and the hadiths of the infallible Imams (as) are the most important sources and references for identifying the obstacles to piety, and in addition to introducing the obstacles that prevent piety, solutions to remove the obstacles to piety are also stated in these sources. Considering that the obstacles of piety are factors that prevent the emerging and maintenance of piety in individuals and society, it can be said that the only way out of these obstacles is to set examples of Qur'anic verses and hadiths. In the process of identifying the obstacles of piety, in addition to providing solutions to overcome the obstacles of piety by performing individual and collective acts of worship such as: prayer, fasting, zakāt, ḥajj, and other strategies such as appealing, trust, patience, dhikr, hoping for divine mercy, have also been described, which are very important to know in creating piety and maintaining it.