Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38264 — Reports on weeping out of fear

It is the saying of Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): It is obligatory upon you to hold to the Sunnah and the right path. For there is no one who is on the Sunnah and the right path, whose eyes overflow out of the fear of Allah, and whom the fire of Hell then touches. And there is no one who is on the Sunnah and the right path and whose skin trembles out of the fear of Allah except that his likeness is that of a tree that had dried up, and while it was in that state a wind suddenly blew and all its leaves fell from it. In just the same way his sins fall away. Moderation on the Sunnah and the right path is better than striving outside the Sunnah and the right path. So examine your deeds: whether they are moderation or striving, let them be upon the way of the prophets and their Sunnah.