Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَ٠ْزَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ شِدَّةَ الْخَوْفِ ٠ِنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ الله إِنَّ٠ِنْ عِبادِهِ الْعُلَ٠اءُ وَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فَلا تَخْشَوُا النَّاسَ وَاخْشَوْنِ وَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَ٠َنْ يَتَّقِ الله يَجْعَلْ لَهُ ٠َخْرَجاً قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ حُبَّ الشَّرَفِ وَالذِّكْرِ لا يَكُونَانِ فِي قَلْبِ الْخَائِفِ الرَّاهِبِ.

Allah has said, ‘Of the servants of Allah who fear Him are the scholars.’ (35:28) Allah, Whose praise is great, has said, ‘Do not fear people but fear Me.’ (5:44) Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, has said, ‘For those who fear Allah, He finds a way out (in their difficulties).’ (65:2) “The narrator has said that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) then said, ‘Love for fame and popularity (domination) will not exist in the heart of one who has fear and is concerned (about his relation toward Allah).’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/36))