ADNAN OKTAR: He says "Could you please explain the subject of fear of Allah a little my Master Mohammad Adnan? Is fear of Allah necessary?" Of course. "You recently said that fear is not something good as it can turn into hate in people." I meant people's fear of other people, not fear of Allah. "In addition, sometimes you say that fear is religiously forbidden." That is true, believer does not fear anything except for Allah. "Do all of these require fear of Allah?" Of course. "What benefit fear of Allah has for one and how is it different from normal fear? I have question marks in my head. As-salam. Oguzhan."

Now, let us think of a person who has fear of Allah. For example, I am a person who fears Allah. I love my Master Sheikh Nazim al-Qubrusi very much and someone said something to him. Look, this offends me and I would not leave it. What happens when there is no fear of Allah? The man would not care. What happened? He killed love. Patience is required for love. Without the fear of Allah, then you would give up the one you love. The reason for one not harming, not giving up the person he loves is fear of Allah. You would pity. For example, may Allah forbid, you love her very much; her face may burn or something happens to her face and you would protect her with love out of fear of Allah. That is very difficult. You would show patience. I mean, dealing with a burned face is not that easy, right? It requires endurance. Fear of Allah causes love in the person. It is the foundation of love and passion. For that reason, the ones who do not know pain, would not know love either. For example, fear of Allah requires patience. Otherwise, people cannot be patient. A person whom you love very much might act negatively and she does it again and again, and you just leave her and give up, you would forget about her. But you cannot do that if you have fear of Allah. Because you would be patient as Allah may call you to account for that. You would be patient every time and you would not leave. Therefore, Muslim knows love and affection very well, he knows passion very well. Look at the songs, "Every love ends, there are tears at the end of every love" they say in the songs. As the name implies, according to them, the thing called love is something that definitely ends in break-up, trouble and conflicts. According to a Muslim, love means being together for all eternity. Because you are together with the manifestation of Allah forever. She gets old and you are still together, and she dies but you are still together in the Hereafter. When you die, she would meet you there and you are together again. But when doing this, for example, if there is no fear of Allah, may Allah forbid, for example, you may take revenge from someone in a very bad manner that is not in accordance with the Qur'an. We might take revenge without taking the Qur'an as basis and we could be successful, by the leave of Allah. But the Qur'an forbids this. For example, Allah forbade illegal revenge. Fear of Allah opens the door for love. Because if you do not behave like that, for example when you take a very severe revenge, you cannot be friends with that person again. But the Qur'an ensures that we live a balanced life so that we would have the opportunity to go back. For example, if we get angry with someone, we have the means to go back.  This is how it is in Islam. For example, you feel irritated by someone for the good pleasure of Allah and you warn him/her because you fear Allah and he/she corrects that mistake and your friendship continues. It is as if it never cut off. It gets thinner but does not cut off in Islam. It can get very thin but it never cuts off as long as he/she is a Muslim.

For example, you perform you prayers due to fear of Allah otherwise you do not. He would say "I do love Allah" but he would not perform the prayer. For example, he might seek illegal earnings. He would say "I love Allah" but he might seek illegal income. Right? For example, he might accept bribes. But he would not do it if he fears Allah. This ensures the order of the whole society. This makes the relations between people perfect. For example, if there is no fear of Allah, why would I preach the religion at this time of the night? I would say "I love Allah very much. O Lord I thank you" and I would go and sleep. I would also make an excuse for this and say "Sleeping makes the person stronger." Or I could go to the cinema with my friends and have fun. When they ask me "Why do you go there?" I would say "I go there to increase my culture. Cinema will improve my skills." Or I could say "Set up a perfect table. I do not want to go, I will watch TV or the news to increase my general culture. I will watch the news. I will taste the fruits and vegetable dishes and thank Allah. I do not want to go to the interviews. People can buy and read my books. There is enough information on the internet so they can look from there." When could one say this? Allah is beyond that, when there is no fear of Allah. Right? You would not be honest. When there is no fear of Allah, you cannot be honest or sincere. Fear of Allah ensures honesty. For example, you say something to someone and it is not quite appropriate. Why do you correct it? You correct it due to fear of Allah, because you feel mercy for that person. It is obvious.. It is certain that she would be upset. When she is upset, Allah would call you to account for that. That needs to be balanced so you say something nice. Why does this happen? It happens due to fear of Allah.

Fear of Allah is the basis of love and passion. For example, they say "there are tears at the end of every love" and break up. Does one who fears Allah break up with the person he/she loves? How could he/she break up? He/she breaks up as he/she does not fear Allah. Look at all the songs; there is breaking up in all of them. They can bring me a song who mentions a love that continues; it is very rare. When there is no fear of Allah, this is the result. Fear of Allah causes compassion, profound compassion, for instance, it causes the feeling of protection. Because for example when a person marries, he tries to keep it up with sensuality. Sensuality lasts for the first two or three minutes of the first night; Allah created their minds accordingly, He created the weakness in their bodies accordingly. It is gone in the first two or three minutes. The man then says "What did I do? We've decided too early to get married. We made a mistake because we were too young." However it is due to your acting like an animal, because you have no fear of Allah. Because you did not love her for Allah, you did not look at her with compassion, you've fallen into tension like a wild bison, and when your tension releases and when that curtain of lust in front of your eyes is lifted you begin to look at her with a completely different manner. He sees her as a pile of flesh. He says "What did I do? I bought a piece of flesh and put it in front of me." He sees her as a monkey that was formed by coincidences. He sees her as a creature developed from worms. He gets disgusted with her and so does she with him andhe leaves her. Then he says "There is breaking up in every love." There is no love in the beginning nor in the end. Do not mention love. It has nothing to do with love. Love is called love if there is love of Allah. You love Allah with deep affection because Allah is All-Mighty and All-Beautiful. You love Allah with eternal love by the leave of Allah, as much as Allah permits. You ask Allah for eternal love and it is as much as Allah grants and you love the person you love for Allah, for the good pleasure of Allah with no boundaries and as a manifestation of Allah. This is what is called "fear of Allah."

Fear of Allah means not offending Allah. Otherwise a Muslim, may Allah forbid, even if he goes to Hell, he would continuously recite Allah and burn with love of Allah. But a Muslim does not go to Hell. A sincere Muslim does not go to Hell. This is how it is. Allah is All-Just and All-Merciful and All-Intelligent. Allah is the One Who teaches us mercy and justice. Allah is the One Who gives us the feeling of mercy. Allah is the One Who gives us reason. Allah is the One Who causes us to think reasonably. If a person tries to reason about Allah, with the intelligence given by Allah, he would look very silly. Because people can only think about Allah as much as Allah allows them. They cannot think for more or less, but just for that much..