Combining Fear and Hope, and Having a Good Opinion of Allah
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The questioner:
What is your opinion of the one who says that the Muslim must let the side of fear of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) prevail in a state of poverty, and let the side of hope prevail in a state of illness? What is the path of fear, and what is new about that?
The Shaykh:
The correct view is that a person should always be between fear and hope, as long as he is alive. He should be between fear and hope, with neither the side of fear nor the side of hope dominating, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anbya 21:90] And He the Exalted said regarding the believers: [Al-Isra 17:57] This is what applies: [Al-Isra 17:57]. It is obligatory that the Muslim be balanced between fear and hope, always maintaining equilibrium, whether in a state of health or in a state of illness.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I have a brother who does not pray, and I ordered him to pray, but he
The Shaykh:
As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 2877c, it does not mean that the side of hope prevails. Rather, it means that one does not despair of the mercy of Allah, even if his sins and transgressions are many, as long as he is upon the Islamic religion. If he has sins and transgressions, he does not despair of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His forgiveness.
What is your opinion of the one who says that the Muslim must let the side of fear of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) prevail in a state of poverty, and let the side of hope prevail in a state of illness? What is the path of fear, and what is new about that?
The Shaykh:
The correct view is that a person should always be between fear and hope, as long as he is alive. He should be between fear and hope, with neither the side of fear nor the side of hope dominating, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَwhom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them
الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْand they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment
وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I have a brother who does not pray, and I ordered him to pray, but he
The Shaykh:
As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
None of you should die but hoping only good from Allah
لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ الظَّنَّ بِاللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13/1 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:06:24)
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