✦ REVIVE A SUNNAH ⇨ "CONCEAL YOUR SINS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN" ✦ The Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, “All of my followers will be forgiven except those who sin openly. It is a part of sinning openly when a man does something at night, then the following morning when Allaah has concealed his sin, he says, ‘O So and so, I did such and such last night,’ when all night his Lord has concealed him and the next morning he uncovers what Allaah had concealed.” [Bukhaari, 5721; Muslim, 2990]. Ibn Qayyim said, "...The one who commits sin in secret is doing something less serious thanone who commits sin openly and broadcasts it. The one who keeps quiet about it commits a less serious sin than one who tells people about it. Such a one is far removed from the forgiveness of Allaah, as the Prophet PBUH said: “All of my ummah may be forgiven except those who commit sin openly…” [Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 2/147] Ibn Hajar Asqalani said, "...The hadeeth clearly condemns those who openly flaunt their sin, which implies praise of those who conceal their sin. The fact that Allaah conceals it implies that the believer must also cover himself. Whoever deliberately flaunts his sin angers his Lord, Who will not then cover him. Whoever deliberately conceals his sin out of shame before his Lord and before people, Allaah will bless him by concealing it. [Fath al-Baari, 10/487-488] ***