Three things make me laugh and three things make me cry.

Three things make me laugh and three things make me cry.


On the authority of Jafar bin Burqaan who said “I came to know that Salman al-Farsi used to say:

“Three things make me laugh and three things make me cry.

I laugh
at the one who is hopeful of the world yet death seeks him;
the one who is neglectful (of his Lord) while he is not neglected (by Him);
the one who laughs at the top of his voice, while he does not know whether he is pleasing his Lord or displeasing Him.

Three things make me cry:
parting from our beloved Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon hm) and his Companions;
the terror of the onset of the pangs of death and
the standing in front of the Lord of the Worlds while not knowing whether I will be turned towards the Fire or Paradise“.

[Salman Al Farsi]