Precious Fruits
Whoever knows God, his modesty, fear and love for Him intensifies
Ibn Masoud said: And fearing God is enough knowledge. And the decrease in fear of God is only due to the decrease in the servant's knowledge of Him, so the most knowledgeable of people are the most fearful of God, and whoever knows God, his modesty, fear and love for Him intensifies, and the more knowledge increases, the more modesty, fear and love increase. Fear is one of the greatest stations of the path, and the fear of the elite is greater than the fear of the general public, and they are more in need of it, and it is more befitting for them, and more binding on them. For the servant is either upright or deviating from uprightness, so if he deviates from uprightness, then his fear is of punishment for his deviation, and faith is not valid except with this fear.
It arises from three things:
One of them: his knowledge of the crime and its ugliness.
The second: believing in the threat and that God has arranged punishment for disobedience.
The third: that he does not know that he may be prevented from repentance and prevented from it if he commits the sin. So with these three things, fear is complete for him, and according to their strength and weakness, the strength and weakness of fear is determined. For the motivation for sin is either his lack of knowledge of its ugliness, or his lack of knowledge of its bad consequences, or the two things may come together for him, but he is motivated by his reliance on repentance, which is the most common of the sins of the people of faith. So if he knows the ugliness of the sin and knows the bad consequences of it and fears that the door of repentance will not be opened for him, but rather he will be prevented from it and prevented from it, his fear intensifies. This is before the sin, so if he commits it, his fear is greater.
The Path of the Two Migrations and the Door of Two Happinesses
By Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
And may God bless our master Muhammad and all his family and companions
Peace be upon you, and God's mercy and blessings
