WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.759 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:12.070 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 00:00:12.070 --> 00:00:14.070 Self-accountability 00:00:14.070 --> 00:00:21.109 The importance and virtue of holding oneself accountable 00:00:21.109 --> 00:00:24.609 Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said 00:00:24.609 --> 00:00:28.109 Adorn yourselves before you commit adultery 00:00:28.109 --> 00:00:31.609 And hold them accountable before you are held accountable 00:00:31.609 --> 00:00:35.670 It will be easier for you in the reckoning tomorrow 00:00:35.670 --> 00:00:38.670 To hold yourselves accountable 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:41.740 They were decorated for the biggest show 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:48.000 On that day you will be exposed, not a single thing will be hidden from you 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.500 Al-Sari Al-Saqati, may God have mercy on him, said: 00:00:51.500 --> 00:00:53.500 Who held himself accountable 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:57.140 God is ashamed of his reckoning 00:00:57.140 --> 00:01:01.240 On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.239 The believer is self-sufficient 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:07.239 He holds himself accountable to God Almighty 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:10.239 But the reckoning will be hidden on the Day of Resurrection 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:14.239 Against a people who held themselves accountable in this world 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.430 Rather, the reckoning will be divided on the Day of Resurrection 00:01:17.430 --> 00:01:22.500 On the people who took this matter without accountability 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:25.500 The believer is suddenly surprised by something that he likes 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:29.500 He says, “By God, I crave you.” 00:01:29.500 --> 00:01:31.500 And you are the one I need 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:35.500 But by God, there is no connection to you 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:40.590 Far from it, there is no problem between you and me 00:01:40.590 --> 00:01:42.590 Something is too much for him 00:01:42.590 --> 00:01:45.590 Then he returns to himself and says: 00:01:45.590 --> 00:01:48.590 What I wanted to do with this 00:01:48.590 --> 00:01:50.590 What do I have to do with this? 00:01:50.590 --> 00:01:55.780 By God, I will never go back to this, God willing 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:59.780 The believers are a people who are trusted by the Qur’an 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.780 And he prevented them from being destroyed 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:06.069 The believer is a prisoner in this world 00:02:06.069 --> 00:02:09.069 He seeks to break his neck 00:02:09.069 --> 00:02:13.069 Nothing is safe until he meets God Almighty 00:02:13.069 --> 00:02:18.139 He knows that his hearing and sight are being controlled 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:21.389 And his tongue and his surroundings 00:02:21.389 --> 00:02:23.389 He said, may God have mercy on him 00:02:23.389 --> 00:02:26.419 The man was pricking a fork 00:02:26.419 --> 00:02:28.419 He says 00:02:28.419 --> 00:02:31.419 I know that you are guilty 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:34.419 And my Lord Almighty has not wronged me 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:40.860 Guidance and advice on self-accountability 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:46.169 Al-Rabi’ bin Khathim, may God have mercy on him, said 00:02:46.169 --> 00:02:48.169 If you speak 00:02:48.169 --> 00:02:50.169 Remember, God hears you 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:52.199 And if you care 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:54.199 Remember his knowledge of you 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:56.199 And if you look 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.199 Remember his look at you 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.199 And if you think 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.199 So remember what is upon you 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:06.330 For God Almighty says 00:03:06.330 --> 00:03:09.330 Hearing, sight, and heart 00:03:09.330 --> 00:03:13.840 All of those were responsible for him 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.870 On the authority of Maimun bin Mahran, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:03:17.870 --> 00:03:19.870 Do not be a pious man 00:03:19.870 --> 00:03:23.870 So that he can hold himself more accountable 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:25.870 From partner to partner 00:03:25.870 --> 00:03:30.870 And he even knows where his clothes, food, and drinks come from 00:03:30.870 --> 00:03:34.419 Ibn al-Muqaffa, may God have mercy on him, said 00:03:34.419 --> 00:03:37.419 The wise person must take care of himself 00:03:37.419 --> 00:03:41.419 Equal in religion, morals, and etiquette 00:03:41.419 --> 00:03:46.419 He collects all of this on his chest or in a book 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:49.419 Then he exposes himself frequently 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:52.419 And it costs her to fix it 00:03:52.419 --> 00:03:55.419 This is put to good use 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:59.419 From repairing the defect, the two defects, and the defect 00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:02.509 On the day, Friday or month 00:04:02.509 --> 00:04:05.509 Every time he fixes something, he erases it 00:04:05.509 --> 00:04:09.509 Whenever he looked at Erase, he became happy 00:04:09.509 --> 00:04:15.819 Whenever he looked at Thabet, he became depressed 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:21.259 Stories and facts about self-accountability 00:04:21.259 --> 00:04:24.259 Omar saw Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him 00:04:24.259 --> 00:04:26.259 And the tongue protruded 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:28.259 I take him by the hand 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:29.259 And he said 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:32.259 What are you doing, O successor of the Messenger of God? 