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- Weep From the Fear Of Allah
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2
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- “Allâh has sent down the best statement, a Book its part resembling each
other in goodness and truth oft repeated. The skins of those who fear
their lord shiver from it. Then their skins and hearts soften to the
remembrance of Allâh” (39:23)
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3
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- “Those who were given knowledge before it (ie the Jews and Christians)
when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble
prostration. And they say glory be to our Lord! Truly the promise of our
Lord must be fulfilled. And they fall down on their faces weeping and it
adds to their humility” (17:107-109)
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4
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- “Seven will be granted the shade of Allâh on a day when there will be no
shade but His. A just ruler, a youth who has been brought up worshipping
Allâh, a man whose heart is attached to the mosque, two people who love
each other for the sake of Allâh and meet and part upon that, a man who
is allurred by a woman of high standing and beauty and he says, “I fear
Allâh”, one who gives charity in secret so that his left hand does not
know what his right hand has given, and a man whose eyes fill up with
tears when he remembers Allâh in private” (Bukhârî, Muslim and others)
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- “The fire will not touch a man who weeps out of the fear of Allâh until
the milk returns to the breasts. Also the dust produced in jihâd and the
smoke of hell will never co-exist”.
- (on the authority of Abű Hurayrah
(ra), reported at-Tirmidhî (hasan sahîh), an-Nasâ’i and al Hâkim (sahîh))
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- “Toobah (a tree in Paradise whose course runs the distance of a 100yrs.
The clothing of the people of Paradise is extracted from within it.
Reported Ahmad and others) is for anyone who controls his tongue, whose
house is sufficient for him (ie he is content with it) and who weeps
over his errors”
- (on the authority of Uthman (ra), reported at-Tabrâni in al-Awsat
as-Saghir, hasan)
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- I said, O Messenger of Allâh! What is salvation?” He replied: “To have
control over your tongue, to be content with your house and to weep over
your errors”.
- (Reported by Ibn al Mubarâk in
az-Zuhd, Ahmad, at-Tirmidhî, and others, sahîh)
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8
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9
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- “Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be
affected by Allâh’s Reminder (this Qur’ân) and that which has been
revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the
Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their
hearts were hardened? And many of them were rebellious, disobedient
(fâsiqoon)”
- (57:16)
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- A mercy Allah puts in the hearts of his servants
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11
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- “We were with the Prophet (saw) when one of his daughters send a
messenger calling for him, informing him that her small child or her son
was dying. So the Prophet (saw) told the messenger: “Return to her and
inform her that whatever Allâh takes and gives belongs to Him and that
everything has an appointed term, so let her be patient and anticipate
Allâh’s reward in the hereafter”. Later the messenger returned to the
Prophet (saw) and said, “Verily she has sworn by Allâh that you come to
her”. So the Prophet (saw) got up and so too did Sa’ad ibn ‘Ubâdah and
Mu’âdh ibn Jabal, and I too went with them. The small boy was lifted up
to the Prophet (saw) and let out a groaning noise[2], as if
he was breathing his last breath. Thereby the Prophet’s eyes (saw)
overflowed with tears. Upon this Sa’d asked: “What is this, O Messenger
of Allâh?” He (saw) replied: “This is a mercy which Allâh puts in the
hearts of His servants. And verily Allâh shows mercy to those of His
servants who are merciful” (al Bukhârî, Muslim)
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- The Prophet Muhammad (sa)
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13
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- “As for the weeping of the Prophet (saw) it was in the same degree as
his laughter. He wouldn’t sob loudly and raise his voice, just like his
laughter wasn’t loud. However his eyes would fill up with tears, until
they flowed out, and you would hear the sound like that of a whistling
kettle coming from his chest. He would weep out of mercy for the dead,
out of fear and compassion for his ummah, out of deep fear of Allâh,
upon listening to the Qur’ân. And it was a weeping of longing, love and
exaltation, accompanied by fear and khashyah”.
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- “The Messenger of Allâh (saw) told me: “Recite to me!” So I recited
Surat an-Nisa’ until I reached: “How will it be then, when We bring from
each nation a witness, and bring you (O Prophet Muhammad) as a witness
against these people?” (4:41) Then I looked towards him and behold! I
saw that his eyes were overflowing with tears” (al Bukhârî, Muslim and
others)[
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15
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- “We did not have a horseman with us on the day of Badr except al-Miqdad.
Everyone amongst us was sleeping except for the Messenger of Allâh (saw)
who was under a tree, praying and weeping until the morning.” (Ibn
Khuzayman in his Sahîh.)
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16
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- “One day during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allâh (saw) the sun
eclipsed, so he stood and prayed, until it seemed as though he wouldn’t
go into rukoo, then he went into rukoo (for such a long time) that it
seemed as if he wouldnt raise his head, then he raised his head. He
remained (in that position) and it seemed as if he wouldn’t go into
sujood, then he made sajdah, and (he remained in that position) until it
seemed as if he wouldn’t raise his head, then he raised his head and it
seemed as if he wouldn’t go into sujood again, then he made sajdah,
until it seemed as if he wouldn’t raise his head again. Then he began to
breathe heavily and weep, saying, “Lord, didn’t You promise me that You
wouldn’t punish them while I am amongst them? Lord didnt You promise me
that You wouldn’t punish them whilst they seek forgiveness from you, and
we seek forgiveness from you?”. When he had finished praying two rak’ah,
the sun eclipse had cleared and he (saw) got up and praised and
glorified Allâh and then he said: “The sun and the moon are two signs
from among the signs opf Allâh, they do not eclipse because of the death
or life of anyone. So if you see them eclipse, then hasten to the
remembrance of Allâh” (an-Nasâ’î, Abű Dawűd)
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- “While we were with the Messenger of Allâh (saw) he suddenly looked
towards a group (of people) and said: “For what reason have they
gathered here?” It was said, “In order to dig a grave”. So the Messenger
of Allâh (saw) became alarmed and startled and he quickly went ahead of
the Companions until he reached the grave, then he knelt upon it and I
turned my face towards him (saw) in order to see what he was doing. He
(saw) cried until the earth became wet with his tears, then he turned to
us and said, “O my brothers! Prepare for a day like this”" (al
Bukhârî in at-Tarikh, Ibn Mâjah, Ahmad and others, hasan)
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- “I saw the Messenger of Allâh (saw) praying with us, and I heard the
sound of his weeping coming out of his chest, which was like the sound
of a boiling pot”.
- (Abű Dawűd, an Nasâ’î, at-Tirmidhî in ash-Shamâ’il, Ibn Hajar in
al-Fath, strong chain of narration, declared authentic by Ibn Khuzaymah,
Ibn Hibbah and al-Hakim).
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- Different types of weeping
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- Weeping of mercy and compassion.
- weeping of fear and reverence.
- Weeping of love and longing.
- Weeping of joy and happinses.
- Weeping of worry and anguish brought about by pain, and the inability to
bear it.
- Weeping of sadness.
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- Weeping of fatigue and weakness.
- Weeping of hypocrisy, that is when the eyes fill up with tears, while
the heart is hard.
- Weeping of the false and hired, such as the woman who is paid to wail
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- GO AHEAD WITH THE QUESTIONS
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Notes
