Fear Allah wherever you are – Shaykh ’Ubayd al-Jābirī

The meaning of this is: Be committed – O Muslim! – to fearing Allah wherever your direction may be, at every moment and in every place.

Hold firmly to fearing Allah! And it is obligatory here, regarding taqwā (the fear of Allah, piety), to clarify certain matters:

• The first:

The linguistic meaning of taqwā: it comes from at-tawaqqī, which means that a person takes a protection that shields him from what he dislikes, what he fears, and what he remains cautious about. Included in this is protecting oneself from severe cold by wearing thick clothing, and protecting oneself from heat by wearing what the situation requires in terms of protective footwear, seeking shade, and other means by which one protects oneself from great heat, whether fully or partially. What is intended here is that the person strives so that neither intense heat nor intense cold harms him.

Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Number of pages: 36 pages
Author: Shaykh ’Ubayd al-Jābirī