a burdah—meaning a single cloak—so short that if they drew it over his head his feet were left bare, and if they covered his feet his head became exposed. The Prophet ﷺ therefore ordered that his head be wrapped with the cloak and that his feet be covered with idhkhir, a well-known desert grass.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf would recall the condition of that man and say, “They have departed, spared the worldly riches that Allah later granted to those who came after them—abundant spoils of war—just as Allah said: ‘and many spoils that they shall take’ (48:19).”

He would then add, “We fear that our good deeds have been brought forward for us,” for the unbeliever receives the reward for his good deeds only in this life and faces the punishment of the Fire in the Hereafter, whereas the believer may be recompensed in both worlds, though the reward of the Hereafter is the greater.

Thus he, may Allah be pleased with him, feared that their reward had been advanced to them in this world; he wept out of fear and apprehension and pushed the food away.

In this report is clear evidence that weeping out of awe of Allah and fear of His punishment is praiseworthy. Allah is the One who grants success.