Book Name:Madani Inamaat,Rahe Nijaat
Remember! In the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami, accountability of one’s deeds or accountability is called ‘Fikr-e-Madinah’. Fikr-e-Madinah means that a person should ponder over her daily practices from the point of view of the Hereafter and then she should try to reform the activities which prove to be harmful to her Hereafter. She should take steps to bring improvement in the activities which seem fruitful from the point of view of the Hereafter. Observing Fikr-e-Madinah steadfastly brings abundant blessings. It is for this reason that our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی used to do Fikr-e-Madinah [making accountability of their deeds] very steadfastly and would not become negligent in it at all.
Sayyiduna Muhammad Bin Waasi’ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has stated: A person from the people of Basra asked the wife of Sayyiduna Abu Zar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ about his worship after his demise. She replied, ‘He used to ponder [over the Hereafter] sitting in a corner of the home all day long.’
(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 5, pp. 162)
It is narrated that Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ did not laugh for forty years. The narrator said: Whenever I saw him sitting, it seemed as if he had been a prisoner who was brought to be beheaded. When he would talk, his style would be such as if he had been telling about the conditions of the Hereafter after seeing it with his own eyes and when he would remain quiet it seemed as if fire had been blazing before his eyes. When he was asked about the reason for being so much sad and frightened, he replied: ‘I fear that if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ gets displeased with me by seeing some of my bad deeds and says, ‘Go away, I will not forgive you’, so in this case all of my deeds will become useless. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 4, pp. 198/231)