Abu Ali Ar-Rudhabari (RahimahuLlaah) said: Fear and hope are the two wings of a bird. If they are fit, the bird is fit to fly; but if one of them is not fit, the bird cannot fly; and if both are unfit, the bird is at the doorstep of death. Ibn Abi Al-Izz Al-Hanafee said: Hope should be accompanied by fear; otherwise it produces a feeling of false security. Fear, on the hand, should be accompanied by hope; otherwise it degenerates into despair. When you fear something, you flee from it. But in the case of Allaah, when you fear Him you turn to Him. The God-fearing flees from his Lord to his Lord. In Sahih Muslim, Jabir (radiAllaahu anhu) reported that the Prophet (salaLlaahu alahi wasalam) said three days before his death, None of you should die except while having good expectations of your Lord. Thus, some say when you are ill, you should have more hope than fear; but when you are well, you should have more fear than hope. Others have said whoever serves Allaah with love alone is a heretic; whoever serves Him with fear only is a Khariji (Haruri); whoever serves Him with only hope is a Murjii; and whoever serves Him with all three- love, hope and fear is a true believer. Mahmud Al-Warraq has said: Were you to see the reward for small deeds, you would certainly love to do great deeds; and were you to see the punishment for small sins, you would certainly keep away from them. (Sharh Al Aqeedah At-Tahaweeyah)
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