devoted to pleasing Allah Almighty, these pure personalities would still weep and show humility before their Lord. The noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would spend the entire night in worship. Many Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام would cry and plead in fear of Allah Almighty for days on end.

Regarding Prophet Dāwūd عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم - he never raised his head toward the sky out of profound modesty before Allah Almighty. He once performed sajdah for forty consecutive days, crying during this time. He cried so profusely that grass began to grow because of his tears, eventually covering his blessed head.^[1]

When Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم would stand for prayer, he would weep so intensely in fear of Allah Almighty that the resulting sounds from his chest could be heard a mile away.^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The noble saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ and their fear of Allah Almighty

The righteous servants of Allah Almighty and saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ would also shed many tears out of fear of Allah. In fact, many saints even lost their eyesight due to the amount they cried. Even then, they would not stop crying in fear of Allah Almighty.

Let us look at some examples of this.

1.Sayyidunā Abū Bishr Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a great scholar of Hadith and a remarkable preacher. While delivering speeches, he would physically tremble and weep uncontrollably in fear of Allah Almighty, just like a mother who cries upon the death of her only child. Sometimes, his intense crying and trembling resulted in a joint of his body becoming dislocated. His state of fear was such that if he saw a grave, he would remain silent and stunned for two or three days, abandoning food and drink entirely.^[3]

2.Sayyidunā Khawājah MuꜤīn al-Dīn al-Chishtī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was so overwhelmed by fear of Allah Almighty that he would constantly pray and