Combining Good Opinion of Allah with Fear of Him
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The questioner:
He sent to you, saying: How do we combine the fear of Allah's deception with a good opinion of Allah?
The Shaykh:
This is the creed of the Muslim: combining the two. He holds a good opinion of Allah and fears Allah. They call upon us with desire and fear, with hope and dread. So the Muslim combines fear and hope. As for the one who takes only fear, that is the methodology of the Khawarij and the Wa'idah. As for the one who takes only hope, that is the methodology of the Murji'ah, who take only the texts of warning and do not pay attention to the texts of hope. Combining the two is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community: fear and hope.[Al-Anbya 21:90] The prophets (peace be upon them) called upon us with this hope and this fear. This is the methodology of the prophets (peace be upon them). Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Is the money...?
The Shaykh:
Also regarding 'Uzayr and the angels,[Al-Isra 17:57] concerning those who are 'Uzayr and the angels. There were people who used to worship them in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and they became Muslims, but those who worshipped them did not know of their Islam. So Allah informed that they had become Muslims and that they were pleased with Allah and feared Him.
He sent to you, saying: How do we combine the fear of Allah's deception with a good opinion of Allah?
The Shaykh:
This is the creed of the Muslim: combining the two. He holds a good opinion of Allah and fears Allah. They call upon us with desire and fear, with hope and dread. So the Muslim combines fear and hope. As for the one who takes only fear, that is the methodology of the Khawarij and the Wa'idah. As for the one who takes only hope, that is the methodology of the Murji'ah, who take only the texts of warning and do not pay attention to the texts of hope. Combining the two is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community: fear and hope.
Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِThe questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Is the money...?
The Shaykh:
Also regarding 'Uzayr and the angels,
Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ
Source
الخوف من مكر الله وحسن الظن بالله — alfawzan.live
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