Opening the pages of a servant's account at the end of the year
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that whenever a year ends, the pages of the servant's account and his good deeds are opened?
Answer:
The year, my brother, is not fixed; the end of your year is not fixed. People differ: this person's year ends today, and that person's year ends on such-and-such a day. The year has no specific limit for all people. It is not the case that whenever a year is completed for you, you sit down [to account for it]. You must account for yourself every day; it is not that you delay the accounting until the end of the year. If you die before the end of the year and you have sins upon you, account for yourself every day and repent to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that whenever a year ends, the pages of the servant's account and his good deeds are opened?
Answer:
The year, my brother, is not fixed; the end of your year is not fixed. People differ: this person's year ends today, and that person's year ends on such-and-such a day. The year has no specific limit for all people. It is not the case that whenever a year is completed for you, you sit down [to account for it]. You must account for yourself every day; it is not that you delay the accounting until the end of the year. If you die before the end of the year and you have sins upon you, account for yourself every day and repent to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب رفع الصوت بالأذان — islamhouse.com (1:13:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.