"There was a study done where a control group of 100 people were divided into two.50 people watched a very funny, tears-of laughter type movie.
50 watched a very sad and tears of compassion type movie.
At the end of the sessions researchers collected the "happy tears" and the "sad tears" with eye droppers.
They found that "happy tears" are made up of brine...salt water and not a great deal else.
However the "sad tears" were found to contain the very same chemicals and enzymes that are found in tumors, ulcers and other such lumps and bumps and sicknesses through out the body.
This test concluded that the body, when crying in sadness etc is literally flushing out all of the toxic-chemicals that accumulate and are a part of the sadness/heartache experience.
Therefore if one holds back those tears, those toxic-waters will find somewhere else to deposit themselves... .and prolonged lack-of-crying-release will guarantee that the body will accumulate a huge amount of internal pollution and toxicity that should have been released through the tears........is it any wonder that the eyes sting so much when we hold back our tears?"
LESSON FROM THE STUDY: CRY YOUR HEART OUT WHEN YOU ARE SAD, LONELY, ALONE, DEPRESSED, ETC.....
IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH ! BUT ONLY ISLAMICALLY !!!
No wonder the Prophet (SAW) has encouraged us to weep in our prayer and repentance / regretting all the sins we have done...... there is a hikmah (wisdom) behind in doing so, not only to purify the soul (batin), but also to get rid of the toxins from our body (dzahir)... as the following short article, (based on a lecture by Sh. Waheed `Abdussalam Baali, with slight modification), clearly shows.
Weeping From The Fear Of Allah
The Prophet (SAW) 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: "A person weeping with fear of Allah cannot go to Hell until milk goes back into the teats (which is an impossibility)".
Uqbah bin Amir (RA) once inquired of the Prophet (SAW): "What is the way to salvation?" He replied: "Hold your tongue, stay indoors and cry over your sins."
A'ishah (RA) once inquired of the Prophet (SAW): "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 our dear Master, Muhammad (SAW) 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.
Weeping of the Prophet (SAW)
The Prophet (SAW) said to Abdullah ibn Masood: "Read to me the Qur'an." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Should I recite to you and it was revealed to you?" He said: "Yes, for I like to hear it from others." "I recited Surat an-Nisaa' until I reached the ayah, "How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people?" [An-Nisaa' 4:41] He then said: "Stop now." I found that his eyes were tearful." [Fath al-Bari 8:712]
Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkheer (RA) said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (SAW), praying with us, and I heard the sound of his weeping coming out of his chest, which was like the sound of a boiling pot." [Abu Dawood]
Weeping of Abu Bakr (RA)
A'ishah (RA) said: "During his illness, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'Order Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.' I told the Messenger of Allah (SAW) that, 'Indeed, if Abu Bakr stands in your place the people will not be able to hear him due to his (excessive) weeping.'" [al-Bukhari]
Weeping of the Pious
It is reported of Muhammad bin Munkadir (RA) 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 (RA) 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 (RA) 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)."
Ka'ab Ahbar (RA) 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.
Our weeping
The righteous have cried, the worshippers have cried and the believers have cried. And in this time there are people by whom a complete year passes and they do not drop a single tear from the fear of Allah.
O Allah we seek refuge with you from hard hearts. O Allah soften our hearts to Your remembrance!
"Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest." [Ar-Ra'd (13):28]
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Verses (this Qur'an) are recited unto them, they increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord (Alone)." [Al-Anfaal (8):2]
So why do we not cry today? We do not cry from the strength of the hardness of our hearts and our hearts' attachment to this world. So our hearts have hardened and our eyes have dried.
We are distant from our Lord. Had we been close our hearts would not have hardened. So he, who spends a whole week without his eye dropping a tear, let him sit and supplicate and humble himself. Maybe his heart would soften and his eye would drop a tear. And if his heart doesn’t drop a tear, then let him open the Book of Allah and read its ayat with contemplation, humility and submissiveness. So if his eye cries, his heart fears and his soul humbles he has succeeded; and if he continues in the state of the hardened heart, let him sit in a dark room and weep over his state, for his heart has died.
We should not, however, lose hope in Allah. His Mercy is all-embracing. Umar (RA) 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 (SAW) says: "None of you should die, except with a strong hope in the Mercy of Allah."
When Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (RA) 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.
Weeping From The Fear Of Allah
The Prophet (SAW) 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: "A person weeping with fear of Allah cannot go to Hell until milk goes back into the teats (which is an impossibility)".
Uqbah bin Amir (RA) once inquired of the Prophet (SAW): "What is the way to salvation?" He replied: "Hold your tongue, stay indoors and cry over your sins."
A'ishah (RA) once inquired of the Prophet (SAW): "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 our dear Master, Muhammad (SAW) 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.
Weeping of the Prophet (SAW)
The Prophet (SAW) said to Abdullah ibn Masood: "Read to me the Qur'an." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Should I recite to you and it was revealed to you?" He said: "Yes, for I like to hear it from others." "I recited Surat an-Nisaa' until I reached the ayah, "How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people?" [An-Nisaa' 4:41] He then said: "Stop now." I found that his eyes were tearful." [Fath al-Bari 8:712]
Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkheer (RA) said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (SAW), praying with us, and I heard the sound of his weeping coming out of his chest, which was like the sound of a boiling pot." [Abu Dawood]
Weeping of Abu Bakr (RA)
A'ishah (RA) said: "During his illness, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'Order Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.' I told the Messenger of Allah (SAW) that, 'Indeed, if Abu Bakr stands in your place the people will not be able to hear him due to his (excessive) weeping.'" [al-Bukhari]
Weeping of the Pious
It is reported of Muhammad bin Munkadir (RA) 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 (RA) 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 (RA) 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)."
Ka'ab Ahbar (RA) 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.
Our weeping
The righteous have cried, the worshippers have cried and the believers have cried. And in this time there are people by whom a complete year passes and they do not drop a single tear from the fear of Allah.
O Allah we seek refuge with you from hard hearts. O Allah soften our hearts to Your remembrance!
"Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest." [Ar-Ra'd (13):28]
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Verses (this Qur'an) are recited unto them, they increase their Faith; and they put their trust in their Lord (Alone)." [Al-Anfaal (8):2]
So why do we not cry today? We do not cry from the strength of the hardness of our hearts and our hearts' attachment to this world. So our hearts have hardened and our eyes have dried.
We are distant from our Lord. Had we been close our hearts would not have hardened. So he, who spends a whole week without his eye dropping a tear, let him sit and supplicate and humble himself. Maybe his heart would soften and his eye would drop a tear. And if his heart doesn’t drop a tear, then let him open the Book of Allah and read its ayat with contemplation, humility and submissiveness. So if his eye cries, his heart fears and his soul humbles he has succeeded; and if he continues in the state of the hardened heart, let him sit in a dark room and weep over his state, for his heart has died.
We should not, however, lose hope in Allah. His Mercy is all-embracing. Umar (RA) 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 (SAW) says: "None of you should die, except with a strong hope in the Mercy of Allah."
When Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (RA) 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.
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