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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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The distinction between natural fear and prohibited fear.

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No one denies the existence of innate, natural fear.

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Such as the fear of predatory animals.

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Or fear of terrifying events.

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Like storms, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

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Or the raging of the sea against those on ships.

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And other similar examples.

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All of this is natural fear, deeply rooted in human nature.

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A person is not held accountable for it.

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What is prohibited, however,

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is the fear that causes a person to fall into what Allah has forbidden.

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If fear leads one to commit a forbidden act or abandon an obligatory duty,

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then it is a prohibited fear.

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And if it leads to the worship of the thing being feared,

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then it is shirk (polytheism).

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This is like what some people do when they fear the jinn;

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they offer sacrifices to them,

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or call upon them instead of Allah.

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This prohibited fear

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is often accompanied by the glorification and veneration of the thing being feared,

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which is something that should be reserved for Allah alone.