Crying in front of Allah!!!

[sarosh]

Assalam Alaikum

Crying in Front of Allah-It's not impossible!!

When was the last time you cried? Not a few drops of salty water from your eyes, or the odd tear that slipped down your face while watching a tragic event.

I'm talking about warm tears of the heart. Tears that sting your face because they've been there so long, their bitter saltiness hurts your skin.

When was the last time you cried like a baby?

Aisha, may Allah be pleased with our mother, relates that:
In the last ten of Ramadan, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to tighten his waist belt, pray all night, and wake up his family for the night prayers (Bukhari and Muslim).

Almost two thirds of Ramadan is gone. We powerless people will soon be looking for the Night of Power (Laylatul Qadr), which we are advised to seek in these last ten nights of Ramadan.

Aisha related that the Prophet said: Look for Laylatul Qadr on an odd-numbered night during the last ten nights of Ramadan (Bukhari).

We can't afford not to be crying in front of Allah, the Merciful, All-Aware. Tears flow when we remember how much Allah has blessed us with and how much we disobey Him. We can never repay Allah for everything we have, yet we still blatantly commit sins both big and small: whether it's backbiting, hurting other human beings, not standing up for the truth, treating our family badly, lying, doing good deeds to show off, cheating, etc.

Allah opens ways out of problems for us, easing our burdens. Yet, we still disobey Him and take His Mercy for granted.

Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said he would rather shed two tears from the fear of Allah than give a thousand dinars in charity.

And the most telling example of a man who few would think would cry because of Allah is Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. He was known for being strong, fearless, and uncompromising when it came to matters of faith. Yet, Abdullah ibn Isa said that Umar had two black streaks on his face because of constant weeping.

He feared Allah so much that he once said, "If someone announced from the heavens that everybody will enter Paradise except one person, I would fear that that person would be me."

Umar was one of the strongest believers. Yet he cried and feared Allah. And Abu Bakr, he was simply known for his crying. These people loved to serve human beings in the day and spent time begging God to save humanity at night. May Allah be pleased with them.

Let's be more contemplative and pray for an awareness of and forgiveness for our sins, as well as softness in our hearts. If Umar the brave and pious did it, we have even more need and urgency to do it.
Human beings are in turmoil. Connecting with God with our hearts and begging for His Mercy for His Creation will bring us Closer to Him and human beings.

Wasalam
Sarosh

[UmmIbrahimIsa]

Assalamu alaikum wr wb

Masha'Allah that's really beautiful.. I think that's by Abdul Malik Mujahid from SV right?

JazakuAllahkhairun...
your roses there are beautiful.
Welcome to the board...there's a sisters room down below...

[sarosh]

walaikum salaam sister

Yes you're right,it is by Abdul Malik Mujahid from SV,i found it so heart touching when i read it,i just had to share.
Thankyou for you're warm welcome!

Sarosh

[Omar_Farouk]

MashAllah, JazakAllah 4 this, may Allah give us all the ability to be grateful for everything he has given us, and give us the ability to cry in front of him.

[Hypermodestmuslima]

Ameen

Masha'Allah to the bros and sistas who cry in front of their Lord.

I get so depressed because I do not possess the ability.

It feels so evil. Like the heart is so hard. Which is the truth. Do we feel arrogance? dat I'm so big...I cannot cry...it is beneath me...

But the remedy of a hardened heart and the precautionary measures, is tadhkirah, tazkiyya, humility, and the seeking forgiveness + stopping the doing of sins. May ALLAH give me the towfiq to act upon the mentioned ideals. Ameen.

[abdul518ca]

Someone wrote to Maulana Thanawi [ra] that he just can't cry, the Maulana replied, "Your eyes aren't but your heart is (because you have concern that 'Why am I not crying?').

[Nigerian_Guitaristking913]

My father more than likely cries to Allah when family is not looking, he feels the need to seem like a big man when a real man cries to their Lord in thanks and respect for the "Big Man Upstairs."

I've cried, also, not in public, but in the privacy of my home for perhaps the same reason as me dad.

[umrah2004]

My father more than likely cries to Allah when family is not looking, he feels the need to seem like a big man when a real man cries to their Lord in thanks and respect for the "Big Man Upstairs."

I've cried, also, not in public, but in the privacy of my home for perhaps the same reason as me dad.
Assalamualykum,
I cry for help, guidence, thankfulness and fear.
But if my bros, or sis's come in I wipe my tears because, they say "oh, why are you crying" and so on. And I can't explain it to them.

[Sadiq]

"I cry for help, guidence, thankfulness and fear."

