Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38323 — Reports on weeping out of fear

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The bearer of the Qur'an should be known by his night when people are asleep, and by his day (of fasting) when people are not fasting, and by his grief when people are rejoicing, and by his weeping when people are laughing, and by his silence when people are busy talking, and by his humility when people are behaving arrogantly. The bearer of the Qur'an should be one who weeps, is sorrowful, forbearing, wise and of a quiet nature. And it is not fitting for the bearer of the Qur'an that he be (Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) said: he mentioned these words) one who makes noise, shouts and is given to anger.