Hazrat Abu Raja (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the place of tears of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) had become like worn-out straps due to the flowing of tears.

Hazrat Mughira bin Saad bin Akhram says that when Abdullah used to pass by the blacksmiths in the market and saw the things taken out from their fire, tears would come to his eyes.

Hazrat Abi Salih narrates that when the people of Yemen came during the time of Abu Bakr and they heard the Qur'an, they began to weep. Abu Bakr said, "We used to be like this as well, then our hearts became hardened."

It is narrated from Abu Saeed, the freed slave of Abu Asid, that when Umar had finished the prayer, he sent the people out of the mosque and started walking towards us. When he saw his companions, he put down the "Durrat" and sat down, and said, "Pray." So all the people started praying. Then they began to pray one by one, until it was my turn to pray, and I also prayed, and at that time I was a slave. I saw Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed and wept so much that even a woman whose child is lost does not weep that much. I thought to myself, "Is this the same person about whom people say that he is very hot-tempered?"

Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b said that it is necessary for you to adhere to the Sunnah and the correct path. Because there is no person who is on the Sunnah and the correct path, and whose eyes overflow with tears due to the fear of Allah, and then the fire of Hell touches him. And there is no person who is on the Sunnah and the correct path, and whose skin trembles out of fear of Allah, except that his example is like a tree that had dried up and was in that state when suddenly a wind blew and all its leaves fell off. In the same way, his sins fall away from him. Moderation is better in the Sunnah and the correct path; striving in anything other than the Sunnah and the correct path—just examine your deeds. If there is moderation and striving in them, then these deeds are indeed upon the way of the Prophets and their Sunnah.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad narrates that I heard the sound of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sobbing while I was in the last row, and he was reciting the verse {إنَّمَا أَشْکُو بَثِّی وَحُزْنِی إِلَی اللہِ } of Surah Yusuf.

Hazrat Salim bin Abdullah narrates that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) recited the verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِی أَنْفُسِکُمْ، أَوْ تُخْفُوہُ یُحَاسِبْکُمْ بِہِ اللَّہُ } and began to weep. When this action reached Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), he said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdur Rahman; he did what the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did at the time of the revelation of this verse." Then, later, this verse was abrogated by this verse: { لَہَا مَا کَسَبَتْ وَعَلَیْہَا مَا اکْتَسَبَتْ }

Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You should weep, and if you cannot weep, then assume the appearance of one who is weeping."

Hazrat Alqamah bin Waqas narrates that Umar used to recite Surah Yusuf in the Isha prayer, and I was in the last row. When the mention of Yusuf (peace be upon him) came, I heard the sound of his sobbing.

Hazrat Shaqiq bin Salamah narrates that we went to visit Khabbab, and he said, "In this chest, there are eighty thousand (80,000) knots tied and kept, and I have never refused any beggar from them." We asked him, "Why are you weeping?" He replied, "My companions have departed, and the world did not harm them in the least, and now we are left behind to such an extent that we see no place for ourselves except the earth (i.e., the grave)."