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:34.290 And he said 00:04:34.290 --> 00:04:38.639 Did the resource tell me anything but this? 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.639 On the authority of Anas bin Mark, he said: 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.639 I heard Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, one day 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.740 I went out with him until he entered a wall 00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:53.740 So I heard him saying, and there was a wall between me and him 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:56.740 It is in the hollow of the wall 00:04:56.740 --> 00:05:00.829 Omar, Commander of the Faithful, blah blah 00:05:00.829 --> 00:05:03.860 God built the speech 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:07.860 Either you fear God or He will torture you 00:05:07.860 --> 00:05:11.250 On the authority of Salamah bin Mansour 00:05:11.250 --> 00:05:16.250 On the authority of a servant of theirs who was accompanying Al-Ahnaf bin Qais, may God have mercy on him, he said 00:05:16.250 --> 00:05:18.250 I was accompanying him 00:05:18.250 --> 00:05:22.250 His general prayer at night was supplication 00:05:22.250 --> 00:05:25.250 He was coming to the lamp 00:05:25.250 --> 00:05:28.250 He puts his finger in it and then says 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:30.250 Oh Hanif 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:34.250 What made you do what you did on such and such day? 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:38.250 What made you do what you did on such and such day? 00:05:38.250 --> 00:05:43.819 A man attacked Abu Muawiyah Al-Aswad, may God have mercy on him 00:05:43.819 --> 00:05:44.819 And he said 00:05:44.819 --> 00:05:49.889 I ask God for forgiveness for the sin that you have imposed on me 00:05:49.889 --> 00:05:55.300 Hassan bin Abi Sinan, may God have mercy on him, passed by a room 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:56.300 And he said 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:59.300 Since I built this 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:00.459 He said 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:03.459 Then he came back to himself and said 00:06:03.459 --> 00:06:06.459 And what do you have to do since you have built? 00:06:06.459 --> 00:06:09.459 You ask what does not concern you 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:14.879 He was a man who followed Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:19.879 He always finds himself emerging from a brick and looking into it 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.879 He wanted to know what was in it 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.879 The patch fell into his hand 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:27.879 And it was written in it 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.879 Sufyan 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.879 Remember your standing in the hands of God Almighty 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:39.459 On the authority of Abu Sulayman al-Darani, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:45.459 I heard Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur crying during his sermon on Friday 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:47.459 It made me angry 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:53.459 I was intent on going up to him and speaking to him about what I had heard from him 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:57.459 And what I know of what he did if he came down 00:06:57.459 --> 00:07:02.709 Then I thought that I wanted to go to the Caliph and preach to him 00:07:02.709 --> 00:07:06.709 People were sitting and staring at me 00:07:06.709 --> 00:07:09.709 The outfit enters me 00:07:09.709 --> 00:07:12.709 He orders me to kill me 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:15.709 I will be killed without correction 00:07:15.709 --> 00:07:17.709 So I sat down and calmed down 00:07:17.709 --> 00:07:22.000 Al-Sari Al-Saqati, may God have mercy on him, said: 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.060 I hid my fault for thirty years 00:07:25.060 --> 00:07:30.060 This is because we were a group going early to Friday 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:33.060 We have places that have known us 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:36.060 We can hardly be without it 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:40.060 A man from our neighbors died on Friday 00:07:40.060 --> 00:07:43.060 I wanted to attend his funeral 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:46.060 So I sent her away and sacrificed my time 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:49.060 Then I came wanting Friday 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:52.060 When I approached the mosque 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:54.060 She told me myself 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:57.160 Now they see you as a sacrifice 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.160 And you missed your time 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:02.189 This was difficult for me 00:08:02.189 --> 00:08:04.189 So I said to myself 00:08:04.189 --> 00:08:07.189 I see you as a hypocrite for thirty years 00:08:07.189 --> 00:08:09.189 I don't know 00:08:09.189 --> 00:08:13.259 So I left that place where I was coming 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:17.259 So I started praying in different places 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:23.339 Because he doesn't know where I am or anything like that 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:27.339 The importance of knowing one's faults and defects 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:32.000 And kneel with people 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.000 Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:38.029 Don't worry about mentioning people 00:08:38.029 --> 00:08:40.029 It is a scourge 00:08:40.029 --> 00:08:43.029 And you must remember God 00:08:43.029 --> 00:08:45.509 It is a mercy 00:08:45.509 --> 00:08:48.580 He also said, may God be pleased with him 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:50.580 People love me 00:08:50.580 --> 00:08:53.860 Who guided me to my faults? 