Question

What is the status of this narration?

“All human deeds will be weighed, but human tears flowing from the fear of Allah and the Hereafter is a deed which would not be weighed. Rather, one such tear would put off the wildest fire of Jahannam”

 

Answer

This narration is recorded in Kitabuz Zuhd of Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal (rahimahullah).

Jibril (‘alayhis salam) once came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and found a man crying. Jibril (‘alayhis salam) asked, “Who is this?” Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) identified him as “so and so.” Jibril (‘alayhis salam) said: “We will weigh all the deeds of man except crying [out of the fear of Allah Ta’ala] for Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will extinguish [extensive] fires with a tear.”

(Kitabuz Zuhd of Imam Ahmad, Hadith: 144)

The chain is weak.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

الزهد لأحمد بن حنبل:
(١٤٤) – حدثنا عبد الله حدثنا أبي حدثنا إبراهيم بن خالد، حدثنا رباح بن يزيد، حدثني أبو الجراح، عن رجل من أصحابهم؛ يقال له خازم أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نزل عليه جبريل عليه السلام وعنده رجل يبكي، فقال: من هذا؟ قال: فلان قال جبريل: إنا نزن أعمال بني آدم كلها إلا البكاء؛ فإن الله عز وجل يطفئ بالدمعة بحورا من نار جهنم.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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