Wednesday 30 July 2008

Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Once Aisha asked him if Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet Muhammad slw. replied: "She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand."

Khadijah as both overjoyed and awed to find that her understanding of what had happened on the mountain had been confirmed. Not long after this incident, Muhammad was commanded in a subsequent revelation from Allah, through the angel Jibril, to call people to worship Allah only, and it was at this point that Khadijah did not hesitate in expressing in public what she had now known for certain in secret for some time: " I bear witness that there is no God except Allah," she said, "and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

In the years that followed, difficult years in which the leaders of the Quraish did everything in their power to stop the Prophet spreading his message, Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a constant source of help and comfort to Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the difficulties which he had to face. All her wealth was spent in the way of Allah, helping to spread the message of her husband, helping to free slaves who had embraced Islam, and helping to feed and shelter the community of Muslims that slowly but surely began to grow in numbers and strength.

The Quraish were infuriated by the Prophet's success and did everything in their power to discourage both him and his followers, often inflicting awful tortures on them, but without success. The situation became so bad that the Prophet told some of his followers to go to Abyssinia, where their ruler, the Negus, who was a sincere Christian gave them shelter and protection. Eventually there came a time when, as Waraqa had foretold, Muhammad and his followers -along with all the members of his tribe, the Banu Hashim were driven out of the city of Mecca and forced to camp out in a small ravine in the mountains nearby. This happened long after Waraqa had died, and about seven years after that extraordinary night of power in which Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had received the first revelation of Quran through the angel Jibril. There, while their homes lay empty in Mecca, the Muslims were exposed to the bitterly cold nights of winter and the fiery hot days of summer, with very little food and shelter. No one would buy and sell with the Muslims, or allow their sons and daughters to marry any of them. Fortunately those who secretly sympathized with the Muslims would send what food they could to them whenever the chance arose, sometimes by loading provisions onto a camel or a horse and then sending it off at a gallop in the direction of the camp, hoping that the animal would not stop or get lost before it reached its intended destination.

For three years the small Muslim community lived a life of hardship and deprivation, but although they suffered from hunger and thirst, and from exposure to heat and cold, this was a time in which the hearts of the first Muslims were both purified and also filled with the light of knowledge and wisdom. The Muslims knew that they were following the truth, and so nothing else mattered. They did not care what the Quraish did to them or said about them. Allah and His Messenger were enough for them!

It was during this period that the Muslims who had sought shelter in Abyssinia returned, only to find the situation even worse than when they had left it. Not long after, many of them returned to Abyssinia, their numbers swelled by those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had told to accompany them. Finally the boycott was lifted and the Muslims were allowed to re enter the city; but the three years of hardship had taken their toll. First of all the Prophet's uncle, Abu Talib, who was by then more than eighty years old, died; and then a few months later, during the month of Ramadan, Khadijah also died, at the age of sixty-five, may Allah be pleased with her. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mourned her deeply. They had shared twenty-five years of marriage together and she had given birth to five of his children. Only one of the Prophet's future wives, Maria the Copt, would give him another child, Ibrahim, and he, like Qasim, was destined to die when he was still very young, at the age of eighteen months.

Khadijah had been the first to publicly accept Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as the Messenger of Allah, and she had never stopped doing all she could to help him. Love and mercy had grown between them, increasing in quality and depth as the years passed by, and not even death could take this love away. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never stopped loving Khadijah, and although he married several more wives in later years and loved them all, it is clear that Khadijah always had a special place in his heart. Indeed whenever 'Aisha, his third wife, heard the Prophet speak of Khadijah, or saw him sending food to Khadijah's old friends and relatives, she could not help feeling jealous of her, because of the love that the Prophet still had for her.

