Hadith 177

(The book) ‘Al Kashf Al Ghumma’ – Al Hafiz Abdul Aziz Bin Al Akhzar – ‘It is reported from Yusuf Bin Asbaat, from his father who said, ‘I entered Masjid Al-Kufa, and there was a youth whispering to his Lord-azwj, and he-asws was saying in his-asws Sajdah: ‘I-asws prostrate my-asws face covered in the dust to my-asws Creator and it is a right for Him-azwj! ’ I stood up to him-asws, and there, it was Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws. When the dawn broke, I got up to him-asws. I said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! You-asws are punishing yourself-asws and Allah-azwj has Graced you-asws with what He-azwj has Graced you-asws’. He-asws wept, then said, ‘Amro Bin Usman narrated to me-asws, from Usama Bin Zayd having said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Every eye shall cry on the Day of Qiyamah except four eyes – an eye having cried from fear of Allah-azwj, and an eye having lost its vision in the Way of Allah‑azwj, and an eye having been closed from the Prohibitions of Allah-azwj, and an eye having spent the night in a vigil in Sajdah. Allah-azwj would be Boasting with these to the Angels and Saying: “Look at My-azwj servant! His‑azwj soul is in My-azwj Presence, and his body is in My-azwj obedience! He is depriving his body from the lying down, supplicating to Me-azwj, fearing from My-azwj Punishment, and coveting regarding My-azwj Mercy. Be witnesses! I-asws am Forgiving (his sins) for him! ”’[244]
And from Sufyan having said, ‘Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws used to carry a sack with him-asws wherein was bread. He-asws would give in charity with it and say: ‘The charity tends to extinguish Wrath of the Lord-azwj’. And from him, ‘He-asws said: ‘It would not make me-asws happy with my-asws share from the humiliation, (even with) abundant bounties’’. [245]
And from Abdullah Bin Ata’a who said, ‘A slave of Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws committed a sin deserving the punishment by it. He-asws grabbed a whip of his-asws and said: ‘Say to those who believe, they should be seeking Forgiveness for those who do not hope for the days of Allah, [45: 14]’. The slave said, ‘And I am not like that. I am hoping for the Mercy of Allah-saww and I do fear His-azwj Punishment’. He-asws threw down the whip and said: ‘You are hereby freed’. And a son of his-asws fell into a well. The people of Al-Medina panicked at