One person came to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and requested: O Beloved Prophet of Allah!  Tell me an act by following which I will go straight into heaven.  He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Wait.  After some time, he again asked the same question.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Recite the whole Istighfaar before the Asr Salaat, sins of 70 years will be forgiven.  He said: O Prophet of Allah! My age is not that much.  He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Sins of 70 years of your parents and of your brothers will be forgiven.

What to do What not to do:

Hadhrat Noor bin Abdullah (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) said that: If the respected people in a community see people doing wrong and do not stop them in spite of the power to do so, then Allah Ta’ala will debase them.

Hadhrat Sahl bin Abdullah Tustri (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) says that the person who has power over nothing except his own self (Nafs ) and follows the commands and prohibitions of Allah Ta’ala to the extent of his own self and considers the wrong done by others as wrong, then that person as if follows all the commands and prohibitions.

Hadhrat ‘Aun bin Abdullah (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) says that doing what Allah Ta’ala has ordered not to do is a sin as the person has broken a prohibition of Allah Ta’ala.  But not doing that which Allah Ta’ala ordered us to do is a big sin, because the person has broken a command of Allah Ta’ala.  The sin committed out of desires of