Crying While Praying

Crying in front of Allah on the Night of Power: 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 or remembering all the favors of Allah and making dua to thank Allah for all these favors.

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.

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Alhamdulillah. Apart from the Prophet, salutations and peace be on him, there are no finer examples in Islam than The Siddiq himself and Umar, Crown Jewel of the Muslims. We can always look to them for the very finest examples. Alhamdulillah, keep it up.

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ASSALAM ALAIYEKUM: ITS REALLY VERY GOOD JOB DONE LET US ALL MUSLIMS ADHERE TO THESE POINTS AND BRING SOME GOOD CHANGES IN OUR SELVES. MAY GOD HELP US ALL AMIN.

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it is A beautiful story... I really liked it !!!

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This work by Abdul Malik is excellent, educational and informative, also excellent eye openers in all articles. As Muslims we all need to diligently look within ourselves, our iman and our ibadah, improving where we need to ...

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May Allah in His infinite mercy, reward you here on earth and in the hereafter.

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Great to read such articles, it really refreshes our Iman and belief towards Allah. God bless Muslim Ummah, Happy Ramdhan and Eid mubarak to all of you.

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IT'S SENSITIZING.

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When we search our Hearts, we find so much wrong that we have done. The atlantic ocean full of tears in not enough to show how much we fear ALLAH. It is only by HIS mercy that we are forgiven. The prophet was the best example, if he did cry then what excuse have we not to?

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