What is the balance of fear and hope (khawf and rajāʾ)?

"Fear and hope are like the wings of a bird; when they are balanced, the bird is balanced and its flight is complete. If one is lacking, there is deficiency, and if both are absent, the bird is on the verge of death. God, the Exalted, has praised those who possess fear and hope, saying: "Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing in prayer, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord?" Surah Az-Zumar 39:9 And He also said: "Their sides forsake their beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and hope." Surah As-Sajda 32:16."

"The reason why the knower's every request to his Lord, the Almighty, is not always granted, nor is every promise fulfilled, is to prevent him from being overwhelmed by hope and thus perishing. For every state and station has its own fear and hope, like the two wings of a bird; faith is not complete without them. Similarly, every state and station has its own appropriate fear and hope."

"As for the non-prophetic sayings, Al-Tabarani and Al-Bayhaqi narrated from Ibn Mas'ud: The major sins are associating others with Allah, feeling safe from Allah's plan, despairing of Allah's mercy, and losing hope in Allah's spirit. Al-Bayhaqi also narrated from Ibn Abbas: The major sins are associating others with Allah, losing hope in Allah's spirit, feeling safe from Allah’s plan, disobeying the parents, killing a soul prohibited by Allah, accusing chaste women, consuming orphans' property, fleeing from battle, consuming usury, practicing magic, adultery, a false and deceitful oath, betrayal, withholding zakat,"

"As for the pious one who has abandoned both the manifest and hidden sins, both apparent and concealed, it is more suitable for his fear and hope to be balanced. This is why it is said that were the fear and hope of a believer to be weighed, they would be equal. It is narrated that Ali said to one of his children: "O my son, fear God with such fear that if you were to come to Him with the good deeds of the people of the earth, He would not accept them from you, and hope in God with such hope that if you were to come to Him with the sins of the people of the earth, He would forgive you."

"And if it were announced that all people should enter Paradise except one man, I would fear to be that man. This expresses the utmost level of fear and hope in balance, with predominance and dominance, but in a way of equilibration and equality. Therefore, for someone like Umar, his fear and hope should be equal. However, if a sinner presumes he is the one excluded from those commanded to enter Hell, this indicates his delusion."

"Reflect on this matter deeply, and it will reveal to you great secrets of servitude and love. Every love is accompanied by fear and hope. According to its establishment in the lover's heart, his fear and hope intensify. However, the lover's fear is not accompanied by dread, unlike the fear of the wrongdoer. The lover's hope is not accompanied by a defect, unlike the hope of the hired worker."

"turning to Him, relying on Him, fearing Him, and hoping in Him. They are annihilated in their love for Him from love for anything else, and in their fear and hope for Him from fear and hope in anything else. The essence of this annihilation is to singularly devote love, fear, hope, reverence, and exaltation to the Lord, glorified be He."

"worshipped what they admired among stones, forgetting their original teachings. In authentic narrations, Abu Raja al-Taridi said, in the days of ignorance, if we could not find a stone, we would gather dirt, milk a sheep onto it and then circle around it. Ibn Ishaq continued that they replaced the religion of Ibrahim and Ismail, peace be upon them, with idol worship and followed the misguidance of previous nations. Yet remnants of the covenant of Ibrahim remained, such as honoring the house, performing tawaf, observing hajj and umrah, standing at Arafat and Muzdalifah, offering sacrifices and proclaiming their intention for hajj and umrah while incorporating practices"

"skins will speak and testify? When will you abandon what perishes for what does not perish? When will you be swept away in the sea of longing with the winds of fear and hope? When will you stand in the night when it darkens? Where are those who devoted themselves to their Lord, isolating themselves, standing in the darkness, bowing and prostrating, approaching His door in the early hours, and fasting during the scorching days? They persevered and exerted themselves while you lagged behind, and what they found has escaped you. O sleeper of the night, when will you awaken? Rise, my beloved, for the appointed time has drawn near. He"

"contemplation of the everlasting promised bliss for the inhabitants of Paradise. Guide yourself with fear and hope to the straight path. By doing so, you will attain great dominion and be safe from painful punishment. Reflect on the dwellers of Paradise. Their faces shine with the freshness of bliss. They drink from sealed nectar, sitting on thrones of red rubies in tents of fresh white pearls. There are carpets of fine green brocade, reclining on couches by flowing rivers of wine and honey, surrounded by servant boys and attendants, adorned with beautiful-eyed maidens resembling rubies and coral, untouched by any human or"