The Crying of the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam

The Crying of the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam

The first hadith: The Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam was sitting with Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. The prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam (said), "Read to me". Ibn Mas'ud (said), "Read to you while it was send upon you."

(So), the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam (said), "I love to listen to it from other than me."

(So), Abdullah ibn Mas'ud read from Surah An-Nisa until he came to this aya, "'How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people." [Surah An-Nisa 4:41]

(Then) the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam (said), "Enough for now". Ibn Mas'ud turned his face to the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, thereupon, (I saw) his two eyes were overflowing with tears.

Benefit from the hadith:

1 - Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said to the reciter, "Enough for now" and he didn't say, "Sadaq Allahu Al'ajeem"

2 - The Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam used to love listening to the Qur'an from other than him.

3 - (The third point of benefit) is that humility while listening to the Qur'an is (shown) by crying not by screaming.

From the book of Shaykh Muhammad Jamil Zayno
Arabic found here: http://arabicstudy.multiply.com/journal/item/44/
Translator: Nasrin As-Salafiyah