How can you become a key towards good

Certainly every Muslim who is eager and concerned about ‎the happiness and prosperity of his soul in this life ‎and the next, when he hears this narration of Anas ibn ‎Maalik, may Allaah be pleased with him, and the likes of it from the prophetic traditions which indicate what it entails, there is no doubt that his ‎heart will be moved with yearning and ambition and his soul will shake with a desire to be from amongst ‎the keys of good and not from the keys of evil. Without doubt, this is the desire of every Muslim. ‎

There is not a Muslim except that he loves for himself to be a key to good and not a key to evil. He loves that he should be from the people ofToobaa, i.e. Paradise, and not from the people of Wayl, which is the severe torment and exemplary punishment that ‎Allaah, blessed, and High has prepared for the keys of evil and locks ‎to good.‎

When the soul craves for this and desires it, i.e. Being a ‎key to good, it becomes imperative to fight and strive against it in order to actualize the means and execute its objectives and goals so that the person ‎will become a key to good and lock to evil in truth, action and implementation.‎ Mere hopes and wishes are not sufficient.

Rather the reality of the matter must be understood, and there ‎must be perfection and completion along with seeking the assistance of Allaah and consultation ‎of Him, the Most High. Beginning with the subject ‎at hand which is:

"How can you be a key towards good?"

The speech concerning this weighty and extremely important question that we are all in need ‎of will be answered in the following points. Perhaps it ‎will gather its different sections and vital issues. I’ll mention them in order one after the other.‎‎