Once Aisha asked him if Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied: "She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand." It had been related by Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on one occasion, when Khadijah was still alive, Jibril came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Khadijah is just coming with a bowl of soup (or food or drink) for you. When she comes to you, give her greetings of peace from her Lord and from me, and give her the good news of a palace of jewels in the Garden, where there will be neither any noise nor any tiredness." After the Prophet's uncle, Abu Talib, and his first wife, Khadijah, had both died in the same year, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his small community of believers endured a time of great hardship and persecution at the hands of the Quraish. Indeed the Prophet, who was now fifty years old, named this year 'the Year of Sorrow.'

In private his dearest wife was no longer present to share his life; and in public the insults that he received from the Quraish multiplied, now that he had no longer had the protection of his dead uncle. Even when he journeyed to Ta'if, a small city up in the mountains outside Mecca, to call its people to worship Allah, he was rejected and stoned by them. It has been related by Aisha that on his way back to Mecca, Jibril appeared to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, "Allah, may He be exalted and glorified, has heard what the people have said to you and how they have responded to your invitation, and he has sent the angel in charge of the mountains so that you can tell him what you want him to with them." Then the angel in charge of the mountains called out to him and greeted him and said, "O Muhammad, Allah has listened to what your people have said to you. I am the angel in charge of the mountains, and your Lord has sent me so that you can order me to do whatever you want. If you wish, I can bring the mountain of the outskirts of Mecca together so that they are crushed between them." But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him, "Rather I hope that Allah will make their descendants a people who will worship Allah alone, without ascribing any partners to him."

It was a while after this that the following Chapter of the Quran was revealed:

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

By the morning hours, and by the night when it is stillest, Your Lord has not forsake you nor does He hate you, And truly what comes after will be better for you than what has come before, And truly your Lord will give to you so that you will be content. Did he not find you an orphan and protect you? Did he not find you wandering and guide you? Did he not find you destitute and enrich you? So do not oppress the orphan, And do not drive the beggar away, And speak about the blessings of Your Lord. (Quran 93:1-11)

This article appeared on the Muslim American Society site called masnet.org

Thursday 24 July 2008

The Major Sins

SubhanAllah you might unfortunately find that we fit into at least one of these categories without even realising. And without specific and sincere repentance its not something that can be forgiven with our usual istighfar or small acts of good, unlike minor sins.

A Muslim should steer clear of all sins, major and minor ones. A faithful Muslim takes care of every utterance or deed, avoiding anything that makes him subject to the punishment of Allah and His Wrath.

The major sins are those acts which have been forbidden by Allah in the Qur’an and by His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Sunnah , and which have been made clear by the actions of the first righteous generation of Muslims, the Companions of the Prophet. Allah Almighty says: "If you avoid the major (part) of what you have been forbidden (to do), We will cancel out for you your (other) evil deeds and will admit you (to Paradise) with a noble entry." (An-Nisaa’:31)

In this verse, Allah Almighty has guaranteed the Garden of Paradise to those who avoid the major sins. And Allah Almighty also says: "Those who avoid the greatest of sins and indecencies, and forgive when they are angry" (Ash-Shura: 37) and "Those who avoid the greatest sins and indecencies, except for oversights, (will find that) surely your Lord is ample in forgiveness." (An-Najm: 32)

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The five (daily) Prayers, Friday to Friday and Ramadan to Ramadan, make atonement for what has happened since the previous one, as long as major sins have been avoided." It is therefore very important to determine exactly what the greatest vices, technically called "the major sins" (kaba’ir), are in order that Muslims should avoid them.

There is some difference of opinion among scholars in this regard. Some say these major sins are seven, and in support of their position they quote the hadith: "Avoid the seven noxious things: associating anything with Allah, magic, killing one whom Allah has declared inviolate without a just cause, consuming the property of an orphan, devouring riba (interest), turning back when the army advances, and slandering chaste women who are believers but indiscreet." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

`Abdullah ibn `Abbas said: "Seventy is closer to their number than seven," and indeed that is correct. The above hadith does not limit the major sins to those mentioned in it. Rather, it points to the type of sins which fall into the category of major. These include those crimes which call for a prescribed punishment (hadd), such as theft, fornication or adultery, and murder; those prohibited acts for which a warning of a severe punishment in the Hereafter is given in the Qur'an or the Sunnah; and also those deeds which are cursed by our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). These are all major sins.

