وَ  خَافُوْنِ  اِنْ  كُنْتُمْ  مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ(۱۷۵)

And fear Me, if you are believers.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 4, Surah ‘Imraan, verse 175)

Sadr ul-Afadil Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Na’eem-ud-Deen Muradabadi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states regarding this Ayah in Khazain-ul-Irfan that Iman requires one to have the fear of Allah.

Allah states in another place in the Quran:

یٰۤاَیُّهَا  الَّذِیْنَ  اٰمَنُوا  اتَّقُوا  اللّٰهَ  حَقَّ  تُقٰتِهٖ  وَ  لَا  تَمُوْتُنَّ  اِلَّا  وَ  اَنْتُمْ  مُّسْلِمُوْنَ(۱۰۲)

O believers! Fear Allah as He should be rightfully feared, and never die but as Muslims.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 4, Surah Al-‘Imraan, verse 102)

Dear Islamic brothers! Just like how the Quran illustrates the importance of the fear of Allah, there are many narrations that tell us the virtues and rulings of the fear of Allah. Therefore, to save ourselves from sin and to ignite the fear of Allah in our hearts, we will listen to a few blessed narrations.

Sayyiduna Anas رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the mercy of both worlds صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Allah Almighty will say: Take him out of the Fire, the one who remembered me and the one who feared me in any place. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 1, p. 469, Hadith 740)

The Beloved Prophet, صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Whoever fears Allah, everything fears him, and whoever fears other than Allah, then Allah makes him fearful of everything. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 1, p. 541, Hadith 974)