应当知道，凡是希望某件事发生的人，必须做到三件事：第一，爱他所希望的事物。第二，知道他的希望可能会落空。第三，依照自己的能力努力去获得它。 艾卜·胡莱赖ॐ说：“安拉的使者ﷺ说：‘畏惧的人会在夜间出发，而在夜间出发的人会抵达目的地。安拉的货物是珍贵的，安拉的货物就是乐园。’” 安拉ॐ将对祂的盼望与畏惧这两种品质赋予了行善的人；因此，祂使有益的盼望和畏惧与行为相连，祂说：{的确，那些敬畏主的人；那些信奉主的迹象的人；那些不以任何事物与主并列的人；那些施舍所施舍的，内心充满畏惧，因为他们必将回归主那里的人，这些人争先行善，他们在行善方面走在前头。} 阿伊莎ॐ说：“我就这段经文问安拉的使者ﷺ，我说：‘他们是那些饮酒、通奸和偷窃的人吗？’他ﷺ回答：‘不是的，艾布·伯克尔的女儿啊；他们是那些斋戒、拜功和施舍的人；然而他们仍担心自己的施舍和善举是否被接受；这些人争先行善。’” 安拉ॐ将蒙福的人描述为完美行事、敬畏安拉的人，将可悲的人描述为作恶、不顾安拉刑罚的人。当我们思考圣门弟子们的生平时，我们发现他们为了对安拉的畏惧与热爱，努力行善。 艾布·伯克尔·绥迪格ॐ曾说：“我希望自己是信士仆人身上的一根毛发。”他ॐ表达了他对安拉的畏惧程度，以及他愿意为取悦主付出任何代价。他ॐ常常哭泣，并说：“哭吧，如果哭不出来，就努力去哭。” 当他站立礼拜时,他会像一块木头一样站得笔直,出于对真主的敬畏。当他临终时躺在床上,他对阿伊莎说:"我从穆斯林的公库中取得了这床被子、这头挤奶的母驼和这个奴隶;请你尽快把它们交还给欧麦尔·本·哈塔卜。"他ﷺ还说:"我但愿自己是这棵树,被吃掉、被啃咬。"艾布·盖塔德说:"我听说艾布·伯克尔说:'我但愿自己是牲畜所吃的草。'"至于欧麦尔·本·哈塔卜,据说他在诵读《吐尔》章,读到经文:(你的主的刑罚,必定降临),他哭得非常厉害,以至于病倒了,同伴们前来探望他。他临终时对儿子说:"可悲啊!把我的脸颊放在地上,或许真主会怜悯我。"他经常诵读一节《古兰经》,然后闭门数日,接待前来探望他的人,因为他对真主极度敬畏;他极其警惕真主的惩罚;他脸上甚至有两道黑线,标记着他泪水流过的痕迹。伊本·阿拔斯对他说:"真主借你的双手征服了新的土地(以传播伊斯兰)……"但他回答说:"我但愿自己平安无事,功过相抵,既无赏赐,也无罪责。"奥斯曼·本·阿凡在坟墓前站立时就会哭泣,直到胡须完全湿透。他说:"如果我站在天堂与火狱之间,不知道自己将被带往何处,我宁愿在知道最终归宿之前化为灰烬。"阿里·本·艾布·塔利卜常常哭泣,因为他害怕两件事:永不消逝的希望,以及追随私欲。他说:"怀有永不消逝的希望,会使人忘记后世;而追随私欲,则会使人偏离真理。" 这个世界正在远去,后世正在到来,所以你们要做后世的子孙,而不要做今世的追随者;因为今天只有行动而无清算,而明天则只有清算而不再有行动。"阿布·达尔达(愿真主喜悦他)说:"我最担心的,是复活日有人对我说:'阿布·达尔达啊,你已获得了(真正的伊斯兰)知识,那你对所知道的又做了什么呢?'"他(愿真主喜悦他)常说:"如果你们知道死后将要面对的事情,你们就不会吃得有滋有味,也不会喝得津津有味……我真希望自己是一棵树,被咬噬然后被吃掉。"阿布·扎尔(愿真主喜悦他)也常说:"我真希望自己是一棵被咬噬的树,我真希望自己从未出生。"有人向他献上施舍的礼物,他(愿真主喜悦他)说:"我们有可以挤奶的山羊,有可以代步的骆驼,有服侍我们的仆人,有遮盖我们的被褥。所以我担心在清算日会因这些恩赐而受到盘问。" 塔米姆·达里(愿真主喜悦他)一天夜里诵读《嘉西叶》章,当他诵到这节经文时:(难道那些作恶的人以为,我会使他们与信道并行善的人一样吗?),他便一直反复诵读并哭泣,直到天亮。 阿布·欧拜代·阿米尔·本·贾拉赫(愿真主喜悦他)说:"我真希望自己是一章可以被人跟随的经文。"这是一只被我家人宰杀并食用的大羊。 布哈里在其《圣训实录》中设立了一章:"信士担心自己的善功可能付诸东流而自己却毫不察觉的章节"。 易卜拉欣·台米积说:"每当我把我的言语与我的行为相比较时,我就担心自己会有所亏欠。" 我生活在一个有三十位圣门弟子(愿真主喜悦他们)的时代;他们都担心虚伪,没有一个人声称自己的信仰程度如同吉卜利勒或米卡伊勒。 哈桑(愿真主喜悦他)说:"只有信士才畏惧真主,只有伪信者才觉得自己不会遭受真主的惩罚而安心。" 欧麦尔·本·哈塔ب~ 曾去找胡宰法~，先知ﷺ曾把麦地那伪信士的名单秘密告诉他。欧麦尔对他说："我以安拉起誓，先知ﷺ是否提到过我？"（即是否把我列在伪信士之中）。胡宰法~回答说："没有。但我在你之后，不会为任何人作证洗清嫌疑。"我听说我们的舍赫（伊本·泰米叶）说过："胡宰法~并不是说他不会替其他人辩护，使其免于伪信，而是他不愿让人们来找他询问，自己是否被先知ﷺ列在伪信士的名单之中。"

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.