Al-Haseeb
The Reckoner
Prophetic Traditions
حَاسِبُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَاسَبُوا وَزِنُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوزَنَ عَلَيْكُمْ
“Take account of yourselves before you are taken to account, and weigh your deeds before they are weighed for you.”
This wisdom encourages daily self-accounting before meeting Al-Haseeb, the ultimate Reckoner.
Scholarly Insights
Al-Haseeb is the One who is sufficient for His servants and the One who reckons their deeds with perfect precision. Not an atom's weight of good or evil escapes His accounting.
Supplications
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
HasbunAllahu wa ni'mal-Wakeel
“Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best Disposer of affairs.”
Living With This Name
- 1
Practice daily self-accounting (muhasabah)—review your deeds each night before Al-Haseeb does.
- 2
Be meticulous about your obligations to others—Al-Haseeb tracks every right owed.
- 3
When people wrong you without consequence, know that Al-Haseeb is keeping a precise record.
- 4
Say 'HasbunAllahu wa ni'mal-Wakeel' (Allah is sufficient for us) when overwhelmed by difficulties.