Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) passed while some of his companions were laughing and talking. He said to them: By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! If you know what I know you should laugh very little and weep a lot. Then he left and the companions were in tears. Then Allah has revealed to him: O Muhammad, why do you make my servants feel desperate (from my mercy)? Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) came back and said: Be happy, observe moderation (in doing deeds), and if you fail to observe it perfectly, try to do as much as you can do (to live up to this ideal of moderation). (Bayhaqi, Ibn Hibban and Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad). There are variations on this hadith, but they are all very similar. Broadly we see a group of the companions were joking and chatting then the Prophet (peace be on him) passed by them, when he made a comment that reduced them all to tears. Within an instant the angel brought an ayah to the Prophet (peace be on him) to console them. In another occasion the narration of Anas bin Malik reported the Prophet (peace be on him) said: Paradise and Hell were presented to me and I have never seen the good and evil as (I did) today. And if you were to know what I know, you would have wept more and laughed less. He (the narrator) said: There was nothing more burdensome for the Companions of Allah’s Messenger (peace be on him) than this. They covered their heads and the sound of weeping was heard from them. Then there stood up ‘Umar and he said: We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with … Continue reading Be happy, be moderate and do as much as you can