Ramdan Selections 1447H- Lesson 14: Mechanism of Self-accountability
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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The mechanism of self-accountability
Dear noble brothers, the mechanism of self-accountability is to spend time alone with yourself every day for a few moments and ask: Why did I do such and such? Why did I leave such and such undone? Why did I give so and so such and such? Why did I withhold such and such from so and so? Why did I connect so and so? Why did I end connections with so and so? Why did I get angry with so and so? Why did I feel pleased with so and so? Why did I smile about such and such? Why did I lash out at so and so? Why did I strike so and so? Why did I judge so and so? Why did I harm so and so?
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable, because true success is to prepare for your Lord a clear answer for every action you do in the worldly life.
Once, a brother, who used to occupy a sensitive position that would enable him to harm others without being called accountable for that, asked me for a piece of advice regarding his job. I said, "Do as you wish. You may cause harm to others, and imprison them, but do not forget to prepare a clear answer for your Lord for every single action you do."
The real success of the believer lies in preparing answerers for Allah the Almighty for every action he does.
Dear brothers, the believer treats people fairly, because he refuses to be unfair to them.
In some cases, man thinks he occupies a position where he cannot be held accountable. For instance, at home, a father may judge his wife and children in a coercive manner, but no one dares to hold him accountable.
In fact, the person who needs self-accountability for a million times is he who none dares to call him to account.
The minister is an example of such a person. He has numerous subordinates, and none dares to call him to account. The same goes for heads of departments, heads of hospitals, universities' presidents, and other positions the one who occupies one of them calls others to account, but he himself is rarely called to account.
Actually, a person in one of these positions needs to understand this lesson (self-accountability) a thousand times more than anyone else.
The person who truly knows Allah, Exalted and Sublime be He, holds himself to the highest standard of accountability. As a result, he apologizes to others when he wrongs them, he offers gifts to make amends for his wrongs, and he openly declares, "If I err, hold me accountable."
