Whoever can weep should do so...

Whoever can weep should do so, and whoever cannot do, should feel sad in his heart and pose as if he is weeping, for a hardhearted man is far from God, but you do not understand that.”[^15] Imam Ali (AS) has been reported as saying: “Weeping is the feature of those who fear God.”[^16] Imam Ali (AS) has also said: “Weeping out of the fear of God because of being away from God is the worship of the mystics.” ^17 “Weeping out of the fear of God, gives light to the heart and keeps one away from committing sins again.” ^18 “Weeping out of the fear of God is the key to mercy.” ^19 In a sermon, describing the pious, Imam Ali (AS) says: “These are the people whose acts in this world were pure, their eyes were tearful, their nights in this world were like days because of fearing and seeking of forgiveness, and their days were like nights because of feeling of loneliness and being away from all worldly pleasures, and so Allah makes the Paradise as their last abode and gives them the best of rewards.”[^20] The Messenger of Allah (SAW) has been reported as saying: “Be it known to you that one, whose eyes shed tears out of the fear of God, for each drop of tear, there is a palace adorned with pearls and jewels for him.

There is in it what no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has experienced.”[^21] Imam Sadiq (AS) has been reported by Imam Hasan Askari (AS) as saying: “The distance between man and Paradise is more than the distance between the earth and the heaven when he commits a sin. But when he weeps with regret out of the fear of God, the distance between him and Paradise become less than the distance between his eye and his eyelid.”[^22] Imam Sadiq (AS) has…