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He also says: “As for the one whose scales are heavy, he will live a life of contentment.” (1) “But as for the one whose scales are light, his mother will be the abyss.” (2) (al-Qāriʿah 6–9)

The verses that convey this meaning are many: fear and hope are thus joined together in two consecutive verses, in several verses, or even within a single verse.

448 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If the believer knew what punishment Allah holds, no one would hope for His Garden; and if the disbeliever knew what mercy Allah holds, no one would despair of His Garden.” Reported by Muslim (3).

449 – Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When the bier is set down and people—or, specifically, the men—carry it on their shoulders (4), if the deceased was righteous it says, ‘Advance me, advance me!’ but if he was not righteous it says, ‘Woe to it! Where are you taking it?’ Everything hears its voice except human beings; were a human to hear it, he would collapse.” (5) Reported by al-Bukhārī.

450 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared: “Paradise is nearer to any one of you than the strap of his sandal, and so is the Fire.” Reported by al-Bukhārī. (6)

54 – Chapter: The Virtue of Weeping out of Fear of Allah Most High and Out of Longing for Him

Allah the Exalted says: “And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it increases them in humility.” (al-Isrāʾ 109)

He also says: “Is it at this discourse that you marvel, and you laugh but do not weep?” (al-Najm 59)

(1) That is: acceptable and pleasing. (2) Allah clarified it with His words: “wa ma adraka ma hiya, naarun hamiyah” (And what can make you know what it is? A fiercely blazing Fire). (3) I note that it is also reported by al-Bukhari; see al-Sahihah, no. 1634. (4) That is: when the bier is placed before the men so that they lift it and carry it on their shoulders. (5) That is: he died from the overwhelming sound produced by the horror of what he saw prepared for him of awful torment. (6) A shoe-thong (shirak al-na‘l): one of the straps that runs across the upper part of a sandal.

[ الانفطار : ١٣ - ١٤ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ ﴾ (١) ﴿ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴾ (٢) [ القارعة : ٦ - ٩ ] والآيات في هذا المعنى كثيرة . فيجتمع الخوف والرجاء في آيتين مقترنتين أو آيات أو آية . ٤٤٨ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، أن رسول الله ﷺ قال : « لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْعُقُوبَةِ ، مَا طَمِعَ بِجَنَّتِهِ أَحَدٌ ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْكَافِرُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ ، مَا قَنَطَ مِنْ جَنَّتِهِ أَحَدٌ » رواه مسلم (٣) . ٤٤٩ - وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه ، أن رسول الله ﷺ قال : « إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجَنَازَةُ وَاحْتَمَلَهَا النَّاسُ أَوِ الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ (٤) ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ : قَدِّمُونِي قَدِّمُونِي ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ ، قَالَتْ : يَا وَيْلَهَا ! أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا ؟ يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا الْإِنْسَانُ ، وَلَوْ سَمِعَهُ صَعِقَ » (٥) رواه البخاري . ٤٥٠ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ (٦) ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ » رواه البخاري . ٥٤ - باب فضل البكاء من خشية الله تعالى وشوقاً إليه قال الله تعالى : ﴿ وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ﴾ [ الإسراء : ١٠٩ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ ﴾ [ النجم : ٥٩ ] .

(١) أي : مرضية . (٢) فسرها الله تعالى بقوله : ﴿ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ﴾ . (٣) قلت : والبخاري أيضاً . انظر الصحيحة (١٦٣٤) . (٤) أي : إذا وضعت الجنازة بين يدي الرجال ليحملوها ، واحتملوها على أعناقهم . (٥) أي : مات لشدة الصوت الناشيء عن شدة ما يرى مما أعد له من الويل والثبور . (٦) شراك النعل : أحد سيور النعل التي تكون في وجهها .