Fearing Other Than Allah
1 . Whenever you fear the created [as opposed to the Creator], you flee from him.
1 ـ إذا خِفْتَ المَخْلُوقَ فَرَرْتَ مِنْهُ
2 . When you are frightened of something then jump into it, for indeed the difficulty of safeguarding yourself from it is greater than [that of] entering into it.
2 ـ إذا هِبْتَ أمْراً فَقَعْ فيهِ، فإنَّ شِدَّةَ تَوَقّيهِ أشَدُّ مِنَ الوُقُوعِ فيهِ
3 . He (‘a) said about the one whom he censured: …he has made his fear of men ready currency while his fear of the Creator a mere guarantee or promise [to be carried out later].
3 ـ وقال ـ عليه السّلام ـ في حَقِّ مَنْ ذَمَّهُ: جَعَلَ خَوْفَهُ مِنَ العِبادِ نَقْداً، ومِنْ خالِقِهِمْ (خالِقهِ) ضَماناً (ضِماراً) وَوَعْداً
4 . One who fears the people, Allah, the Glorified, makes him afraid of everything.
4 ـ مَنْ خافَ النَّاسَ أخافَهُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْء