The Ruling on Recording Mistakes and Slips in a Log and Self-Accounting at the End of the Year
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Question:
This brother, the questioner, says: Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on a person who keeps a log for himself in which he records his mistakes, slips, shortcomings, incidents, and stories that have passed him in his past year, and at the end of the year he holds himself to account?
Answer:
There is no basis for this, and it is an act of artificiality for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
This brother, the questioner, says: Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on a person who keeps a log for himself in which he records his mistakes, slips, shortcomings, incidents, and stories that have passed him in his past year, and at the end of the year he holds himself to account?
Answer:
There is no basis for this, and it is an act of artificiality for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/204 — archive.org (18:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.