The Past is Gone Forever

“Episodes of the past are finished with, sadness cannot retrieve them, melancholy cannot make things right, and depression will never bring the past back to life. This is because the past is non-existent.”

- ‘Don’t be Sad’ by 'Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

Remembrance of Allah

1. Narrated by Abu Musa (radiyAllahu anhu): The Prophet sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said “The example of the one who remembers (glorifies the Praises of) his Lord, in comparison to the one who does not remember (glorify the Praises of) his Lord, is that of a living creature compared to a dead one.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)

2. Narrated by Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu): Allah’s Messenger sallaAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said “Whoever says, Subhan Allahi wa bihamdihi, one hundred times a day, will be forgibven all his sins if they were as much as the foam of the sea.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari).

3. Narrated by Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu): Allah’s Messenger sallaAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said “Whoever says: La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'ala kulli shai'in Qadir*, one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)

Surah Hud, Verse 114

Narrated by Ibn Mas'ud radiyAllahu anhu:

A man kissed a woman and then came to Allah’s Messenger sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and told him of that. So this Divine Revelation was revealed to the Prophet sallaAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam - “And perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) at the two ends of the day, and in some hours of the night [i.e. the (five) compulsory Salat (prayers)]. Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (small sins). That is a reminder for the mindful.” (Qur'an 11:114). The man said, “Is this instruction for me only?” The Prophet sallaAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, “It is for all those of my followers who encounter similar situation.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith No. 209).