The Reasons For Fearing Allah

O servants of Allah, there are many reasons why we should fear. The following is a list of a number of them;

* the fear of death before repenting;
* the fear of not living up to one’s repentance and breaking one’s promise;
* the fear of not being able to fulfil Allah’s obligations;
* the fear of losing one’s softness in the heart and its hardening;
* the fear of losing consistency;
* the fear of allowing temptations to dominate;
* the fear of Allah making one’s self responsible for doing goods deeds because of conceit;
* the fear of becoming arrogant and egotistical due to the abundance of bounties;
* the fear of being distracted from Allah by other creation;
* the fear of being led to an evil ending through excessive bounties;
* the fear of being punished early (i.e. in this world);
* the fear of being disgraced at the time of death;
* the fear of being beguiled by the glitter of this world;
* the fear of Allah revealing one’s secret in one’s state of oblivion;
* the fear of being stamped with a bad death at the time of death;
* the fear of the pangs of death;
* the fear of the questions of Munkar and Nakeer in the grave;
* the fear of the punishment of the grave;
* the fear of the horrors of the horizon (at the time of resurrection);
* the fear of the awe during the presentation in front of Allah;
* the fear and the shame of being naked (at the time of resurrection);
* the fear of being questioned about every little thing in life;
* the fear of the bridge (over Hell) and its sharpness; the fear of the fire, its chains and its torment;
* the fear of being deprived of Paradise, the Eternal and everlasting kingdom and abode and
* the fear of being deprived of seeing Allah’s tremendous visage