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:56.860 Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, said 00:08:56.860 --> 00:09:00.860 One of you sees the speck in his brother's eye 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:04.059 He forgets the stump in his eye 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:07.059 Bilal bin Saad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:12.059 Reminding you of your good deeds and forgetting your bad deeds 00:09:12.059 --> 00:09:15.409 Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:15.409 --> 00:09:17.440 Son of Adam 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.440 You are not hitting the truth of faith 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.440 So that you do not shame people with a defect in you 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:28.440 And until you start correcting that defect in yourself 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.440 So you fix it 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:32.440 If you do that 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:34.440 Didn't fix the defect 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.440 Unless you find another defect that cannot be fixed 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.659 If you do that 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:43.659 Your job was in private 00:09:43.659 --> 00:09:48.980 The most beloved of the servants to God Almighty is he who is like this 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:51.980 Aoun bin Abdullah, may God have mercy on him, said 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:55.980 I don't think anyone is devoted to people's faults 00:09:55.980 --> 00:10:00.210 Except for his own negligence 00:10:00.210 --> 00:10:03.210 It was narrated on the authority of some predecessors that he said: 00:10:03.210 --> 00:10:06.210 I realized people had no flaws 00:10:06.210 --> 00:10:09.210 They mentioned people's faults 00:10:09.210 --> 00:10:12.340 So people mentioned their faults 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:15.340 I realized that people had flaws 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:18.340 Stop pointing out people's faults 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:20.340 I forgot their faults 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:22.340 Or as he said 00:10:22.340 --> 00:10:25.690 Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said 00:10:25.690 --> 00:10:27.690 A joke from his master 00:10:27.690 --> 00:10:31.820 The governors made eyes on the common people 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:35.820 And I will make you my eyes 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:39.820 If you hear a word from me, disavow me 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:42.820 Or actually you don't like it 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:46.200 So he advised me and forbade me from doing so 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.200 Al-Fudayl bin Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:52.230 Your business is in yourself 00:10:52.230 --> 00:10:55.389 Don't let your business be in anyone else's business 00:10:55.389 --> 00:10:58.389 Whoever has his job in someone else 00:10:58.389 --> 00:11:00.740 He deceived him 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:03.740 Al-Sari Al-Saqati, may God have mercy on him, said 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:05.740 From the lure sign 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:08.740 Blindness to one's own faults 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:11.970 He also said, may God have mercy on him 00:11:11.970 --> 00:11:15.970 Only an ignorant person is aware of the faults of creation 00:11:15.970 --> 00:11:20.970 Whoever covers it will not tear it except he is cursed 00:11:20.970 --> 00:11:25.340 Self-struggle 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:30.620 Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani, may God have mercy on him, said 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:34.679 Have you seen a soul if I honor it and bless it? 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.679 I will be blamed tomorrow before God 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.679 Even if I insulted her, set her up, and did her wrong 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.679 You will praise me before God tomorrow 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:48.809 He said: Who are you, Abu Muslim? 00:11:48.809 --> 00:11:52.840 He said, “By God, my soul.” 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.190 Qatada, may God have mercy on him, said 00:11:56.190 --> 00:11:58.289 Son of Adam 00:11:58.289 --> 00:12:02.289 If you do not want goodness to come except actively 00:12:02.289 --> 00:12:07.289 Your soul tends towards boredom and boredom 00:12:07.289 --> 00:12:10.320 But the believer is prejudiced 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.320 And the pious believer 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:17.379 And the believers still say, “Our Lord is our Lord.” 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.379 In secret and in public 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:22.740 So he responded to them 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:25.740 Muhammad bin Al-Mankadir, may God have mercy on him, said 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:28.740 I depressed myself for forty years 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:31.960 Until she straightened out 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:34.960 Abu Yazid Al-Bastami, may God have mercy on him, said 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.990 I called myself to God 00:12:37.990 --> 00:12:40.990 Ali refused and found it difficult 00:12:40.990 --> 00:12:43.990 So I left her and went to God 00:12:43.990 --> 00:12:48.559 A life of peace 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.559 Between words and action