Weeping From the Fear of Allah
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Based on a lecture "Al-Khawf min Allah" by Sh. Waheed `Abdussalam Baali
Allah sent to us the Qur'an and "the skins of those who fear their Lord
shiver from it (when they recite it or hear it). Then their skin and their heart
soften to the remembrance of Allah." [39:23] He mentioned in the Qur'an the promise and the threat, and made clear that
His believing servants are fearful and shivering from the punishment of their
Lord. Our Lord the Exalted elucidated to us that the believer, whenever his iman
strengthens and his certainty increases, becomes more fearful of Allah. Weeping of the Prophet, sallallahu
`alayhi wa sallam The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said to `Abdullah ibn Mas`ood,
"Read to me the Qur'an." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! Should I recite to you
and it was revealed to you?" He said, "Yes, for I like to hear it from others."
"I recited Soorat an-Nisaaa' until I reached the ayah, He then said, 'Stop now.' I found that his eyes were tearful." [Fath al-Bari 8:712] Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkheer, radhiallahu `anhu, said: "I saw the Messenger of
Allah, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, praying with us, and I heard the sound of
his weeping coming out of his chest, which was like the sound of a boiling
pot." [Abu Dawood, An-Nasaa'i, and At-Tirmidhi in ash-Shama'il,
authenticated by Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim] Weeping of Abu Bakr, radhiallahu `anhu `Aaisha said, "During his illness, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi
wa sallam, said: 'Order Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.' I told the Messenger of
Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, that, 'Indeed, if Abu Bakr stands in your
place the people will not be able to hear him due to his (excessive) weeping.'"
[al-Bukhari] Our weeping The righteous have cried, the worshippers have cried and the believers have
cried. And in this time there are people by whom a complete year passes and they
do not drop a single tear from the fear of Allah. O Allah we seek refuge with you from hard hearts. O Allah soften our hearts
to Your remembrance! So why do we not cry today? We do not cry from the strength of the
hardness of our hearts and our hearts' attachment to this world. So our hearts
have hardened and our eyes have dried. We are distant from our Lord. Had we been close our hearts would
not have hardened. So he, who spends a whole week without his eye dropping a tear,
let him sit and supplicate and humble himself. Maybe his heart would soften and
his eye would drop a tear. And if his heart doesn’t drop a tear, then let him
open the Book of Allah and read its ayat with contemplation, humility and
submissiveness. So if his eye cries, his heart fears and his soul humbles he
has succeeded; and if he continues in the state of the hardened heart, let him
sit in a dark room and weep over his state, for his heart has died."Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be affected by
Allah's Reminder and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become
as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them
and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were rebellious, disobedient
(faasiqoon)." [Al-Hadeed, (57):16]
"How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring
you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people?" [An-Nisaa' (4):41]
"Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose
hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of
Allah do hearts find rest." [Ar-Ra'd (13):28]
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in
their hearts and when His Verses (this Qur'an) are recited unto them, they
increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord (Alone)."
[Al-Anfaal (8):2]
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