Crying out of Fear of Allah

“I heard Abū Jaʿfar (a) say, ‘There is no drop more beloved to Allah than the drop of blood [that is shed] in the way of Allah, or the teardrop that rolls down from the eye in the darkness of night, out of fear of Allah. And there is no step more beloved to Allah than the step taken towards a near relative, or a step by which a march in the way of Allah may be completed. And there is no gulp more beloved to Allah than the anger which is swallowed, or the gulp that is swallowed by a servant in response to his calamity [as he patiently bears it to please Allah].’”’”

“There is no eye that is welled up with tears out of fear of Allah but that He makes it forbidden to the Fire. If its tears then flow upon the cheeks of its owner, neither gloom nor disgrace will cover his face. There is nothing but that it has a measure, except tears; for verily a single drop of it can extinguish seas of fire. If a man were to weep among his nation and a teardrop fell from him, they would all be shown mercy due to his weeping.”

“Every eye will be weeping on the Day of Judgment except three eyes: the eye that lowered its gaze from what Allah had forbidden, or the eye that stayed awake in the worship of Allah, or the eye that wept in the middle of the night out of the fear of Allah.”

“Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said, ‘Allah revealed to Mūsā (a), “Verily My servants do not approach Me with anything more beloved to Me than three qualities: detachment from the world, eschewal of sins, and weeping out of fear of Me.’” So Mūsā said, “O Lord, what will one who does this get?” Allah, the Exalted, said, “As for those who are detached from the world, I will establish them in Paradise; as for those who eschew sins, I will not make them account [for their deeds]; and as for those who weep out of fear of Me, they shall be in the highest station [in Paradise].”’”