How should a Muslim conduct self-accounting, and what is the nature of self-accounting?
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The questioner : How should a Muslim conduct self-accounting, and what is the nature of self-accounting?
The Shaykh : A person’s self-accounting is that he reflects on what he did, what he left undone, what he said, and what he remained silent about, so that he holds himself accountable. For example, he says: “Why did you not speak the truth in such and such a place? Why did you not do what is right in such and such a situation?” And he says: “I did what is wrong in such and such a place, and I spoke falsehood in such and such a place.” And so he holds himself accountable for what he did and what he left undone, in order to straighten what is crooked and remove what is harmful. This is the meaning of self-accounting.
The Shaykh : A person’s self-accounting is that he reflects on what he did, what he left undone, what he said, and what he remained silent about, so that he holds himself accountable. For example, he says: “Why did you not speak the truth in such and such a place? Why did you not do what is right in such and such a situation?” And he says: “I did what is wrong in such and such a place, and I spoke falsehood in such and such a place.” And so he holds himself accountable for what he did and what he left undone, in order to straighten what is crooked and remove what is harmful. This is the meaning of self-accounting.