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The Signs of Fear:

Know! Dear Muslim brothers and sisters. We can find out whether we fear Allah or are oblivious of him through some simple tests. Here are some of them:

1. The tongue informs us: if we talk evil, backbite and engage in frivolous gossip, it shows that there is very little concern. We should engage our tongues in the remembrance of Allah, in the recitation of the Quran and in circles of knowledge.
2. In the heart we should expel hatred, enmity and jealousy and replace them with well-wishing and care for Muslims
3. We should be careful of what we put in our stomachs.
4. Our eyes should not wander off to look at haram objects.
5. Our feet should not walk towards haram places.
6. We should not extend our hands for haram purposes.
7. We should be concerned in our good deeds that we don't perform them for anyone else except Allah.

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