The Prophet ﷺ said, "The wise person is the one who holds himself accountable and works for what comes after death, while the helpless one is he who follows his own desires and then places false hopes upon Allah."He said, this is a good hadith. He said, the meaning of his words "the one who holds himself accountable" is that he calls himself to account in this world before he is called to account on the Day of Resurrection.It is reported that Umar bin Khattab said, "Hold yourselves to account before you are held to account, and adorn yourselves for the greatest presentation. The reckoning on the Day of Resurrection will be light only for those who held themselves to account in this world."It is also reported that Maymun bin Mihran said, "A servant cannot be truly God-fearing until he holds himself to account more strictly than he would hold his business partner, examining the source of his food and clothing."
حدثنا سفيان بن وكيع حدثنا عيسى بن يونس عن أبي بكر بن أبي مريم ح و حدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن أخبرنا عمرو بن عون أخبرنا ابن المبارك عن أبي بكر بن أبي مريم عن ضمرة بن حبيب
عن النبي ﷺ قال الكيس من دان نفسه وعمل لما بعد الموت والعاجز من أتبع نفسه هواها وتمنى على الله قال هذا حديث حسن قال ومعنى قوله من دان نفسه يقول حاسب نفسه في الدنيا قبل أن يحاسب يوم القيامة ويروى عن عمر بن الخطاب قال حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا وتزينوا للعرض الأكبر وإنما يخف الحساب يوم القيامة على من حاسب نفسه في الدنيا ويروى عن ميمون بن مهران قال لا يكون العبد تقيا حتى يحاسب نفسه كما يحاسب شريكه من أين مطعمه وملبسه
[Its chain of transmission is daif] Ibn Majah narrated it in Zuhd, chapter on the mention of death and preparing for it, hadith 4260, from the report of Abu Bakr bin Abu Maryam, and he is daif and became confused in his later years.Report of Umar bin Khattab, narrated by Ibn Abu Dunya with a daif chain from him, containing a break in transmission and the vague transmission of the concealer Sufyan bin Uyayna. See Musnad Faruq by Ibn Kathir, 2/618, and the report of Maymun bin Mihran.