How are you? He said, “I hope in Allah, O Messenger of Allah, and I fear my sins.” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “These two do not coexist in the heart of a servant in such a situation…”

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The Shaykh : The second hadith is also from Anas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) came to visit a young man who was dying and said:

asked him how he was. He replied, “I am hoping in God, messenger of God, but I am afraid of my sins,” whereupon God's messenger said, “The two cannot come together in a man’s heart at such a time without God giving him what he hopes for and granting him security from what he fears.”

كيف تجدك قال أرجو الله يا رسول الله وإني أخاف ذنوبي فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم لا يجتمعان في قلب عبد في مثل هذا الموطن إلا أعطاه الله ما يرجوا وأمنه مما يخاف

Mishkat al-Masabih 1612

Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said it is a strange hadith. Ibn Majah and Ibn Abi al-Dunya also narrated it, all of them from the narration of Ja'far ibn Sulayman al-Dab'i from Thabit from Anas. The Hafiz, meaning al-Mundhiri, said its chain is good, for Ja'far is truthful and sound; Muslim relied on him, al-Nasa'i deemed him trustworthy, and al-Daraqutni and others spoke about him.

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