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THE FRUITS<br />
THE FIRST FRUIT:<br />
ABOUT FEAR AND HOPE<br />
KHAUF WA RAJA<br />
A momin is recognized by two essential traits—he has fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah and hopes<br />
for His rewards in moderation. <strong>The</strong> momin neither spends all his life in acute fear<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah’s retribution, nor has he excessive hopes <strong>of</strong> rewards! One has to bear in<br />
mind that both these excesses are sins!<br />
Ruja means carrying hope <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah’s Mercy. A person who expects ruja but<br />
continues with his sinful acts will be a hypocrite <strong>of</strong> the highest order. This will<br />
be tantamount to not planting the saplings in the soil and expecting to reap the<br />
fruits.<br />
Imam Zain al Abedeen (a.s.) says, “ O my Lord! When my attention goes to my<br />
sins, I become fearful <strong>of</strong> retribution, but I am also hopeful <strong>of</strong> Your Mercy and<br />
Forbearance!”<br />
Hazrat Luqman (a.s.) advised his son, “ O my son! Even if your good deeds are<br />
more than those <strong>of</strong> all men and jinn put together, you must fear <strong>Al</strong>lah that you<br />
might attract His retribution. Even if your sins are more than all the sins <strong>of</strong> men<br />
and jinn, you must hope that <strong>Al</strong>lah will have mercy on you! But hoping for<br />
rewards, one must strive to earn them! <strong>The</strong> faith <strong>of</strong> a momin is not complete<br />
unless he develops the twin traits <strong>of</strong> khauf and ruja in himself!”<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah is just and He cannot do injustice to His creatures. <strong>The</strong> rewards therefore<br />
will be commensurate with the good deeds <strong>of</strong> the individual. It is believed that<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah will reward a person ten times more than his good deeds. <strong>Al</strong>lah will punish<br />
a person who is proud <strong>of</strong> his piety and reward a pious person who is humble in<br />
his piety!<br />
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) said, “ O Ishaq! You must have fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah as if<br />
you are in His presence! If you are not seeing Him, certainly He is seeing<br />
you! If you have a doubt that <strong>Al</strong>lah is not seeing you, you are an infidel!<br />
When you have the conviction that <strong>Al</strong>lah sees you all the time and even then<br />
continue with your sinful acts, then it will be tantamount to feeling that He is<br />
the weakest in whose presence you can commit sins with impunity!”<br />
• Another tradition says that people fear him who fears <strong>Al</strong>lah. He who has no<br />
fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah, is afraid <strong>of</strong> everything else around him! <strong>The</strong> conscience <strong>of</strong> one<br />
who has fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah will not be attracted towards the wordly things.
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