Fear Allaah in the Unseen and do not publicize your bad deeds:
Whatever sins you might have committed while in seclusion, then let it remain hidden, and do not inform anyone about it nor publicize it. Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: I heard Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ saying: ❝All the sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the Mujaahireen (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins to the people). An example of such disclosure is that a person commits a sin at night and though Allaah screens it from the public, then he comes in the morning, and says: “O so-and-so, I did such-and-such (evil) deed yesterday”, though he spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin) and in the morning he removes Allaah’s screen from himself.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (6069) and Saheeh Muslim (2990)]Thereafter, seek Allaah’s help in becoming righteous and an obedient slave of Allaah, and do righteous deeds which will help in effacing the bad deeds, as Allaah تعالى said:
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ
{And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night [i.e., the five compulsory Salaah]. Indeed, good deeds remove with evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who are mindful (and accept the advice).}
[Surah Hood (11): 114] And do Istighfaar consistently and continuously, and seek Allaah’s Forgiveness and Mercy, so, that He تعالى forgives your sins which you did – openly or secretly.And supplicate to Allaah, as the Prophet ﷺ had taught:
اللَّهُمَّ إني أَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ
Allaahumma innee as-aluka khashyataka fil-ghaibi wash-shahaadah
❝O Allaah, cause me to fear You in secret and in public❞
[Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (1305, 1306) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
And as al-Imaam al-Shaafi`ee رحمه الله said:❝The hardest of things to do are three:
. Generosity (giving charity) even in poverty.
. Piety in seclusion.
. Speaking the truth in the presence of those from whom you hope (for a favor) and from whom you fear (retaliation).❞ [Al-Fawaaid al-Akhbaar of Ibn Hikmaan (13) and Taareekh Damishq of Ibn `Asaakir. In Jaami` al-`Uloom wal-Hikam (18/2/478) with the wording: “The most honorable acts are three” (and the rest is the same]Know that Allaah تعالى is al-`Adheem (Most Great) and al-Kareem (Most Generous). So, while in seclusion if you leave off doing something bad – though you had the ability to do it – but you left it for the sake of Allaah and out of the fear of His punishment, Allaah تعالى will raise your status and honor you, because you feared Allaah in the unseen (i.e., in this world before meeting Him in the Hereafter), and fearing Allaah in the unseen is a great achievement and high rank which very few achieve. And Allaah has promised a great reward for those who fear Him in the unseen, as Allaah تعالى said:
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ * هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٍ * مَّنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمَٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَاءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ * ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُودِ * لَهُم مَّا يَشَاءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
{And Paradise will be brought near to the Muttaqoon (pious). (It will be said): “This is what you were promised, - (it is) for those oft-returning (to Allaah) in sincere repentance, and those who preserve their covenant with Allaah (by obeying Him in all what He has ordered, and worship none but Allaah Alone). Those who feared the Most Beneficent (Allaah) in the Ghaib (unseen): (i.e., in this worldly life before seeing and meeting Him), and brought a heart turned in repentance (free from Shirk). Enter it (the Jannah) in peace. This is the Day of Eternity (and no death). They will have whatever they wish therein, and We have more (for them, i.e., a glance at the All-Mighty, All-Majestic).”}
[Surah Qaaf (50): 31-35]
And part of hiding your bad deeds is hiding what you did in the past, or what or who you were in the past. A lot of people have adopted this culture from the Kuffaar, that after becoming Muslims or after having repented, they go around telling people about their past lives, and the evil deeds that they used to do back then, “I used to drink”, “I used to do drugs”, “I dated”, “I had many girlfriends”, “I had many boyfriends” etc. When you have become a Muslim, or after you have repented, you do not need to clarify, or give justification, or to confess to anyone. After repenting or after becoming a Muslim, your evil deeds are effaced, so don’t give a rope to the people to judge you based on your past after you have repented sincerely.
We ask Allaah تعالى to make us among His righteous servants – who Fear Him openly and secretly, and in gatherings and in seclusions
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