A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abdu Abdullah, from his father, from Hamza Bin Abdullah Bin Al Ja’fary, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Abu Hamza who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The one who recognises Allah -azwj would fear Allah -azwj , and the one who fears Allah -azwj , would ignore his own soul in this world’.
From him, from Ibn Abu Najran, from the one who mentioned it, from; Abu Abdullah -asws , replied, ‘(when) I said to him -asws , ‘A group are acting in disobedience and they are saying, ‘We are (living in hope)’. So they are not ceasing to be like that until the death comes to them’. So he -asws said: ‘They are a people swaying in the beliefs. They are lying! They are not with the hope. The one who hopes for something would seek it, and the one who fears from something, would flee from it’.
[8] A similar Hadith is given in footnotes. [9] One Seeking Fame will not be Fearing Allah -azwj : عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ شِدَّةَ الْخَوْفِ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ إِنَّما يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبادِهِ الْعُلَماءُ وَ قَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فَلا تَخْشَوُا النَّاسَ وَ اخْشَوْنِ وَ قَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجاً A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from one of his companions, from Salih Bin Hamza, raising it, said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘From the worship is the intense fear from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic.
Allah -azwj is Saying [35:28] but rather it is those of His servants only who have knowledge who fear Allah . And He -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Praise, Said [5:44] therefore fear not the people and fear Me . And the Blessed and High Said [65:2] and whoever is fearful of Allah, He will make for him an outlet ’. قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ حُبَّ الشَّرَفِ وَ الذِّكْرِ لَا يَكُونَانِ فِي قَلْبِ الْخَائِفِ الرَّاهِبِ .