Of course, there is a gradation among them, since some are more serious than others. We see that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has included shirk (associating someone or something with Allah) among them, and from the text of the Qur'an we know that a person who commits shirk will not be forgiven and will remain in Hell forever. Allah Most High says: "Surely, Allah does not forgive associating anything with Him, and He forgives whatever is other than that to whomever He wills." (An-Nisaa': 48)

Some of the major sins or kaba’ir are as follows:

1. Associating partners with Allah (Shirk)

2. Committing murder (25:68)

3. Performing Sorcery (2:102)

4. Not performing the Prayers (19:59)

5. Withholding the Zakah (3:180)

6. Breaking the fast of Ramadan or not fasting in that month without a valid excuse.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Islam is built upon five pillars: testifying that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakah, making the pilgrimage to the house (Hajj), and fasting the month of Ramadan.” (Sahih al-Jami # 2837)

7. Not performing the pilgrimage when one has the ability to do so.

8. Disobeying one’s parents (17:23)

9. Severing ties of kinship. (47:22)

10. Committing adultery or fornication (17:30)

11. Committing sodomy

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah will not look at a person (with pleasure) who commits sodomy with a man or a woman.” (Sahih al-Jami # 7678)

12. Taking or paying interest (2:275)

13. Devouring the wealth of orphans (4:10)

14. Forging statements concerning Allah or forging Hadith (39:60)

15. Fleeing from the battle (8:16)

16. Wrongdoing, deception or oppression on the part of the ruler (42:42)

17. Being arrogant, boastful and vain (16:23)

18. Giving false testimony (25:72)

19. Drinking alcoholic beverages (5:90)

20. Gambling (5:90)

21. Slandering innocent women (24:23)

22. Misappropriating something from the booty (3:161)

23. Stealing (5:38)

24. Committing highway robbery (5:33)

25. Making false oath

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If someone is ordered to take an oath and he takes a false oath in order to take possession of property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allah's wrath when he meets Him.” (Sahih al-Jami # 6083)

26. Committing oppression

27. Levying illegal taxes

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Do you know who the bankrupt is? The bankrupt form my nation is the one who appears on the Day of Resurrection having performed the prayers, fasted and paid the Zakah, but had also abused that person, slandered that person, wrongfully taken the wealth of that person and spilled the blood of that person. These people will take from his good deeds. If his good deeds are thereby exhausted, he will be given their sins and then he will be thrown into the hell-fire.” (Sahih al-Jami #87)
28. Consuming forbidden wealth or taking it by any means (2:188)

29. Committing suicide (4:29)

30. Being a perpetual liar (3:61)

31. Ruling by laws other than the laws of Islam (5:44)

32. Engaging in bribery (2:188)

33. Women appearing like men and vice-versa.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah's curse is upon women who appear like men and upon men who appear like women.” (Sahih al-Jami # 4976)

34. Being a “dayyouth.”

Dayyouth is the one who approves the indecency of his womenfolk and who is void of jealousy or a pimp who facilitates indecency between two people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah has forbidden the Paradise to three people: the alcoholic, the runaway slave, and the one who is complacent in the face of the evil deeds that his family is performing.” (Sahih al-Jami # 3047)

35. Marrying for the purpose of making a woman allowable for another.

36. Not keeping clean from the remains of urine.

Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave and said, “These two are being punished and they are not punished for something hard. But it is a great sin. One of them did not keep himself clean form his urine and the other went around spreading tales.” (Sahih al-Jami # 2436)

