Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38443 — Reports on weeping out of fear

Al-Hasan said: O son of Adam, you are looking at your deeds, so weigh the good and the bad in them. Do not regard any good as insignificant, even if it is small, for when you see its rank you will be pleased; and do not regard any evil as insignificant, for when you see its place you will be grieved. May Allah Almighty have mercy on the person who earned lawfully, spent moderately and directed the surplus aright. Direct this surplus where Allah has directed it, and place it where Allah has commanded it to be placed. For those before you used to buy themselves from Allah with the surplus. And this death has drawn very close to the world and disgraced it. By Allah, no possessor of intellect has found any joy since then.