What is taqwā? How do the classical scholars define it?

"O Yahya? It is reported that his parents went searching for him and found him by the shores of the Jordan River. When they reunited with him, they wept at the sight of his devotion and fear of Allah. Yahya's food consisted of herbs and he would weep out of fear of Allah until his tears flowed abundantly. A narration recounts that Yahya had the most delightful food, eating with wild animals and preferring not to mix with people in their sustenance. And Allah the Exalted also said, and indeed messengers were denied before you, but they were patient over what they were denied and harmed until our victory came to them. And there is no changing the words of Allah and"

"Ka‘b al-Ahbar said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, to weep out of fear of Allah until my tears run down my cheeks is more beloved to me than giving charity equal to a mountain of gold." ‘Abdullah ibn Umar said, "To shed a tear out of fear of Allah is more beloved to me than giving charity of a thousand dinars." It is narrated from Hanzalah that he said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he delivered a sermon that softened our hearts and made our eyes weep."

"even if it is as small as the head of a fly," is narrated by Al-Tabarani and Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman from Ibn Mas'ud with a weak chain. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When a believer’s heart shivers from fear of Allah, his sins fall away as leaves fall from a tree." The hadith, "No servant who weeps out of fear of Allah will enter the fire," is narrated by Tirmidhi in hasan sahih, and by al-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah from Abu Huraira."

""There is no believing servant from whose eyes a tear emerges, even if it is as small as a fly’s head, out of the fear of Allah, and where that drop touches from his face, Allah will make it forbidden for the fire to touch it. The hadith, "When the skin of a believer shivers from the fear of Allah, his sins fall away like the leaves of a tree," is narrated by Al-Tabarani and Al-Bayhaqi from Abbas in a weak chain."

"If its strength increases, it also refrains from things possibly forbidden, even if not certainly so. This is called God-consciousness (taqwa), which entails avoiding what causes doubt in favor of what does not. It may lead a person to abandon permissible things for fear of impermissible ones, embodying truth in taqwa."

"May God be pleased with him. He said, One day I was behind the Prophet peace be upon him, and he said, O boy, I am going to teach you some words. Be mindful of Allah, he will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, you will find him before you. If you ask, ask Allah. If you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with something Allah has already decreed for you."

"locusts, saying, Who is more blessed than you, O Yahya? His parents once searched for him and found him by Lake Jordan. They wept over his state of worship and fear of Allah the Almighty. It is said that Yahya's food was herbs, and he would weep out a fear of Allah so much that if tar were on his eyelids, it would be torn by his tears. Yahya had the purest food, eating only with the beasts, avoiding mingling with people in their livelihood."

"It is reported that his parents went searching for him and found him by the shores of the Jordan River. When they reunited with him, they wept at the sight of his devotion and fear of Allah. Yahya's food consisted of herbs, and he would weep out of fear of Allah until his tears flowed abundantly. A narration recounts that Yahya had the most delightful food, eating with wild animals and preferring not to mix with people in their sustenance."

"prioritized his effort in refraining and his intention over his action. If the action is hindered due to an obstacle or an excuse without fear of Allah, a bad deed is recorded for him because his intention was a voluntary action of the heart. The evidence for this distinction is what is narrated in the Sahih regarding the Hadith where the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, The angel said, O Lord, that is your servant who intends to do an evil deed, and he is more knowledgeable of him. Allah said, Watch him, and if he carries it out, record it for him as it is. If he refrains, record it for him as a good deed, for he refrained for My"

"He often wept saying weep and if you cannot weep then pretend to weep when he stood for prayer He appeared like a piece of wood out of fear of Allah the Mighty and Majestic It was feared that certain narrators might have made errors in transmitting the Hadith When someone asked al-Darqoutni about this Hadith he explained that others narrated as Mursal Meaning with a missing link from Aisha, which is what is preserved. This refers to the Hadith of Abu Hazim from Abu Hurairah from Aisha Indicating it is not preserved and preferring the chain of Malik bin Migwal from Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'id from Aisha as mentioned in Tirmidhi"