A saying that, we should all remember; "Hide your good deeds, the way you hide your bad deeds". Not saying that you are in any way showing off or anything... Just better if you keep a secret between you and Allah...

Its a great bounty of Allah, that you or others here can cry. As a scholars say, if you do cry, you should wipe your whole face, with the tears, as the tears that touch the part of the body, will not be in the fire....

If we do not cry to him, who should we?.... As a saying goes; "crying of the eyes, is the crying of the heart.." ie. missing something/someone, wanting something/someone, etc.

[umrah2004]

:)
"I cry for help, guidence, thankfulness and fear."

A saying that, we should all remember; "Hide your good deeds, the way you hide your bad deeds". Not saying that you are in any way showing off or anything... Just better if you keep a secret between you and Allah...

Its a great bounty of Allah, that you or others here can cry. As a scholars say, if you do cry, you should wipe your whole face, with the tears, as the tears that touch the part of the body, will not be in the fire....

If we do not cry to him, who should we?.... As a saying goes; "crying of the eyes, is the crying of the heart.." ie. missing something/someone, wanting something/someone, etc.
Brother Sadiq,
I did not write the message, to display my deeds, but the sisters asked if anyone here cries in front of ALLAH, I mearly answered them.
I know you said no offense, but I'm just saying too. :)

[Sadiq]

"I did not write the message, to display my deeds"- I am aware of that.

I did not write it in that sense, that you or anyone else is showing their deeds. Your response may be good, as a encouragement, for those who cannot, at least one of us can?...

Its just, i like to stress the point of "hiding good deeds".. as it will only cause you to become more closer to Allah.... Making the deed "more" only for Him...

Sorry if my message was in any way offensive, just a reminder, i give to myself first, for i am in need of it more than anyone, then to others.

wasallam.

[umrah2004]

"I did not write the message, to display my deeds"- I am aware of that.

I did not write it in that sense, that you or anyone else is showing their deeds. Your response may be good, as a encouragement, for those who cannot, at least one of us can?...

Its just, i like to stress the point of "hiding good deeds".. as it will only cause you to become more closer to Allah.... Making the deed "more" only for Him...

Sorry if my message was in any way offensive, just a reminder, i give to myself first, for i am in need of it more than anyone, then to others.

wasallam.
Yeah bro its okay,
I understand what ur saying, my Mum also said somf on them lines, "Your left hand should not know how much your right hand has given in Zakat" thats how secret you should keep your good deeds. :)
:) :)

[mishor]

What brings me to tears is when I listen to people crying whilst reciting Qur'an. It makes me think of my heart and wonder why it doesn't affect me in the same way. Especially when I am listening to a reciter called Saleh al-Budair. He is one of the imams at the prophets (saw) mosque in Madina. His voice is really beautiful and constantly breaks into tears.

[Arya]

A saying that, we should all remember; "Hide your good deeds, the way you hide your bad deeds". Not saying that you are in any way showing off or anything... Just better if you keep a secret between you and Allah...

Its a great bounty of Allah, that you or others here can cry. As a scholars say, if you do cry, you should wipe your whole face, with the tears, as the tears that touch the part of the body, will not be in the fire....

If we do not cry to him, who should we?.... As a saying goes; "crying of the eyes, is the crying of the heart.." ie. missing something/someone, wanting something/someone, etc.

Great advice

[umm hurairah]

Especially when I am listening to a reciter called Saleh al-Budair.

Yeah he prays beautifully. You can listen to him on this link:
http://www.aswatalislam.net/DisplayFilesP.aspx?TitleID=106&TitleName=Quran_-_Salah_Al-Budair

[muslim forever]

salaam

Sayyiduna Anas ibn Maalik [Radhiallaahu anhu] reports that Rasulullah [Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam] said, ‘The inability to weep is due to committing excessive sins. That is due to not fearing Allah which results in the hardness of the heart. The hardness of the heart is caused by the love of the world.’ (Musnadul Firdaws vol.4 pg.402; Hadith6690)

this :subh: had a major impact on me. very effective :subh:

wasalaam

[Nabil]

As-salamu'alaykum,

I shed a tear from time to time nowadays. Not because I am sad but for reasons I cant explain. Im certianly not depressed.

Sometimes it happens when I think of Allah(subhana watallah). Im not sure what set me off. When I read of how the Prophet(sallahu alayhe wassalam) was stoned half to death in Ta'if. Or how Muslims are killed because they say "Allahu ahad".

