hadith
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever recognizes God fears Him, and whoever fears God deprives himself from this world.”
عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
من عرف الله خاف الله، ومن خاف الله سخت نفسه عن الدنيا.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1851 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who attains inner knowledge of Allah fears Allah, and he who fears Allah restrains himself from this world.
- Al-Kāfi #153 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Whoever has come to know Allah, he fears Allah. Whoever fears Allah, ignores his own soul in this world.’”