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His household his companions we ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to bless them to bless every one of us to grant us goodness and to bless us

with rain that will be beneficial for us to protect us from anything that will harm us. I mean

My brothers and sisters

Everyone knows what is the meaning of accountability and everyone understands that he or she will be held accountable and is

accountable upon different levels the initial level as you are born and you grow a little bit older you feel

Accountable, but you might not realize the exact extent of that accountability to the degree that you think it's only to your parents

And then you are worried about your mother you worried about what your father's going to think and so on and as you grow older

You realize the link that you have with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and the fact that the ultimate

Accountability is for Allah and with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala

so

As we grow older we know that we might

Employ someone or we might be employed if you're employed or you employ someone or you are doing business or

interacting with people there is a sense of accountability

To the degree that you know if I were to do my job correctly

I will be rewarded for it and I am deserving of the amount I'm getting and if I were not to do my job correctly

Then it means that I am at fault

May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala grant us goodness so much so that I recall one of the scholars

Back in Saudi Arabia many years ago who was warning those who waste time at the workplace

Reading the paper at that time there was no surfing the net

But I think the problem has just become worse because of the internet and the phone

Reading the newspaper and drinking tea without doing the job that the salary you actually have should be deducted

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