When Muslims gather anyplace they bring peace to the situation. Such as the case today where my Brothers and Sisters gathered for a picnic in a public park. All the many languages and colors. The children playing and Sisters in their hijabs. Everyone saying "sallam", mashallah, jazkallah, insha'allah. It was like looking at a flower garden only more beautyful.
I attended this gathering outdoors. I found an acorn. I thought of how Allah(subhana wa tallah) can bring a mighty oak tree from it and he will know in advance what the tree will look like as well as its hidden root system. I compared that to human power. What can I do with an acorn? Throw it, break it or feed it to a squrel.

Then I was looking at a dry creek bed. It was man made. If Allah(subhana wa tallah) so willed he could make water flow it it for thousands of years. I compared that to the power of men who can toil but there is no certianty of the results of his efforts. Unlike Allah. Everything is easy for Allah(subhana wa tallah).

When I think of things like this I cry.

But I try to hold back until Im alone with Allah. LOL.

wassalam,

Nabil..............

[Madin]

Assalamo alaikom,
Masha'Allah lots of good comments from brothers and sisters. It is true that we all need to cry for our sins as one of the scholars said if eyes don't cry, then what are they good for. I read in an article that anytime Abu-bakr (ra) saw Rasululla (sa) cry, he would cry too. I am not sure if it was Abu-bakr or someone else who said cry & if you cannot, pretend you are crying. We have to do our best. As someone said: you do your best & Allah will do the rest.
As one of the brothers or sisters said in one of the posts, one of the reasons we cannot cry is due to our sins. one way to start is being in the company of the rightous. By doing this, we are placing our heart in a healthy environment. Think of a thermometer, when it is put in a boiling water, the mercury in it goes up. when it is put in ice-water, it goes down. the same is our iman. If we stay in healthy places (e.g.mosques, in company of the rightous) we feel our iman is elevating. I am sure you have felt the lightness when the iman is high. This is time when it is easiest to cry. Especially if, for example, we are beside someone who is crying. So if we are shy, we could stay beside such brothers/sisters. It will be easier for us to try to shed some tears. May Allah make it easy for all of us...

"If you devote yourself to Allah in this world, He will admit you among His chosen servants in the hereafter. Such devotion, however, demands sacrifice and self-denial, the two instruments that make union with Allah possible." -Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

[LovinMyDeen]

Asalamu alaikum
Jzks sister for that it was very nice! bro/sis what does this quote mean: "People are asleep when they're alive, they're awakened when they die" , my teacher once told me this but i forgot what it means. Im sorry if im posting something new, i jus thought it would be a waste if i post a new thread for this.
Salams
Sister Yasmin
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[mishor]

Asalamu alaikum
Jzks sister for that it was very nice! bro/sis what does this quote mean: "People are asleep when they're alive, they're awakened when they die" , my teacher once told me this but i forgot what it means. Im sorry if im posting something new, i jus thought it would be a waste if i post a new thread for this.
Salams
Sister Yasmin
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I think it's talking about the day of judgement.

[Sadiq]

A Few Miscellaneous Stories about the Fear of Allah

It is very difficult to cover all that is said in the Qur'an and the Hadith about the importance of fear of Allah. It may, however, be understood that fear of Allah is an essential step towards all spiritual advancement. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said: "Fear of Allah is the root of all wisdom".

Hadhrat Ibn 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) used to weep so much with the fear of Allah that he lost his eyesight. He said to somebody watching him: "You wonder at my weeping. Even the sun weeps with the fear of Allah."

On another occasion, he is reported to have said: "Even the moon weeps with His fear."

The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam] once passed by one of the Sahabah who was reciting the Qur'an. When he came to the verse:



"And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide", ( LV:37)

the hair of his body stood on end, and he was nearly choked, with excessive weeping. He would cry and say:

"Alas; what will happen to me on the day when even the Heaven splitteth asunder. Woe is me!"

The Prophet (Sallallaho alai-he-wasallam) said to him:

"Your crying has made even the angels weep". Once an Ansari sat and wept after Tahajjud, saying:

"I cry to Allah for protection from the fire of Hell". The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam] said to him: "You have made the angels weep today".

Hadhrat Abdullah bin Rawahah (Radhiyallaho anho] was once weeping. His wife also began to weep on seeing him in this condition. He enquired of her:

"Why are you weeping?"

She replied: "Whatever makes you weep makes me weep too".

He said: "The idea that I have to cross the bridge of Siraat across Hell makes me weep. I don't know whether I shall be able to cross over or fall into Hell'*.

Zurarah bin Aufa was leading the Salaat in a Musjid. When he recited the verse:



"For when the Trumpet shall sound; Surely that day will be a day of anguish"! (LXXIV: 8 & 9)

he fell down and expired. People carried his body to his house.

