And if you know that He sees you and you rush to the sin...

And if you know that He sees you and you rush to the sin, indeed you regard Him as among the easiest supervisors over you.,,[1] He, peace be on him, said:” Whoever knows Allah fears Him; whoever fears Allah abstains from life in this world.”[2] He, peace be on him, said:” Indeed, of worship is the intense fear of Allah, the Great and Almighty.” Allah, the Great and Almighty, says: Those of His servants only who are possed of knowledge fear Allah.”[3] “Thereforc fear not the people and fear Me.”[4] “And whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will make for him an outlet.”[5] The love of honor and the love of Allah do not come together in the heart of the God-fearing.”[6] Concerning these Words of Allah, the Great and Almighty:” And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens.”[7], al- Sadiq, peace be on him said:” Whoever knows that Allah sees him and hears what he says and knows what he acts whether good or evil, and that prevents him from (doing) the ugly acts, is the one who fears to stand before his Lord and prevents the soul from the desire.” He, peace be on him, said:” The believer is between two states of fear: the sin which has passed; he does not know what Allah has done for it, and 1 al- Kafi, chapter: Fear and Hope: 2167/2.

2 Ibid: 2/68/2. 3 Fatir, 28. 4 al- Ma’ida. 5 al- Talaq, 2. 6 al- Kâti, chapter: Fear and Hope: 2/69/7. 7 al- Rahman: 46. the age which has lasted; he does not know what he will commit of the sins during it, then he does not awake but afraid, and nothing reforms him except fear.”’[1] I (the author) say: To reform the believer is always with fear, for if he takes fear into consideration, he will spare no effort to push away what he is afraid of.

So, he abstains from disobedience and adopts obedience. He, peace be on him, said:” Whoever fears Allah, Allah will make everything afraid of him; whoever does not fear Allah, Allah will make him afraid of everything.”[2] On both fear and hope, he, peace be on him said:” The believer must fear Allah, the Exalted, the fear of the one who is about to (enter) the fire and hopes Him the hope of the one who is about to be among the people of Paradise, then he said:’ Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, (rewards the person according to his) intention.