Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūd explains the meaning of “Have Taqwā of Allāh as He deserves.” (3:102) & the meaning of Taqwā by Shaikh Al-Fawzān
Shaykh
Al-Fawzān stated: “The meaning of having Taqwā of Allāh is that you do whatever
Allāh (the Most Perfect and Most High) has commanded hoping for His reward. And
that you abandon disobedience to Allāh fearing His punishment. And the meaning
of ‘as He deserves,’ is that a person does not leave off doing anything that
Allāh has commanded him with – and that he does not do anything which Allāh has
prohibited him from.
For
this reason, Ibn Mas’ūd (may Allāh be pleased
with him) said:
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ
“Have
Taqwā of Allāh (fear Him and be dutiful) as He deserves to be
shown Taqwā.’ (Aali ‘Imrān: 102)
Meaning, that He is to be obeyed and not disobeyed, that He is to be remembered and not forgotten, that He is to be shown gratitude and His favours not denied.”
(Sahīh isnād, reported by Ibn Mardawaih, Ibn Abī Hātim in his Tafsīr, Al-Hākim in Al-Mustadrak 2/294 as a saying of Ibn Mas’ūd. See Muhādarāt fil-‘Aqīdah wa-Da’wah 2/156)
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