Who said: "Account for yourselves before you are accounted for"
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Question:
He asks: To whom is this phrase attributed, "Account for yourselves before you are accounted for"? And is it permissible for the preacher to use it?
Answer:
This phrase is narrated from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O people, Nothing is hidden from Allah on your part. This is good speech, and it is also derived from the evidence of the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
He asks: To whom is this phrase attributed, "Account for yourselves before you are accounted for"? And is it permissible for the preacher to use it?
Answer:
This phrase is narrated from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O people,
Account for yourselves before you are accounted for, weigh your deeds before they are weighed, and prepare for the greatest presentation, the day you are presented.
حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا وزنوها قبل أن توزنوا وتأهبوا للعرض الأكبر يوم تعرضون
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/078 — archive.org (8:23)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.