'Verily Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib was the best worshipper of his time, the most abstemious and the best of them all. Whenever he went for Hajj', he went on foot, and sometimes even bare-footed. When he remembered death, he cried. When he remembered the grave, he cried. When he was reminded of the Day of Judgment and Resurrection, he cried. When he was reminded of the crossing over the Bridge [outstretched over Hell], he cried. When he was reminded of the great exposure before Allah exalted be His remembrance he would gasp in such a way that he would faint. When he stood for his prayers, his limbs Imam Husayn b. ?Ali (AS) trembled before his Lord. When he was reminded of Paradise and the Fire, he was greatly disturbed as if bitten by a snake, and asked Allah for Paradise and sought refuge in Him from the Fire.'