274. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb said, ‘Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable, for that is easier,’ or he said, ‘Lighten your reckoning. Weigh yourselves [in deeds] before you are weighed and prepare for the greatest exposition: On that Day you will be exposed—no concealed act you did will stay concealed (69:17).’ (Ājurrī in Adab an-Nufūs 17).
