Saying · 37 AH
I am not crying out of pain or fear of meeting Allah. I am crying because of what you see around me: this house. What will I answer Allah for my luxurious living? I was with a group of people who were tortured as I was, but they all passed away before tasting the sweetness of this world, while Allah has left me to enjoy its fruits. I am afraid that because of this, my share of the akhira will not be as much as theirs.
Said on his deathbed in Kufa, in response to his family's surprise at his weeping despite all he had endured and achieved.