I am approaching 70; between me and 70 is [but] a year. If you were to ask me:
‘What is your advice to every Muslim?’ – listen to this, it is [just] one word:
Overlook things as much as you are able.
Tag: regret
Treatment for depression, anxiety, worry, and sadness
[As for] the reason [for depression or distress, then] I cannot know, because the causes of depression and distress are varied.
Dealing with worry, grief and sorrow
And among the benefits of this hadeeth is that the Sharee’ah distances itself from anything that leads to regret, dispute, or enmity. How so?
Otherwise he will regret when death approaches him
A person should make the most of his life [engaged] in good deeds, otherwise he will regret it when death comes to him.
You will regret the time that you have wasted
It is befitting for the student of knowledge to protect and preserve his time, because [sometime] in the future he will [reflect over this and] regret the time he has wasted.
Preoccupied with regret
Being preoccupied with regret over time which has [since] passed is a waste of the present time.
His regret before dying
And during the final days before his death in al-Qal’ah prison, Ibn Taymiyyah – may he be showered with forgiveness – said