Ya kamata a sani cewa duk wanda yake fatan wani abu ya faru, to wajibi ne ya ɗauki matakai uku: Na farko, ya so abin da yake fata. Na biyu, ya sani cewa fatansa na iya zamewa daga hannunsa. Na uku, ya yi ƙoƙari wajen samun wannan gwargwadon iyawarsa. Abu Hurairah ~ ya ce: "Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: 'Wanda yake tsoro yakan tashi da dare, kuma wanda ya tashi da dare yakan isa wurin da yake so. Kayan Allah yana da daraja. Kayan Allah shi ne Aljanna.'" Allah ~ ya sanya halayen fata da tsoron Sa a cikin masu aikin alheri; saboda haka, Ya sanya fata da tsoro masu amfani su kasance da aiki, yana cewa: {Lalle waɗanda suke jin tsoron Ubangijinsu; da waɗanda suke yin imani da ayoyin Ubangijinsu; da waɗanda ba sa haɗa wani da Ubangijinsu; da waɗanda suke ba da abin da suke bayarwa (na sadaka da sauran ayyukan alheri) zukatansu cike da tsoro, domin sun tabbata za su koma wurin Ubangijinsu (don yin hisabi); waɗannan su ne suke gaggawa zuwa ga ayyukan alheri, kuma su ne farkon masu yi.} Aisha ~ ta ce: "Na tambayi Manzon Allah ﷺ game da wannan Aya, na ce: 'Shin su ne waɗanda suke shan giya, suke zina, suke sata?' Sai ya ce: 'A'a, ya 'yar As-Siddiq (Abu Bakr); su ne waɗanda suke azumi, suke salla, suke bayar da sadaka; duk da haka suna tsoron ko sadakokinsu sun karɓu ko ba su karɓu ba; waɗanda suke gaggawa wajen (yin) ayyukan alheri.'" Allah ~ ya siffanta mutanen kirki da mutanen da suke aiki cikakke, suna tsoron Allah, kuma ya siffanta azzalumai da waɗanda suke aikata laifuka, suna sakaci da azabar Allah. Idan muka yi tunani a kan rayuwar Sahabbai ~, za mu ga yadda suke ƙoƙarin aikata nagarta, saboda tsoro da ƙaunar Allah ~. An rawaito Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ~ yana cewa: "Ina fatan da ni gashi ne a gefen bawa mai imani." Ya bayyana girman tsoronsa ga Allah, da yadda zai yi kowane abu don faranta wa Ubangijinsa rai. Yakan yi kuka sosai yana cewa: "Ku yi kuka, idan ba ku iya ba, to ku yi ƙoƙari sosai." Sa'ad ya tsaya don yin salla, sai ya tsaya kamar gungume, saboda tsoron Allah ﷻ. Lokacin da yake mutuwa a kan gadonsa, ya ce wa Aisha: "Na sami wannan shimfiɗa, wannan madarar shanu da wannan bawa daga dukiyar Musulunci; don haka sai ka gaggauta kai su ga Umar bin Al-Khattab." Ya kuma ce: "Ina fatan ace ni wannan itace, a ci ni a kuma ciji ni." Abu Qatada ya ce: "An gaya mini cewa Abu Bakr ﷻ ya ce: 'Ina fatan ace ni ciyawa ce da dabbobi za su ci." Game da Umar bin Al-Khattab ﵁, an ce yana karanta Suratut-Tur, sa'ad da ya kai ga Ayar: (Lalle azabar Ubangijinka za ta faru tabbas), sai ya yi kuka mai tsanani har ya yi rashin lafiya, abokan aikinsa suka zo suka duba shi. Ya ce wa ɗansa a lokacin da yake mutuwa: "Kaiwake! Ka sa kuncina a ƙasa, da fatan Allah ﷻ zai yi mini rahama." Yakan karanta Ayar Alkur'ani kuma ya zauna a gida kwanaki, yana karɓar mutanen da suke zuwa ziyararsa, saboda tsoron Allah da ya yi yawa; yana matuƙar kula da azabar Allah ﷻ; har ma akwai layuka biyu baƙaƙe a fuskarsa da suke nuna hanyoyin