The Almighty says in Sura Al-Hashr, ayat 18:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O you who have believed, fear God, and let a\nsoul wait for what it has sent forth for tomorrow, and fear God. Indeed, God is\naware of what you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, Allah SWT will bring us to\naccount for everything, the small and the great and as Allah SWT said in the\nQuran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So whoever does an atom’s weight\nof good will see it and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so dear brothers and sisters, those with sound hearts\nand conscious minds know that Allah SWT is waiting for them, and that He will\nnot save them except by the necessity of accountability and demanding the soul\nand holding it accountable for the breaths and movements it conducted in this\nlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so the wise and discreet believer must hold himself\naccountable, because obedience and obligations are paramount, and disobedience\nis loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The believing person should have a time in his day in which\nhe holds himself accountable. A time in the day where he reflects on the day\nthat has been spent and whether his actions and his behaviour was aligned to\nthe day when he returns to his Creator and is held accountable for the actions\nof this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the benefits of self-accounting is that it reminds us that\nAllah SWT is ever-present in our lives and that we are not alone and therefore\nthat knowledge prevents us from being reckless in our actions and prevents us\nfrom misbehaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first step of this self-accounting should be spent on pondering\non the blessings of Allah SWT on their day. Things such as wellness, security,\nriches and the favours that one can remember. Remember, there are immeasurable\nfavours that we can\u2019t even ponder over, such is the blessings of Allah SWT in\nour everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so, the reminder concludes with some benefits of\nperforming self-accountability in the hope that we can all make it a part of\nour lives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- Through accountability, a\nperson becomes aware of their own shortcomings. He who is aware of his own\nfaults knows his worth, and the knowledge of the slave by his self-worth causes\nhim to be humble in front of Allah SWT, glorify and worship Allah SWT, so he\ndoes become arrogant in his own worship, no matter how great it is, and does\nnot become complacent in his sin, no matter how small it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- Through accountability, a\nperson recognizes the right of Allah SWT over him. And so when he compares the grace\nof Allah SWT upon him vs his level of worship of Allah SWT, then this will be a\nmotivation for him to improve his acts of worship and a deterrent for him to\nperform bad deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, some people rejoice over the provisions\nof this life. Their lives are enveloped with building a life worth living, and\nin many cases, the justification we give to ourselves is that we are building a\nlife for our loved ones and therefore it justifies the sacrifice we make on our\nown souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After all, we tell ourselves, Allah SWT will understand if\nwe miss prayers or if we don\u2019t do other acts of worship because we are spending\ntimes on noble causes such as raising our families or working for our families\netc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, nothing takes away from this\npoint. Especially the brothers, we have a heightened sense of responsibility\ntowards others because that is the position Allah SWT has bestowed upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, we need to understand that part of the test of this\nlife, and in many cases, the hardest part of the test of this life, is finding\nthe balance between the performance of our role in this life but also\nperforming as a slave of Allah SWT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it is that second part that many of us overlook because\nit becomes too difficult to manage both things. We tell ourselves Allah SWT\nwill understand because we are working so hard anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And how do we do this? The reminder concludes with 3 ways to\nachieve this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, the most important thing we must\ntake from our reminder today is that we cannot forsake our self-accountability\nand so our own actions and behaviours as a creation of Allah SWT must come\nbefore the roles and responsibilities that Allah SWT has given us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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