hadith 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.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن عَرَفَ اللّهَ خافَ اللّهَ ، ومَن خافَ اللّهَ سَخَت نَفسُهُ عَنِ الدّنيا .

Similar narrations

  • Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1848 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The peak of inner knowledge of Allah is fear [of Him].
  • Mishkāt al-Anwār #581 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever recognizes God fears Him, and whoever fears God deprives 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.’”
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