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- The Weeping of the Companions
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2
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- The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave us a profound admonition which caused
our hearts to tremble and our eyes to shed tears.”
- (Abű Dawűd, at-Tirmidhî, Ibn
Mâjah)
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3
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- “The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave us a sermon, the like of which we had
never heard before. He (saw) said “If you knew what I know you would
laugh little and weep much!”. Thereupon the Companions of the Prophet
(saw) covered their faces, weeping and sniffing “
- (Bukhârî and Muslim)
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4
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- “During his illness the Messenger of Allâh (saw) said: “Order Abű Bakr
to lead the prayer”. ‘Aisha said, “I told the Messenger of Allâh (saw)
that indeed, if Abű Bakr stands in your place (to lead the people in
prayer) the people will not be able to hear him due to his (excessive)
weeping. So order ‘Umar to lead the prayer.” The Prophet (saw) said
again: “Order Abű Bakr to lead the prayer”. Then ‘Aisha told Hafsah:
“Tell the Messenger of Allâh (saw) that if Abű Bakr stands in your
place, the people will not be able to hear him due to his weeping, so
order ‘Umar to lead the people in prayer”. So Hafsah did this and the
Prophet (saw) replied: “Desist! Verily you are like the companions of
Yűsuf[2]. Order Abű Bakr to lead the prayer.”"
- (al Bukhârî)
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5
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- “I heard the sobbing of ‘Umar from the last rows while he was reciting
the verse from the Qur’ân: “I only complain of my grief and sorrow to
Allâh”. (12:86)
- (al Bukhârî, al Bayhaqi (2/251), Sahîh
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6
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- “When ‘Uthmân ibn ‘Affan stood at a grave he wouls weep until his beard
was wet. So it was said to him: “Indeed you make mention of Paradise and
Hellfire and you do not weep, and you are weeping at this?”. He replied,
“Indeed the Messenger of Allâh (saw) said, “Verily the grave is the
first abode of the Hereafter, if one is saved from it then what follows
is made easier for him. And if one is not saved from it, then what
follows is more severe”. He also (saw) said, “I have never seen a sight
more horrid than the grave”"
- (at-Tirmidhî -ghareeb, Ibn Mâjah)
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7
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- She swore to never speak to her nephew again out of anger at him and
when she had to break that vow she wept out of fear of allah
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8
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- Abu Bakr and Umar went to visit her after the death of the Prophet. When they finished visiting her (and
were about to leave) she began to cry. So they asked her: “What is it
that makes you cry? Is not that which is with Allâh better for the
Messenger of Allâh (saw)?” So she replied, “I am not crying because I am
unaware that that which is with Allâh is better for the Messenger of
Allâh (saw) but I am crying because the revelation from the heavens has
stopped.” This moved them to tears, so they both began to weep with her.”
(Muslim)
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- “‘Abdur Rahmân ibn ‘Aud was brought some food when he had been fasting,
and he remarked: “Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr has been martyred, and he was better
than me. His shroud was so short, that if his head was covered (with it)
then his legs showed, and if his legs were covered, then his head
showed, and I witnessed this.” He also said, “Hamzah was martyred and he
was better than me. And now the world has been spread out for us.” Or he
said: “We have been given the Abű ndance of the world, and we fear that
we have been rewarded for our good deeds here (quickly in this world
only)”. Then he began to cry, such that he left his food” (al Bukhârî
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- Salman was suffering from illness, so Sa’d visited him and saw him
crying, so he said to him, “What is it that makes you weep, O my
brother? Did you not accompany the Messenger of Allâh (saw)? Is that not
so, is that not so?!” Salman replied, “I am not weeping for either of
the following reasons: I am not weeping for the sake of the world nor
out of hate of the Hereafter. Rather the Messenger of Allâh (saw)
entrusted me with a pledge, and I can only see myself as having
transgressed.” So he asked, “What were you entrusted with?” He replied, “He
entrusted me with a pledge that the provision of a traveller should
suffice anyone of us, and I see myself as only having transgressed. And
as for you, O Sa’d! Fear Allâh with your ruling when you make a
judgement, and fear Him with your distribution when you distribute, and
fear Him with your intention when you intend to do something.”"
(Ibn Mâjah and others)
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- “I went to Abű Hashim ibn ‘Utbah and he had a knife wound. So Mua’wiyah
came to visit him, and Abű Hashim was crying. So Mua’wiyah asked: “What
is it that makes you cry, O Uncle?! Is it the pain or is it for the
world (that you are crying)?” He replied, “Neither, but the Messenger of
Allâh entrusted me with a trust and I wish that I had carried it out.”
He said, “Verily you may attain some of the wealth which will be divided
between the people. Indeed, sufficient for you is: a servant and a
riding animal for the sake of Allâh.” So I did attain this wealth and
accumulated it (ie he acquired more than what the Prophet (saw) advised
him to suffice himself with).” (Ahmad, at-Tirmidhî, an-Nasâ’î, Ibn
Mâjah)
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12
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- “Fear Allâh and Allâh teaches you”.
- (2:282)
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13
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- “As for those who strive hard in Us (our cause), We will surely guide
them to our paths”.
- (29:69)
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- “Three types of people will find the sweetness of imân; the one to whom
Allâh and His Messenger are more beloved than anything else; the one who
loves another person purely for the sake of Allâh; and the one who hates
to return to disbelief after Allâh has rescued him from it, just as he
would hate to be thrown into the fire”. And weeping is included in this
sweetness. (Bukhârî and Muslim)
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Notes
