Yahya Rhodus - Taking Yourself to Account

About this lecture

In this lecture, Yahya Rhodus explores the concept of *muhasaba* — taking oneself to account — as a key trait of spiritual chivalry (*futuwwa*) and a foundation of the Islamic inner life. Drawing on Quranic verses, the stories of the righteous, and Imam al-Ghazali's *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din*, he outlines six stages of guarding the heart (*murabata*): *musharata*, *muraqaba*, *muhasaba*, *mu'aqaba*, *mujahada*, and *mu'ataba*. Listeners are reminded that the more diligently they reckon with themselves in this life, the lighter their standing will be on the Day of Judgment.