Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38290 — Reports on weeping out of fear

Al-Rabi' used to say: O Bakr bin Ma'iz, use your tongue for beneficial things and keep away from harmful speech. I hold people suspect in the matter of my religion. Obey Allah in the things you know, and whatever has been kept back from you, leave it to the one who knows it. For deliberately doing wrong is more dangerous than making a mistake. The best of you today is not truly good, but he is better than another who is worse than him. Not everything given to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has reached you, and you do not understand all that you read. As for the secret things that are hidden from people while they are plain to Allah, seek their cure. Then, addressing himself, he would say: Its remedy is that you repent in the court of Allah and then do not sin again.