Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was shown the dominion of the heavens and the earth, he saw a man committing obscenity, so he invoked a curse upon him and he was destroyed. Then he saw another committing obscenity, so he invoked a curse upon him and he too was destroyed. Then he saw a third and invoked a curse upon him, and he was destroyed as well. So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed to him: O Ibrahim! Stop, for you are a person whose supplication is accepted, and I deal with My servant in three ways: either he repents before death and I accept his repentance, or I bring forth from his progeny those who remember Me, or if he dies upon disbelief, then Hell is behind him.