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)."

Hazrat Abdullah bin Ubaidah says that Safiyyah, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), saw people recite the verse of prostration and then perform prostration, so she called out, "This is merely prostration and supplication, but where has the weeping gone?"

Hazrat Bakhtari bin Ziyad bin Kharijah narrates that a man from the tribe of ‘Abad passed by a blacksmith’s open furnace and stopped to watch. Then, for as long as Allah willed, he kept watching, until finally he let out a scream and died.

Hazrat Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I saw Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) weeping. When he saw me, he said, "Are you surprised at my weeping out of fear of Allah? So if you cannot weep, then at least make a face as if you are weeping, to the extent that someone among you might say, 'Look at him, look at him.' Surely, even this moon weeps out of fear of Allah."

Hazrat Ibn Buraidah said that if the weeping of all the people on the face of the earth were compared to the weeping of Dawud (peace be upon him), it would still not be equal to it. And if the weeping of Dawud (peace be upon him) and all the people of the earth were compared to the weeping of Adam (peace be upon him) at the time when he was sent down to the earth, then the weeping of Adam (peace be upon him) would surpass them all.