hawayensa. Ibn 'Abbas ﵁ ya ce masa: "Allah ﷻ ya ci sababbin ƙasashe ta hannayenka (don yada Musulunci)..." Amma sai ya amsa ya ce: "Ina fatan a ce ina cikin aminci, ba ni da lada ba kuma zunubi a cikin littafina." Uthman bin 'Affan ﵁ yakan yi kuka yana tsaye a gaban kabari, har gemunsa ya jiƙe gaba ɗaya. Ya ce: "Idan da zan tsaya tsakanin Aljanna da Wuta, ban san inda za a kai ni ba, da na fi so in zama toka kafin in san makomata ta ƙarshe." Ali bin Abi Talib ﵁ yakan yi kuka saboda yana tsoron abubuwa biyu: buri marar ƙarewa, da bin son rai. Ya ce: "Buri marar ƙarewa yakan sa mutum ya manta da Lahira, bin son rai kuwa yana karkatar da mutum daga gaskiya." Wannan duniya tana komawa baya, lahira kuma tana zuwa, saboda haka ku kasance cikin 'ya'yan lahira, kada ku kasance cikin mabiya duniya; domin yau akwai aiki ba tare da lissafi ba, amma gobe akwai lissafi ba tare da aiki ba." Abu Darda' ~ ya ce: "Abin da na fi tsoro shi ne a ce a Ranar Tashin Kiyama: 'Ya Abu Darda', an baka ilimi (na Musulunci na gaskiya), to me ka aikata game da abin da ka sani?'" Yakan ce: "Da kun san abin da kuke fuskanta bayan mutuwa, da ba zaku ci abincinku ba, ko ku sha da wani sha'awa ... Ina fatan ace ni itace da za a ci a ci ta." Abu Dharr ~ ma yakan ce: "Ina fatan ace ni itace da ake ci, kuma ina fatan da ba a haife ni ba." An kawo masa sadakoki, sai ya ce: "Muna da awaki da za mu sha madararsu, da raƙuma da suke ɗaukar mu, da bawa da yake yi mana hidima, da katifa da za mu rufe kanmu da ita. Don haka ina tsoron a tambaye ni game da dukkan waɗannan ni'imomi a Ranar Lissafi." Tamim ad-Dari ~ yana karanta Suratul Jathiyah wata dare, sai ya karanta Ayar: ({Ko waɗanda suke aikata munanan ayyuka suna zaton za Mu sanya su daidai da waɗanda suka yi imani kuma suka aikata ayyuka nagari}), ya ci gaba da maimaitawa yana kuka duk dare har wayewar gari. Abu 'Ubaidah 'Amir bin Al-Jarrah ~ ya ce: "Ina fatan ace ni babi ne da za a bi." Wannan rago ne mai tsawo, da iyalina suka yanka suka ci. Al-Bukhari ya sanya wa wani babi a Sahihinsa suna: "Babi akan: Tsoron Mumini cewa aikinsa zai zama banza alhalin shi bai sani ba." Ibrahim Tamimi ya ce: "Duk lokacin da na kwatanta maganata da aikina, ina tsoron kada a zalunce ni." Na rayu a zamanin da akwai sahabbai talatin na Manzon Allah ﷺ; dukkansu suna tsoron munafunci, babu ɗaya daga cikinsu da ya taɓa ambaton cewa matakin imaninsa kamar na Jibril ko Mika'il ~. Al-Hasan ~ ya ce: "Mumini kaɗai ne yake tsoron Allah, munafuki kaɗai ne yake jin tsaro daga azabar Allah." Umar bin Al-Khattab ~ ya je wajen Hudhaifah ~, wanda Annabi ~ ya amince masa sunayen munafukai a Madina, sai ya ce masa: "Ina roƙonka da sunan Allah. Shin Annabi ~ ya ambaci sunana?" (watau cikin munafukan). Hudhaifah ~ ya amsa: "A'a, amma ba zan tsarkake kowa bayanka ba." Na ji cewa Shaikhinmu (Ibn Taymiyyah) ya ce: "Hudhaifah ~ bai nufi cewa ba zai kare wani daga munafunci ba, sai dai ya nufi cewa bai so ya ba wasu damar zuwa su tambaye shi ko Annabi ~ ya ambaci sunansu a jerin munafukan ba."

