Let him look at what he has sent forth. After becoming aware, the path of holding oneself to account (muḥāsaba) only leads to clinging to tawba (repentance).
There are four pillars (arkān) of muḥāsaba (self-accounting): The first is that you compare your sin with His blessing. But this comparison is burdensome for one who does not possess these three things: These are the light of ḥikma (wisdom), having a bad opinion of the nafs (the lower self), and being able to distinguish between blessing and trial.
The second pillar of muḥāsaba is to distinguish between what belongs to you and what comes from you (your intentions and actions, your conduct in response to blessings) and the blessing of the Real (al-Ḥaqq) that is upon you. Thus, you will realize that your guilt is evidence against you and that your acts of ihsan (spiritual excellence) are over you. The judgment is evidence against you and is a ruling for which you have no excuse.
The third pillar of muḥāsaba is that every act of obedience that issues from you, which is pleasing to Him, is incumbent upon you; and every act of maʿṣiya (disobedience) for which you blame your brother is, absolutely (mutlaqan), also incumbent upon you.