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Does he who weeps out of fear of Allah not enter Hellfire, even if he commits some sins, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "No eye that wept out of fear of Allah shall enter Hellfire"?

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Al-Tirmidhi narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Two eyes will not be touched by the Fire: an eye that wept out of fear of Allah, and an eye that spent the night guarding in the way of Allah." Al-Bukhari and Muslim also narrated, among the seven whom Allah will shade with His shade: "And a man who remembered Allah in solitude and his eyes overflowed [with tears]." In a narration by Ahmad, it is stated: "The Fire has been forbidden for an eye that wept out of fear of Allah." These hadiths indicate that whoever weeps out of fear of Allah has been forbidden from the Fire, and they can be taken at their apparent meaning due to Allah's vast grace. The eye that weeps out of fear of Allah is the rank of those who strive against their own souls, repenting from sins. And the eye that spends the night guarding is for those who strive in worship, whether for Hajj, seeking knowledge, or jihad.

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