Unfortunately, today, people cry over worldly troubles instead. Nobody sheds even a single tear for the Hereafter. Reflect for a moment; what is this world worth, that one should cry for it? This world is nothing but a temporary resting place, where travellers stop for a moment and leave after a few days.

A traveller who stays for a few days does not build long-term hopes there, nor does he become attached to its luxuries and charms.

We should not grieve over this temporary world nor shed tears for it. Instead, we should cry out of fear of Allah, love for the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and out of concern for bettering our Hereafter. We should shed tears over the huge number of sins we have committed and our inability to perform good deeds. We should cry whilst thinking of the pangs of death we will soon experience. Shed tears out of longing for Madina. Cry out of fear of Allah’s hidden plan for us. Shed tears thinking about the grave we will soon be lowered into. Weep thinking about how lonely, dark, and constricting the grave will be.

Cry thinking about the terrifying stages of the Day of Judgment. Shed tears thinking how you will answer for everything you ever did. Weep thinking about the severe heat of the Day of Judgement. Cry imagining the Ṣirāṭ, which is sharper than a sword and thinner than a hair, which we must traverse over. Cry out of worry for whether you will leave this world with your faith intact or not.  

In short, we must cry out of concern for our Hereafter. If our eyes do not shed tears, then this itself is something we must cry over. We must ask ourselves, “Why do my eyes not flow with tears out of fear of Allah?”

Build the habit of crying out of fear of Allah Almighty

Dear Islamic brothers! Let us listen to three blessed Aḥādīth of the noble Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  that encourage us to cry out of fear of Allah.  

1) On the Day of Judgment, all eyes will shed tears except for three, and one of them shall be the eye that wept in fear of Allah.^[1]

2. O people! Cry, and if you cannot cry, then strive to do so. For indeed, the people of Hell will weep so much that their tears will flow over their faces like