37. Acting for show (107:4-6)

38. Acquiring knowledge only for worldly gain or concealing knowledge (2:160)

39. Breaching trusts (8:27)

40. Reminding people of one's kindness (2:27)

41. Denying predestination (54:49)

“If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of the heavens and earths, then He would punish and He would not be doing injustice to them. If He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be greater than their actions. If a person had amount of gold equivalent to Mount Uhud or similar to Mount Uhud and spent it in the Path of Allah, (that spending) would not be accepted form him by Allah until he believes in the preordainment of good and evil. And until he knows that what afflicted him was not going to miss him and what missed him was not going to afflict him. If you were to die with any belief other than that, you would enter the Hellfire.” (Kitab al-Sunnah by Ibn Abu Asi # 245. Albani says that its chain is Sahih)

42. Eavesdropping on other’s private conversation. (49:12)

43. Spreading harmful tales (54:10)

44. Cursing others.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Abusing a Muslim is evil and fighting him is disbelief.” (Sahih al-Jami # 3598)

45. Not fulfilling one’s promises.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever has a four characteristic is a complete hypocrite. Whoever posses any of these characteristics has the characteristics of hypocrisy until he gives it up; whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it up…” (Al-Bukhari)

46. Believing in what soothsayers & astrologers say.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever goes to fortuneteller and asks him about something will not have his prayer accepted for forty nights.” (Sahih al-Jami # 5816)

47. A wife being rebellious to her husband (4:34)

48. Striking one's self, wailing, tearing one's clothing, pulling one's hair & similar deeds as a form of mourning.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “One who strikes his cheeks or tears his clothing and shouts in the manner of pre-Islamic culture is not one of us.” (Sahih al-Jami # 5713)

49. Being overbearing or taking advantage of the weak, slaves, wives or animals

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah will torture those who torture people in this world.” (Reported by Muslim)

50. Harming neighbors.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “A person whose neighbor is not safe from his mischief will not enter paradise.” (sahih al-Jami # 7002)

51. Harming and abusing Muslims (33:58)

52. Harming the slaves of Allah.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah said, “Whoever shows enmity to a slave of Mine (Allah's) I shall be at war with him.” (Sahih al-Jami # 1778)

53. Men wearing silk & gold.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Gold and silk have been permitted for the females of my nation and forbidden for its males.” (Sahih al-Jami # 209)

The Prophet (saw) also said, “Men who wears silk in this world will have no portion [of heavens] in the hereafter.” (Muslim)

54. Sacrificing animals for other than Allah.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The one who sacrifices for other than Allah is cursed by Allah.” (Sahih al-Jami # 4988)

55. Claiming that somebody is one’s father while the claimant knows it is not true.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “One who claims that someone is his father and knows that it is not true will be forbidden of paradise.” (Sahih al-Jami # 5865)

56. Arguing or quarreling for show & not seeking the truth.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever argues in support of something that is wrong and he knows it Allah will be angry with him until he stops.” (Sahih al-Jami # 6073)

57. Not measuring weights properly (83:1-3)

58. Thinking that one is safe from Allah’s planning (7:99)

59. Eating carrion, blood or pork meat (6:145)

60. Continually not performing the Friday prayers and congregational prayers without any valid excuse

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If people don't stop abandoning the Friday Prayers Allah may seal their hearts and they will become headless.” (Reported by Muslim)

61. Harming others by manipulation one’s bequests (4: 12)

62. Being deceitful or deceptive (35:43)

63. Spying on the Muslims & pointing out their secrets (68:11)

64. Abusing or reviling anyone of the Companions of the Prophet (saw)

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Do not revile my companions for, by the One in whose hands is my soul, if you were to spend in charity a mountain of gold similar to mount Uhud it would not be equal to a handful or a half a handful (or what they have done).” (Sahih al-Jami # 7187)

Tuesday 15 July 2008

What would you do?

What do you do?
What do you do when you exist in two people?
Apposing eachother?
Hating eachother?
Ignoring eachother?
Running away from eachother?
What do you do?