Khulaid was saying his Salaat. During his Qiraat, when he reached the verse:




"Every soul will taste of death" (III: 185)

he began to repeat it again and again. He heard a voice from a corner of the room saying:

"How often are you going to repeat this verse? Your recitation has already caused the death of four Jinns".

It is reported about another Sheikh that (while reciting the Qur'an) when he reached the verse:



"Then are they returned unto Allah, their Lord, the Just, is not His the Command?" (VI:62)

he gave out a cry, shivered and breathed his last.

There are many stories of this type. Fudhail, a famous Sheikh, says:

"Fear of Allah leads to everything that is good". Shibli, another Sheikh of high position, says:

"Whenever I have felt Allah's fear in me, I have found a fresh door of knowledge and wisdom opened for me".

In a Hadith, it is said:

"Allah says; ' I do not impose two fears on my slave. If he does not fear me in this world, I shall give him fear in the next, and if he fears me in this world I shall save him from all fears in the Hereafter".

The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) says:

"All things fear a person who fears Allah, while everything is a source of fear to him who fears somebody other than Allah."

Yahya bin Ma'az (Rahmatullah alaih) says:

"If a man fears Hell as much as he is afraid of poverty then he may enter into Paradise."

Abu Sulaiman Daarani (Rahmatullah alaih] says:

"There is nothing but ruin for a heart that is devoid of fear of Allah."

The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) says:

"The face that gets wet with the smallest drop of tear from the fear of Allah is safe from entrance into the fire of Hell."

He also said:

"When a Muslim shivers with the fear of Allah, his sins fall away from him like the falling leaves of a tree."

The dear Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) has said:

"A person weeping with fear of Allah cannot go to Hell until milk goes back into the teats (which is an impossibility)".

Hadhrat Uqbah bin Amir (Radhiyallaho anho) once inquired of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam).

"What is the way to salvation?"

He replied: "Hold your tongue, stay indoors and cry over your sins."

Hadhrat A'ishah (Radhiyallaho anha) once inquired of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam).

"Is there anybody among your followers who will go to Paradise without reckoning?"

"Yes," replied the Prophet, "the person who often cries over his sins."

There is another Hadith, in which my dear Master, Muhammad (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) has said:

"No drop is more dear to Allah than two drops; a drop of tear shed in the fear of Allah, and a drop of blood shed in the path of Allah."

It is said in a Hadith that seven persons would be under the shade of the Arsh on the day of judgement. One of them would be the person who remembered Allah when all alone by himself, and tears flowed from his eyes with awe of Allah and in repentance for his sins.

Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) says:

"One who can weep should do so, and one who cannot should make the appearance of a weeping person."

It is reported of Muhammad bin Munkadir (Radhiyallaho anho) that, when he wept, he smeared his tears over his face and beard saying:

"I have heard that the fire of Hell does not touch the place touched by these tears."
Thabit Banani was suffering from a disease of the eyes. His doctor said to him:

"Your eyes would be all right, provided you do not weep in future."

He replied: "What is the good of an eye if it cannot shed tears."

Yazid bin Maisarah (Rahmatullah alaih) says:

'There can be seven reasons for weeping viz., extreme joy, insanity, extreme pain, horror, artifice, intoxication and fear of Allah. A single tear shed in the fear of Allah is sufficient to quench oceans of fire (of Hell)."

Hadhrat Ka'ab Ahbar (Radhiyallaho anho) says:

"By Him who holds my life in His (hands), I love to weep for fear of Allah, with tears flowing down my cheeks, rather than spend a mountain of gold in charity"

There are numerous other sayings of the Saints and other pious people, indicating that weeping because of the fear of Allah, and over one's sins, is very effective and beneficial in attaining spiritual elevation. We should not, however, lose hope in Allah. His Mercy is all-embracing. Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho] says:

"If it be announced on the Day'of Judgement that all except one individual shall go to Hell, my expectation of the Mercy of Allah would make me hope that I may be that chosen one. Again, if it be announced on that day that all except one individual shall go to Paradise, then my sins would make me fear that I may be that condemned one."

It is therefore necessary that we should combine fear and hope together in our hearts. Especially when the time of death is approaching, we should have more hope than fear. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) says:

"None of you should die, except with a strong hope in the Mercy of Allah."

When Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (Radhiyallaho anho) approached his end, he sent for his son and asked him to read to him the Ahaadith that induce hope in Allah and His Mercy.

FAZAIL-EA'MAAL - A Few Miscellaneous Stories about the Fear of Allah

[found this, interesting and should make us all want to be in this station of crying to our Lord....]