Fear of Allah the Almighty

The next narration is from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (ra) who states: “On one occasion, some people complained against Hazrat Ali (ra). The Holy Prophet (sa) stood up to deliver an address. I heard him say, ‘O people! Do not complain against Ali. I swear by God, he is fearful of Allah the Almighty’ or he said, ‘He is very fearful of Allah, lest a complaint is made against him.’”

(Ibn Hisham, Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, Ghazwat Uhud, mawafat Ali Qafulah min al-Yaman Rasul Allahsa fi al-Hajj [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2001], 867-868)