Fearing the fearless!

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It is reported that when Imam Hasan Basri (Allah have mercy on him) was informed of the death of Hajjaj bin Yousef he fell into prostration and said,

اللھم انی اخافك و اخاف من لا یخافك

‘O Allah! I fear You and the one who does not fear You!’

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From malfuzat of Shaykh Hameed-ud-din Nagori (Allah have mercy on him) as quoted in Tarikh Mashaikh e Chisht, volume 1, page 94