Question:
What did the Prophetﷺ mean when he said, “If you saw what I saw, you would laugh little and weep much”?
Answer:
This Hadith is narrated in Sahih Muslim. The companions asked the Prophetﷺﷺ what he saw. He replied that he had seen Paradise and Hell. The Prophetﷺﷺ was shown Paradise and Hellfire directly by Allahﷻ . If a person were to witness Paradise and Hell with their own eyes, their desire to attain Paradise and their fear of Hellfire would become so overwhelming that they would weep much and laugh little in this world. So, he was referring to his vision of Paradise and Hell.