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TEARS AND BLOOD

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“There is nothing dearer to Allah than two drops and two marks. The drops are a tear that drops out of fear of Allah, and a drop of blood shed in the Cause of Allah. The marks are the mark received in the Cause of Allah, and a mark acquired discharging an obligation ordered by Allah.”

Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Umamah Sudayy, the son of Ajalan Bahili who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this