In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Asalaamu Alaiakum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatu You have 6 hours... Abu Umaamah (radhiyaAllaahu anhu) reported from the Messenger of Allaah (sallahAllaahu alayhi wasallam) who said: إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الشَّمَالِ لَيَرفَعُ الْقَلَمَ سِتَّ سَاعَاتٍ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْمُخْطِئ – أَوْ الْمُسِيء – ، فَإِنْ نَدِمَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ اللهَ مِنْهَا أَلْقَاهَا ، وَإِلاَّ كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدَهً "The occupier of the left; raises [and holds] his pen for six hours –from the Muslim servant [of Allaah] who has wronged or committed a mistake- ; so if he regrets and seeks Allaah's forgiveness from it: he returns it back, and if that is not the case; then it is written as one." Source: Mu'jam al-Kabeer: 7765, Saheeh Jam'i as-Sagheer: 2097 – Imaam Albaanee said it is hasan. Lessons & Benefits: - Proof that there are Angels scribing the deeds of each one of us. - Affirmation that there are two different Angels; one on the right [for the good deeds], and one on the left [for the sins]. - The importance of hastening onto the forgiveness of Allaah. - The great importance of regretting from committing sins – and that it is a large part of- seeking forgiveness and/or repentance. - The great, encompassing mercy of Allaah: such that we have six hours before the sin is written. - The great, encompassing mercy of Allaah: such that a sin is only written as one, and not multiplied. While the good deeds are multiplied from ten up to seven hundred times. Wa Alaykum Al Salam Wa Rahmat Allah Wa Barakatu