What do you do?
When these two are you?
Locked and chained,
Inside your body?
Well, thats how I feel.

Confused, yet certain
Loved yet hated
Admired yet debated
Expired and unrelated

What would you do?
Dont understand?
Dont know?
Its summer, but looks like snow
Its love but looks like hate
Its me but looks like him

The other person
Locked inside
No more hide and seek
I have found him
Now release

What would you do?
Accept it?
Fake it?
Leave or take it?

Confused?
Time to difuse?
What would you do?

You want answers?
The the fountain is there,
Thirsty?
Go back to the source

What would you do?
Quench the thirst?
Be the first?
Feeling last?
Theres hope?

What would you do?
Wait for the last gasp?

Well, grasp this.
What would you do?!

A. Tzortzis

True Beauty is Good Character


Since beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, people need to stop trying to conform society’s expectations of what beauty is.

Rather they should be thankful for the unique "beautiful" image that has been given to them by Allah.[Quran Surat alTeen]

You cannot beautify yourself with anything better than good akhlaaq.

Who amongst us fasts every single day and prays every single night? Nobody. Yet, if we have good akhlaaq we can reach the level of the person who does this

“A person can reach the level of a person who prays all night and fasts all day just because of his good akhlaaq.”

A person who does not have good akhlaaq does not have strong eman. It is that simple. It does not matter what label or what status he assigns himself. It does not matter what he says or what he boasts about himself; if a person is coarse, arrogant, and vain, then this person is not a good Muslim. Even if he fasts and prays, he has not perfected his eman nor is his eman strong. Whereas the person who performs the minimum wajibaat, or what is obligatory upon him, and he is of good akhlaaq, then he is far better than a person who might pray more and fast more than him but his akhlaaq is bad. The Prophet sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said:

“The people (or the Mu’mins) who have perfected their eman most perfectly, are those who are best in akhlaaq.”

And he also said in the same hadith:

“The best of you are those of you who are best to their wives.”

This is an important point to ponder over, why is it that the best of you are those who are best to their wives? It is because it is very easy to show good akhlaaq to your neighbor that you meet once a day, or to your coworker that you are with for a few hours every day, or to your relative that you meet once a year, or to any other person that you occasionally meet. It is very easy to show good akhlaaq to such people. But when you show good akhlaaq to your wife, the one you eat with, drink with, sleep with, and wake up with then you have really reached the height of perfection of good akhlaaq. Your wife is your life partner; she shares everything with you. The man is the one who is in charge of the woman as Allah subhaanahu wa ta ‘aala said. So when the man can show good akhlaaq to the one who is under him, his family and children, his wife and children, then this shows that he has reached the height of akhlaaq.

“The heaviest aspect, the heaviest matter [that will help a believer] that will be in the meezaan, on the scales on the Day of Judgment, is good akhlaaq.”

We pray that Allah subhaanahu wa ta ‘aala grants us knowledge, grants us akhlaaq to preach to and call to act upon that knowledge, resurrects us along with the Prophet sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam, grants us his shifaa’a, and grants us Jannah because of our deeds and because of the forgiveness of Allah.

May Allah help us to beautify ourselves with excellent akhlaaq, ameen.

Source: Yasir Qadhi www.khutbah.com

Monday 7 July 2008

Sacred Months

Alhamdulillah - we have just entered the month of Rajab. This is one of the sacred months which Allah (swt) mentions in the Qur'an:

"Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein" [TMQ 9:36]

Allah (swt) says in the above ayah that four of the twelve months are sacred. We know from the aHadith that one of these four sacred months is Rajab.

Abu Bakrah (ra) narrated that the Prophet (saw) said: "The year is twelve months, of which four are sacred: three consecutive months, Dhu'l-Qa'dah, Dhu'l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which comes between Jumaada and Sha'baan." [Bukhari 4662 and Muslim 1679]

Fighting in these months has been forbidden unless it was initiated by the enemy. Also, the 'ulema have said that a haram act in these months in particular carry a greater sin due to the saying of Allah (swt) "so wrong not yourselves therein".

