Ibn ul-Wardi rahimahullah wrote:

ليسَ منْ يقطعُ طُرقاً بَطلاً
إنما منْ يتَّقي الله البَطَلْ

“The one who commits brigandage or highway robbery is not a hero. Verily the one who fears Allah is a hero.”

Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori hafidhuhallah commented saying:

“Verily the one who fears Allah is a hero. This is the one who controls himself during fitnah and drives it away towards the obedience of Allah in accordance to his ability. This is the one who fears Allah in regards to his family, his wealth, his neighbor, his brother, to the one near, to the one far. This is the hero. This is the one that is praised and this is the one that is mentioned with good in his life and after his death”

[Sharh Laamiyyah Ibn ul-Wardi pg. 41]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan