How does the Muslim combine fear and hope in Allah the Exalted?
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Question:
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: How does the Muslim combine his fear and his hope in Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
He combines them: he fears the anger of Allah and hopes for His mercy. This is the way of the people of faith and the way of the prophets and messengers (peace and blessings be upon them).[Al-Anbya 21:90] This is regarding the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them): [Al-Isra 17:57] So the Muslim combines fear and hope. He does not take only the side of fear; that is the way of the Khawarij. Nor does he take only the side of hope; that is the way of the Murji'ah. Rather, he combines fear and hope.
Fear drives him to repentance and seeking forgiveness, and to fear from sins. Hope drives him to increase in good deeds, obedience, and acts of nearness to Allah, and it prevents him from despairing of the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: How does the Muslim combine his fear and his hope in Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
He combines them: he fears the anger of Allah and hopes for His mercy. This is the way of the people of faith and the way of the prophets and messengers (peace and blessings be upon them).
and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَand they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment
وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُFear drives him to repentance and seeking forgiveness, and to fear from sins. Hope drives him to increase in good deeds, obedience, and acts of nearness to Allah, and it prevents him from despairing of the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يجمع المسلم بين الخوف والرجاء لله تعالى؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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