Learning to Cry

 *Learning to Cry*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Sa

d Ibn Abi Waqqas (r.a) used to cry a lot out of piety. Whenever he listened to the Prophet preaching or advising, his tears rolled down abundantly, so that his tears nearly filled his lap.

He was blessed with success and accomplishment. Once the Prophet (pbuh) was sitting with the Companions when his eyes gazed on the horizon while listening to what was being revealed secretly and whisperingly. Then he looked at his Companions’ faces and said, “A man who belongs to Paradise will soon appear.” The Companions turned in all directions trying to learn, who this successful person may be. After a while, Sa

d arrived.

*Lessons from the above:*

On the Day of Resurrection, everybody will cry and shed tears. Only those who shed a tiny teardrop out of the fear of Allah will not cry.

Remember that,

Not every act of crying results from the fear of Allah. Yes. There are many people who shed tears for role-play purposes. But the merit of weeping out of the fear of Allah is great.

The Prophet said:

Seven people, Allah will give them His Shade on the Day when there would be no shade but the Shade of His Throne (i.e., on the Day of Resurrection): And they are: … and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes become tearful. 📚(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Allah (swt) say:

وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰٓ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّۖ ...."

"And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth....." 📚Al-Ma'idah 5:83

Muslim Faithful!,

We should strive to shed tears out of fear of Allah (at worse, once in our lifetime) bcos - *One who weeps out of fear of Allah, will not enter the Hell till milk returns back in the udder;..."* 📚(At-Tirmidhi

Ending this episode,

▪️There is not a drop dearer to Allah than two drops: a drop of tear rolling down out of the fear of Allah and a drop of blood shed in the way of Allah.📚 [Tirmudhî]

▪️Weep time-to-time. Yes. And if you cannot weep, atleast exert yourselves and become sorrowful.. This is necessary bcos if we knew the horrors of the torments on the Day of Resurrection, we would perform swalat until we cannot remain standing and we would weep until our voice is hoarse".📚[Bukhârî]

And,

▪️We all should sit down by ourselves every day and remember how good Allah (swt) has been to us and how bad we have been to Him, and we will then cry out of reverence and humiliation because we have all wronged the only being that must never be wronged, and should never be neglected.