4. Sayyidunā KaꜤb al-Aḥbārرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  said, “I take an oath by He who has power over my soul! For me to weep out of the fear of Allah until my tears flow down my cheeks; this is more beloved to me than giving a mountain’s worth of gold in charity.”^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We learn that if one cannot cry, he should at least try to do so. At times, due to an abundance of sins and hardness of the heart, tears cease to flow. One way to soften such a heart is through hunger and voluntary fasting. When the heart is soft, one will then find themselves crying in fear of Allah.

The excellence of crying in fear of Allah Almighty

Let us now learn about the excellences of crying in fear of Allah, taken from the book entitled Call to Righteousness, written by Shaykh Ilyas al-Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ. How beautiful would it be if we too could shed tears in fear of Allah and earn the virtues that come with it!

1.     The beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  declared:

Whichever believer sheds a tear in fear of Allah, even if this tear is equal in size to the head of a fly, and that tear then reaches his face; Allah shall make Hellfire haram upon him.^[2]

2. The Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  also announced, “He who cries in fear of Allah shall not enter Hell.”^[3]

3. The 4^th Caliph of Islam, Sayyidunā ꜤAlī b. Abī Ṭālib کَرَّمَ اللہُ وَجْہَہُ الْکَرِیْم  explained, “When any of you cry in fear of Allah, do not wipe away your tears with a cloth. Let them flow upon your face, for you will be presented before your Lord in that state.”^[4]