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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Combining the hadith "Do not say 'what Allah and I will'" with the hadith "No one fears except Allah"

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The questioner : The questioner says: How do we reconcile the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Do not say: "What Allah willsلا تقولوا ما شاء الله
Sunan Abi Dawud 4980Sahih (Al-Albani)
and his statement (peace and blessings be upon him)
fearing nobody except Allah and the wolf lest it should trouble his sheepلا يخاف إلا الله والذئب على غنمه
Sahih al-Bukhari 6943
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The Shaykh : Yes, we reconcile them by understanding that "what Allah and I will" is a partnership between Allah the Exalted and the created being in a single meaning. As for the statement "No one fears except Allah, and the wolf fears his sheep," the fear attributed to Allah is the fear of worship, while the fear attributed to the wolf is the fear of habit and nature. Thus, the fear is distinct: the fear of Allah is the fear of worship, involving humility before the greatness and authority of Allah the Exalted. The fear of the wolf is ordinary, as happened to the Prophets (peace be upon them) when they experienced ordinary fear. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when the revelation was first sent to him, returned to Khadijah with his heart trembling in fear. And Musa (peace be upon him) also feared being killed, so he left.
So this natural, ordinary fear is permissible and is not worship. As for the fear of Allah the Exalted, it is worship. Therefore, "No one fears except Allah" refers to the fear of worship, while the wolf fearing his sheep is ordinary; this is natural. Yes.
Source ابن العثيمين - لقاءات الرياض - اللقاء الأول — archive.org (46:57)

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