Does a person accuse himself of negligence and laxity and say, "This is the methodology of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)?"
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The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim transmitted ... accusations of the self regarding many matters from the Salaf
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He mentioned among them that one of them would say on the Day of 'Arafah, "I thought that Allah would accept from this person, were it not that I was among them ..."
The Shaykh : By Allah, this, this leads to accusing the self, but it is not befitting, this is not befitting at all. Rather, what is befitting is strong hope, as long as you have done the cause, strengthen your hope in Allah. As for the person who did not do the cause and fears ... in the most perfect manner, as for the one who did not do the cause, there is no basis for good opinion. If he said that Allah would reward him while he did not do this, it is a slander against Allah the Exalted and a bad opinion of Him.
The questioner : ... the Companions are the most of those who exerted the causes in this after the Prophets
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And if they doubted in that, then we are even more so, meaning
The Shaykh : By Allah, this returns, returns to the state of the person himself. The person may, due to the strength of his certainty in Allah the Exalted and the strength of his realization that the matter is serious, fear for himself that he did not fulfill the obligatory. People differ. Some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with him), if they ate food that was doubtful, would vomit until they expelled it, and some of the Companions ... that, so for every occasion there is a saying. What is obligatory for us, if we do the righteous deed according to what we were directed to do, is to have a good opinion of Allah, otherwise our deeds will be lost. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Ibn al-Qayyim transmitted ... accusations of the self regarding many matters from the Salaf
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He mentioned among them that one of them would say on the Day of 'Arafah, "I thought that Allah would accept from this person, were it not that I was among them ..."
The Shaykh : By Allah, this, this leads to accusing the self, but it is not befitting, this is not befitting at all. Rather, what is befitting is strong hope, as long as you have done the cause, strengthen your hope in Allah. As for the person who did not do the cause and fears ... in the most perfect manner, as for the one who did not do the cause, there is no basis for good opinion. If he said that Allah would reward him while he did not do this, it is a slander against Allah the Exalted and a bad opinion of Him.
The questioner : ... the Companions are the most of those who exerted the causes in this after the Prophets
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And if they doubted in that, then we are even more so, meaning
The Shaykh : By Allah, this returns, returns to the state of the person himself. The person may, due to the strength of his certainty in Allah the Exalted and the strength of his realization that the matter is serious, fear for himself that he did not fulfill the obligatory. People differ. Some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with him), if they ate food that was doubtful, would vomit until they expelled it, and some of the Companions ... that, so for every occasion there is a saying. What is obligatory for us, if we do the righteous deed according to what we were directed to do, is to have a good opinion of Allah, otherwise our deeds will be lost. Yes.