Weeping out of fear of Allah

'No servant's eyes shed tears out of fear of Allah, but that Allah will protect his body from the Hellfire. When the tear rolls down his cheek, his face will never be covered by darkness or humiliation. If a servant were to weep in a community, Allah would save that community from the Hellfire through the weeping of this servant. Every deed has a weight and a reward, except for tears; for they truly extinguish seas of fire!'

'Umar ibn al-Khattab had two black streaks on his face from weeping.

When Thabit al-Bunani developed an eye condition, the doctor said to him: 'If you promise me one thing, your eye will heal.' Thabit asked: 'What is that?' The doctor replied: 'That you do not cry.' To which Thabit said: 'What is the use of an eye that does not weep?'

Whenever 'Ataa' as-Salimi finished his minor ritual ablution, he would begin to tremble and weep intensely. One day, he was asked about this, to which he replied: 'Indeed, I am embarking on a momentous matter! Truly, I am about to stand before Allah!'

Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad had become accustomed to weeping, so much so that it would sometimes happen that he wept in his sleep, and the people in the house could hear him.