The ruling on the absence of weeping and going to the Tarawih prayer for a beautiful voice
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The questioner:
And Allah, it was either little or nonexistent.
The Shaykh:
In any case, he asks his Lord that Allah will help him. He resorts to the means by reflecting and using his intellect, and he entrusts himself to Allah to help him weep out of fear of Him (Exalted and Majestic is He).
The questioner:
Does the absence of weeping mean there is a defect in the heart?
The Shaykh:
One fears that a person’s heart may become hard, but the person resorts to the means,
The questioner:
If a person goes in Ramadan to the Tarawih prayer or the night prayer for an imam with a beautiful voice, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that. This is good. If you resort to the means for that, it is part of resorting to the means for humility.
And Allah, it was either little or nonexistent.
The Shaykh:
In any case, he asks his Lord that Allah will help him. He resorts to the means by reflecting and using his intellect, and he entrusts himself to Allah to help him weep out of fear of Him (Exalted and Majestic is He).
The questioner:
Does the absence of weeping mean there is a defect in the heart?
The Shaykh:
One fears that a person’s heart may become hard, but the person resorts to the means,
The questioner:
If a person goes in Ramadan to the Tarawih prayer or the night prayer for an imam with a beautiful voice, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that. This is good. If you resort to the means for that, it is part of resorting to the means for humility.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، باب فضل البكاء من خشية الله - تعالى - وشوقًا إليه : الأحاديث : [ 447 - 449 ] — islamhouse.com (4:21)
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