Furthermore, there is a narration from the Prophet (saw) which indicates that it is mandoob (recommended) to fast during the sacred months (and Rajab is one of the sacred months). The Prophet (saw) said: "Fast some days of the sacred months and not others." [Abu Dawood 2428] (There may be some disagreement on the authenticity of this narration).

It is recommended to fast on the 13th, 14th and 15th of any Islamic month:

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to me: "If you fast any part of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth." [Tirmidhi (761); al-Nasaa'i (2424)]

It is also recommended to fast Mondays and Thursdays of any Islamic month:

Abu Hurayrah (ra) reported that the Prophet (saw) used to fast on Monday and Thursday. On being asked about that the Prophet (saw) said: "Deeds are presented on every Monday and Thursday. Allah forgives every Muslim or every believer, except for those who are forsaking each other. He says [about them]: 'Leave them.' " [Ahmad]

This email is only meant as a reminder as the Islamic months can go by without us realising how precious our time is in this life is. So please look into this issue with those whom you trust. There is no difference amongst the 'ulema that Rajab is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Qur'an. So may Allah (swt) give us all the tawfeeq to seek the blessings of this month, stay away from what He (swt) has forbidden and forgive us our sins.

Thursday 3 July 2008

The Benefit of the Tear

People shed tears for many reasons, and for the majority of them, the motive is often a worldly one. only a few feel the nedd to let tears stream down their faces in no way linked to this world. Very few people cry out of fear and hope of Allah (swt).

Once as I was conversing with a brother inside the masjid and he told me the following story, “I was out with my wife for a walk, and then as we stopped, I started to contemplate the creation of Allah. I looked at the sky and its perfection. I was dazzled by the height of the trees and the beautiful leaves. I looked at the different colours of plants which reminded me of the beautiful name of Allah (Al Badee’ or the Creator). And before I knew it, my eyes welled up with tears. My wife taken aback, asked me, ‘What is the matter?’ and I said, ‘I kept observing the beautiful creation of Allah and just thought to myself that Allah didn’t have to do this, which sent me to tears.’” On hearing this from him, I found myself trying really hard to hold the tears back. How much of Allah blessings and ‘small’ mercies do we take for granted? Instead we question Him for what He has not given us. As it says in the Qur’an “If you tried to count Allah's blessings, never will you be able to count them. Man is indeed wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim: 34).

Shedding a tear for the sake of Allah is a wonderful feeling. It is one great cure to our hearts. The Prophet (saws), included among the seven who are going to be under the shade of Allah on the Day there will be no shade but His, “…and a man who remembered Allah in seclusion and his eyes became flooded with tears.” (Bukhari) Just imagine you being that person and think about the many great rewards Allah will grant you.

When a person sheds tears out of remembering, thinking of, or taqwa of Allah, she experiences a heart deal of serenity and peacefulness in the heart. Crying helps the servant feel the closeness of Allah, the Almighty. Prophet (saws) said, “Two eyes the fire will not touch, and eye that wept out of fear of Allah, and an eye that spent the night guarding for the sake of Allah.(Spending the night in prayer or seeking knowledge)” (Tirmidhi).

Weeping out of fear of Allah brings about an indescribable feeling which moves the whole body. And if such act would bring nothing but being under the shade of the Merciful, then let that be quite the motive for each Muslim to shed a tear for Allah and be among those who “When the verses of the Most Gracious are recited unto them, they fell down prostrating and weeping.” [19:58]

Reference: Al Jumuah Magazine Article

T.H.E Weep for the love of Allah, even if you have to force yourself to do it. This is a form of training for your nafs and recommended as 'Amr ibn Al As (ra) said, “Weep, and if you cannot weep, then pretend to weep.I swear by Him in Whose hand my life is, that if any of you really knew, you would plead until your voice went, and pray until your back was broken."