“These two things (i.e. hope and fear from one’s sins) cannot meet together in the heart of a servant except that Allah gives him what he hoped for and saves him from what he feared.”

Anas رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم visited a youth while he was dying: He صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

« كيف تجدك؟ قال: أرجو الله يا رسول الله، وإني أخاف ذنوبي، فقال رسول الله: لا يجتمعان في
قلب عبد في مثل هذا الموطن إلا أعطاه الله ما يرجو وآمنه مما يخاف ».

“How are you finding yourself?” He said: “I have hope in Allah O Messenger of Allah but I also fear for my sins.” The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “These two things (i.e. hope and fear from one’s sins) cannot meet together in the heart of a servant except that Allah gives him what he hoped for and saves him from what he feared.”

Reported by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah. Hafiz al-Munziri said the isnad is hasan.