How does one stop sinning?

Assalaamu 3alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu!

Ibraheem ibn Adham was approached by a man who wanted to stop his sins. He asked for advice that will help him realize the consequences of his actions. He was told:

If you want to disobey Allaah, you can, in 5 cases:

1- If you want to disobey Allaah, then don't eat from His rizq (provision.)

The man said: Then where am I to eat when every provision is from Allaah?

Ibraheem said: O such a person! Is it honorable and good to disobey Allaah, and eat from His provision?

The man said: give me the second one.

2- If you want to disobey Allaah, then do not live on Allaah's property.

The man said: Then where am I to live if not on Allaah's property?

Ibraheem said: Is it good then, to eat from His provision, live on His property, and disobey Him?
The man said: Give me the third one.

3- If you want to disobey Allaah, then disobey Him in a place where He will not see you.

The man said: How am I to do this when He not only sees what others see, but what is in the hearts?

Ibraheem said: o you such a person, how do you eat from His provision, live on His property, and disobey Him openly?

The man said: Give me the fourth one.

4- If you want to disobey Allaah, when the Angel of Death comes to you, tell him to come back later, after you repent.

The man said: He will not accept this from me!

Ibraheem said: O you such a person, when you cannot delay death, how do you expect a savior?

The man said: Give me the fifth.

5- If you want to disobey Allaah, then after death comes to you, on the Day of Judgement, when the Angels of Hell come to drag you into Hell, refuse to go with them.

The man said: They will not accept that from me!

Ibraheem said: Then how do you expect to be saved?

The man said: Enough! Enough! I seek forgiveness in Allaah and make tawbaah! Astaghfir Allaah wa atubu ilayKa yaa Allaah!

He made sincere tawbaah, and left all his acts of disobedience, started praying and doing good acts and he died in such a state.

Allaahumma aghfir lahu war`hamhu wasaakinhu fil Jannah inshaAllaah.
Hope we have taken a great lesson from this conversation and ready to implement it on ourselves inshaAllaah.

"O Allaah! keep us away from our sins as is the east from the west.
O Allaah! purify us from our sins as is a white garment from dirt.
O Allaah! wash off our sins with water and snow and hail." Aameen.

Source: Daf Seiful-Islam Ali sent this message to the members of (¨`•MY JOURNEY TO ALLAAH (SWT)!•´¨).