The Blameworthy Fear and the Praiseworthy Fear
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Question:
What is meant by the blameworthy fear and the praiseworthy fear? And what is the difference between them?
Answer:
The blameworthy fear is that which leads its owner to despair of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to give up hope in the mercy of Allah[Al-Hijr 15:56] [Yusuf 12:87] This is the blameworthy fear. Likewise, the blameworthy hope is when a person relies on hope and forgets the punishment and forgets the evil of sins, saying, "Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful." Both matters are blameworthy: neither the blameworthy hope nor the blameworthy fear. So a person hopes in Allah and fears Him, combining fear and hope; he fears without despair and hopes without negligence. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
What is meant by the blameworthy fear and the praiseworthy fear? And what is the difference between them?
Answer:
The blameworthy fear is that which leads its owner to despair of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to give up hope in the mercy of Allah
And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَIndeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
إِنَّهُ لَا يَيْأَسُ مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَافِرُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (080) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-02-25] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:23)
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