those who say:on a separate note: some people may not want to retain some memories.
errm....I hope Ali gets the treatment...
nearly. islam changed it more.i know as a scientist i'm biased but still it's changed the world more than anything else in history
alaHazrat would read this du'a that is from the hadith everytime he saw someone with an illness and he says in al-malfuz that he regrets reading it on a few occasions because the prophets often had these ailments and alaHazrat wanted to have those ailments that the prophet's 'alaihim assalam had.alHamdu lillahi'l ladhi aafaana min mabtalaka bihi wa faDDalana ala kathirin minmman khalaqa tafDeela.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/22/scimind122.xmlyad e maazi azaab hai ya rabb
cheen ley mujh sey haafiza mera