deeds concealed in such a way that before leaving his allocated room of worship, he would wash his face and apply Kohl in his eyes so no one could tell that he was crying.’ (Hilyat-ul-Awliya, Muhammad Bin Aslam, vol. 9, p. 254, Raqm 13803)

Etiquettes of recitation

Dear Islamic brothers, we have just learnt that crying while reciting or listening to the Quran is the way of pious predecessors, in fact it is a Sunnah of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Yes! Sometimes, tears would flow from the blessed eyes of our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم when reciting or listening to the Quran. Anyhow, when we think of the magnificence, the greatness, and the eminence of Allah Almighty, when we realise that ‘I am reciting the words of Allah Almighty, my Generous Lord is talking to me’, and when we recite the Quran with comprehension, alongside its translation and commentary, and ponder over the circumstances of the Day of Judgement and the hellfire, and the severe reckoning by Allah Almighty, then we too shall have the good fortune of weeping.

A narration

Sayyiduna Abu Saalih Murri رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: ‘I recited the Quran in front of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in my dream, so he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked: ‘This is the recitation of the Quran, where is the weeping?’. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 1, p. 836)

Those who spend their nights in prostration

Dear Islamic brothers, we have heard the virtues of crying in the fear of Allah Almighty. This has been the way of the men of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, that where they would cry in the fear of Allah Almighty, they would also spend their days and nights in His worship. Allah Almighty states regarding such people in Parah 19, Surah Furqan, verses 64-66:

وَ الَّذِیْنَ یَبِیْتُوْنَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَّ قِیَامًا(۶۴) وَ الَّذِیْنَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ﳓ اِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًاۗۖ(۶۵) اِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَّ مُقَامًا(۶۶)

And those who spend the night prostrating and standing for their Lord. And