Fear
34 sayings
I advise you to fear the Exalted God in public and in privacy, to do good after doing evil, to ask nothing from people, to hold nothing on trust and to avoid judging between two persons.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 941; Page No. 133 link
God will make everything fear the one who fears Him, and will make one fear everything if s(he) fears Him not.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 758; Page No. 108 link
God will make everything fear the one who fears Him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 759; Page No. 108 link
If you knew the extent of Allah's mercy, you would have depended on it and performed only a few deeds, and if you knew the extent of Allah's anger, you would believe that you will not be saved.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5894; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 319 link
Whoever fears is active during the night, and whoever is active during the night reaches the [desired] station. Verily Allah's commodity is valuable, verily Allah's commodity is Paradise.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5885; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 320 link
Allah does not empower anyone over man except one whom he fears. If man was to fear none but Allah, Allah would not allow anyone else to dominate him other than Himself. Man is not assigned to anyone except him in whom he places his hope and if he hopes in none but Allah, he will not be assigned to anyone other than Him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5909; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 322 link
The fountainhead of wisdom is the fear of Allah.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 133, no. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 317 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not fear oppression from your Lord, rather fear oppression from your own selves.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10234; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 320 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When you fear the Creator you will escape to Him, and when you fear a creature, you will escape from it.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4928-2029; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 320 link
Allah, Blessed and most High, says, 'By My Honour and Majesty, I do not combine two types of fear for My servant, neither do I combine two types of security for him. If he feels secure from Me [and My punishment] in this world, I will frighten him on the Day of Resurrection, and if he fears Me in this world, I will provide security for him on the Day of Resurrection.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 379, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 320 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Fear is the soul's prison [preventing it] from sinning and is its deterrent from disobedience.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1987; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He whose fear increases, his affliction reduces.
al-Hikam, no. 8036; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The fruit of fear is security.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4591; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
The one who is subservient to Allah, Allah will make everything else subservient to him.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 108; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
The one who fears Allah, Allah will make everything fear him, and the one who does not fear Allah, Allah will make him fear everything else.
al-Kafi, v. 2. p. 28, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
The one who is wary of Allah, Allah will make everyone wary of him.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 366, no. 32; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 321 link
Blessed is the one whose fear of Allah preoccupies him from fearing people.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 126, no. 32; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 322 link
The person with the highest station in the sight of Allah is the one who fears Him the most.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 180, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 317 link
Three things provide salvation fear of Allah in private, as if you see Him, for verily even though you do not see Him, He surely sees you.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 7, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 318 link
The one who knows Allah the most is the one who fears Allah the most.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 393, no. 64; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 318 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Fear is the garment of the gnostics.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 664; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 318 link
O son of Adam, you will always be with the good as long as fear [of Allah] is your motto and grief your cloak.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 115, no. 176; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 318 link
The believer lies between two fears, fear of a sin that he has committed in the past and does not know what action Allah has taken [with regards to it], and fear for the remainder of his life in which he does not know what destructive sins he may commit, therefore he always wakes up in the morning fearful and it is only fear that reforms him.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 71, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 318 link
Hope in Allah with such hope that it will not embolden you to disobey Him, and fear Allah with such fear that it will not cause you to despair of His mercy.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 384, no. 39; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 319 link
My father (AS) used to say, 'There is no believing servant except that in his heart are two lights, a light of fear and a light of hope, if they were each to be measured neither would exceed the other.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 67, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 319 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who fears his Lord refrains from wrongdoing.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 309, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 319 link
A servant is not a believer until he is both fearful and hopeful, and he is not fearful and hopeful until he acts in accordance with what he fears and what he hopes for.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 392, no. 61; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 319 link
The fearful one is he whose dread has not left him with a tongue with which to speak.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 244, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 319 link
Do not fear the reproach of blame on the path of Allah.
al-Khisal, p. 526, no. 13; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 322 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When you fear a matter, dive straight into it for verily the intensity of your wariness of it is greater than what you actually fear.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 175; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 322 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
If you fear the difficulty of a situation, be hard and firm in front of it and it will lower [in difficulty] for you, and wittingly deceive the problems of the age and they will become easy for you.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4108; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 322 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who does not fear anyone will never ever fear.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8955; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 323 link
If you enter a place which you fear, then recite this verse, "My Lord! Admit me with a worthy entrance, and bring me out with a worthy departure, and render me a favourable authority from yourself" [Qur'an 17:80], and if you see someone whom you fear, then recite Ayat al-Kursi [The verse of the Throne in the Holy Qur'an, 2:255-257].'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 237, no. 37; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 323 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Whoever does not fear Allah with regards to small matters will not fear Allah with regards to large matters.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 174, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 323 link
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