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WEEPING FROM THE FEAR OF ALLAAH
Allaah (ﷻ) says,
ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبًا مُّتَشَٰبِهًا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ
Allaah has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance of Allaah. That is the guidance of Allaah by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allaah leaves astray – for him there is no guide.
(Az-Zumar 39:23)
The ones who have firm faith in Allaah (ﷻ) have their skins shivered, and by means have their heart softened to the Words, the Words of Allaah (ﷻ), and this increases them in eeman.
This is the description of the righteous, who are fearful of their Lord, and increase their hope in Him.
And this is similar to the Ayah,
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَٰنًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
The believers are only those who, when Allaah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely.
(Al-Anfal 8:2)
These verses are worth pondering upon, for the true Muslim is the one who is fearful of his Lord in private and public.
And how many are the ones, who recite the Qur’an, and do not implement its wordings.
And how many are the ones whose hearts have been hardened by the love of this worldly life, and they turn away when the Words of Allaah are being brought to them.
ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُۚ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَٰعٌ
Allaah extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.
(Ar-Ra’d 13:26)
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The hardened heart will not shed the tears of piety, nor taste the sweetness of Eeman, until he returns to his Lord with humility and submissiveness.
To truly love Allaah (ﷻ) is to love obeying Him, seeking His mercies and being fearful of His wrath.
Allaah (ﷻ) says in the Qur’ān:
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord –
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe –
(Al-Ma’arij 70:27-28)
And the fear of Allaah (ﷻ) is from the greatest deeds of a sound heart.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) who heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say, “There are two eyes which will not be touched by the fire; an eye which weeps from the fear of Allaah (ﷻ) and an eye which stays vigil throughout the night guarding Islam and one’s family from Kufr”
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1639. Grade Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani]
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May Allaah (ﷻ) grant us the heart of piety that is always fearful of Him.
آمِيْن
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