It should be known that whoever hopes for something to happen, is required to take three steps: First, to love the thing he/she hopes for. Second, to know that his/her hope could slip away. Third, to endeavour to obtain this according to his/her ability. Abu Hurayrah ~ said: "The Messenger of Allah ~ said: "He who fears sets out at nightfall, and he who sets out at nightfall reaches the destination. Allah's commodity is dear. Allah's commodity is Paradise."3 Allah ~ has placed the characteristics of hope and fear of Him within good doers; therefore, He~ has made beneficial hope and fear related to action, saying: (Verily, those who live in awe of their Lord; and those who believe in the Signs of their Lord; and those who join not anyone as partners with their Lord; and those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear, because they are sure to return to their Lord (for reckoning); it is these who hasten in good deeds, and they are foremost in them.)4 Aishah .~ said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah ~ about this Verse, and said: 'Are they the ones who drink wine, fornicate and steal?' He ~ replied: 'No, 0 daughter of As- Siddiq (Abu Bakr); they are those who fast, pray and give charity; yet they fear whether their alms and charities have been accepted or not; those who hasten in ( doing) good deeds." 1 Allah ~ described blessed people as people who act perfectly, fearing Allah, and described wretched people as those who do misdeeds, disregarding the Punishment of Allah. When we reflect on the lives of the Companions ~ . we discover how they endeavour to act righteously, out of fear and love for Allah ~. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ~ was quoted as saying: "I wish I were a hair in the side of believing servant"2 He ~ expressed the extent of his fear of Allah, and how he would anything to please his Lord. He ~ used to weep a lot and say: "Cry and if you can't, try hard to." When he ~ stood for prayers, he would stand like a piece of wood, out of fear of Allah ~. When he was dying on his bed, he said to Aishah :$,, : "I have obtained this cover, this milker and this slave from the Muslim treasury; so please take them quickly to Umar bin Al-Khattab. He~ also said: "I wish I were this tree, to be eaten and bitten." Abu Qatadah said: "I was told that Abu Bakr ~ said: 'I wish I were herbs to be eaten by animals."' As for Umar bin Al-Khattab 4,, it was said that he was reciting Surat At-Tur, and when he reached the Verse: ( Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass), he cried so intensely that he fell ill, and was visited by his Companions. He ~ said to his son as he was dying: "Woe unto you! Place my cheek on the ground, in the hope that Allah ~ might be merciful to me." He 4, would recite a Verse of the Qur' an and stay indoors for days, receiving people who would come to visit him, because of his excessive fear of Allah; he was extremely mindful of the Punishment of Allah ~; he even had two black lines on his face which marked the lines of his tears. lbn 'Abbas 4, said to him: "Allah ~ has conquered new lands with your hands (to spread Islam) ... " But he ~ replied: "I wish I would be safe, having no reward and no sin in my account." Uthman bin 'Affan ~ would cry as he stood before a grave, until his beard would become totally wet. He 4, said: "If I were to stand between Paradise and Hell, not knowing where I would be taken, I would rather choose to be ashes before I should know my final destination." Ali bin Abi Talib 4, used to cry because he feared two things: unfading hope, and following one's desires. He 4, said: "Having unfading hope makes one forget the Hereafter, while following one's desires deviates from the truth. This world is retreating and the Hereafter is coming, so be among the sons of the Hereafter, but do not be among the followers of this world; because today there is action without reckoning, whereas tomorrow, there 1s reckoning without (any more) action." Abu Darda' ~ said: "The biggest thing I worry about is that it may be said on the Day of Resurrection: 'O Abu Darda', you have received (true Islamic) knowledge, so what have you done in respect to what you have known?"' He ~ used to say: "If you knew what you are facing after death, you would not eat your meal nor drink with any appetite ... I wish I were a tree to be bitten and then eaten." Abu Dharr ~ also used to say: "I wish I were a tree being bitten, and I wish that I were never born." Charitable gifts were presented to him, to which he~ said: "We have goats to milk, camels to transport ourselves, a servant to serve us, a duvet to cover ourselves. So, I am worried about being questioned about all these blessings on the Day of Reckoning." Tamim ad-Dari~ was reciting Surat Al-Jathiyah one night, and when he read the Verse: ( Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds), and he kept reciting it and crying all night, until dawn. Abu 'Ubaydah 'Amir bin Al-Jarrah ~ said: "I wish I were a chapter to follow." This is a long sheep, slaughtered and eaten by my family. Al-Bukhari named a chapter in his Sahih: "Chapter on: the Fear of a Believer that his Deed may come to Nothing while he is Unaware" Ibrahim Tamimi said: "Whenever I compare my word to my deed, I fear that I may be wronged." I have lived at a time where there thirty Companions of the Prophet~; they were all worried about hypocrisy, and none of them ever mentioned that the level of his belief was like that Jibreel or Michael ~I. Al-Hasan ~ said: "Only a believer has fear of Allah, and only a hypocrite feels safe from Allah's Punishment." Umar bin Al-Khattab ~ went to Hudhayfah ~' to whom the Prophet ~ confided the names of the hypocrites in Al- Madinah, and said to him: "I adjure you, by Allah. Has the Prophet ~ named me?" (i.e. among the hypocrites). Hudhayfah ~ replied: "No, but I will not vindicate anyone else after you." I heard that our Shaikh (Ibn Taymiyah) said: "Hudhayfah ~ did not mean that he would not defend anyone else from hypocrisy, but that he did not want to give others the chance to come and ask him whether they were named by the Prophet ~' in the list of the hypocrites.