Fear Allah -azwj as if you can see Him -azwj (through the...
Fear Allah -azwj as if you can see Him -azwj (through the eyes of Qalb) [3] and if you are not seeing Him -azwj , but He -saww (surely) Sees you. So, if you were to think that He -azwj cannot see you, then you would have (certainly) disbelieved; but if you believe that He -azwj sees you and you disobey Him -azwj , so you would have Made Him -azwj to be from the most insignificant of the onlookers upon you’.
[4] How to Know that one fears 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 .
He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘ Love for fame and to be mentioned (popularity/dominance) will not exist in the heart of the one who is fearful (of Allah -azwj )’.
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’.