Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 54 of 372
Excellence of Weeping out of Fear from Allah
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 54 : Ahadith 446 – 456
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِ يَبۡكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمۡ خُشُوعٗا۩
“And they fall down on their faces weeping and it increases their humility.”
[Al-Isrā’ 17:109]
أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾ وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾
“Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur’an)? And you laugh at it and weep not”.
[An-Najm 53:59–60]
446 Ibn Mas`ud (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said to me: “Recite the Qur’an to me”. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite the Qur’an to you, when it has been revealed to you?” He ﷺ replied, “I love to hear it recited by others”. So I recited to him a portion from Surat An-Nisa’. When I reached the Ayah:
“How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad ﷺ) as a witness against these people?”. (4:41)
He ﷺ said, “Enough for now”. When I looked at him I saw his eyes were shedding tears.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
447 Anas bin Malik (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a Khutbah to us the like of which I had never heard from him before. In the course of the Khutbah, he said: “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much”. Thereupon those present covered their faces and began to sob.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
448 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “One who weeps out of fear of Allah, will not enter the Hell till milk returns back in the udder; and the dust raised on account of fighting in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never exist together”.[At-Tirmidhi].
449 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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: a just ruler; a youth who grew up with the worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love and meet each other and depart from each other for the sake of Allah; a man whom an extremely beautiful woman seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this offer and) says: `I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and conceals it (to such an extent) that the left hand does not know what the right has given; and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes become tearful”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
450 `Abdullah bin Ash-Shikhkhir (radiyallahu anhu) reported: I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was performing prayers. He was sobbing and his chest sounded like a boiling kettle.[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
451 Anas (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ubayy bin Ka`b (radiyallahu anhu), “Allah (SWT) has ordered me to recite to you Surat-Al-Baiyyinah (98): `Those who disbelieve …”
Ubayy (radiyallahu anhu) asked, “Did He name me?” Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied in the affirmative. Whereupon Ubayy (radiyallahu anhu) began to weep.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
452 Anas bin Malik (radiyallahu anhu) reported: After the death of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr said to `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma): “Let us visit Umm Aiman (radiyallahu anhu) as Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit her.” As we came to her, she wept. They (Abu Bakr and `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) said to her, “What makes you weep? Do you not know that what Allah has in store for His Messenger ﷺ is better than (this worldly life)?” She said, “I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Messenger of Allah ﷺ (in the Hereafter) is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come.” This reply moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.[Muslim].
453 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: When the illness of Messenger of Allah ﷺ became serious, he was asked about the leading of Salat and he said, “Ask Abu Bakr to lead Salat.” Whereupon, `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) said; “Abu Bakr is very tender hearted. He is bound to be overcome by weeping when he recites the Qur’an.” Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated, “Ask him (Abu Bakr) to lead Salat”.
In another narration: `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) said: “When Abu Bakr stands in your place, he will not be able to recite the Noble Qur’an to the people on account of weeping.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
454 Ibrahim bin `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf reported: Food was brought to `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf (radiyallahu anhu) when he was observing Saum (fast) and he said: “Mus`ab bin `Umair (radiyallahu anhu) was martyred and he was better than me, but only one sheet was available to shroud him. It was so small that when his head was covered; his feet remained uncovered and if his feet were covered, his head remained uncovered. Then the bounties of this world have been bestowed upon us generously. I am afraid that the reward of our good deeds have been awarded to us in this world.” On this he began to sob and left the food untouched.[Al-Bukhari].
455 Abu Umamah Sudaiy bin `Ajlan Al-Bahili (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: “Nothing is dearer to Allah than two drops and two marks: A drop of tears shed out of fear of Allah and a drop of blood shed in Allah’s way. Regarding the two marks, they are: Marks left in the Cause of Allah and a mark left in observing one of the obligatory act of worship of Allah, the Exalted”.[At-Tirmidhi].
456 Al-`Irbad bin Sariyah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: One day Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered us a very eloquent Khutbah on account of which eyes shed tears and hearts became softened.[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].