Softening The Heart: Kitāb az-Zuhd wa’r-Raqāʾiq

by Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

‘When the Hour was mentioned in front of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam , he would cry and say, “It is not befitting for the Son of Maryam to remain calm when the Hour is mentioned in front of him.”’ (Abū Nuʿaym in Ḥilyah 4:313).