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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Five: Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> in Matters of Creed (al- 'aqd'id) and Religion<br />

how could servitude be manifested in those who abandoned Allah's<br />

order and acted upon their desires. <strong>The</strong>y used to disobey Musa<br />

('alayhis-saldm) and accuse him of having overly large testicles! And<br />

they accused him of killing Harlin ('alqyhis-saldm) , and accused Dawud<br />

('alqyhis-saldm) with regard to the wife of irya.<br />

Abu Hurayrah (raifiJAlldhu 'anhu) said: Allah's Messenger (;i) once<br />

came to the House of Midras (a Jewish school) and asked to speak<br />

to the most knowledgeable of them. 'Abdullah lbn Suriya came.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Prophet(;i) asked him <strong>by</strong> He who bestowed His bounties on<br />

them, fed them al-Manna and al-Salwd and covered them with clouds:<br />

"Do you believe that I am Allah's Messenger?" He responded: Yes,<br />

and my people know this as well, for your description is in the Torah,<br />

and it is clear. He (;i) asked: "<strong>The</strong>n what prevents you (from<br />

following Islam)?" He responded: I dislike going against my people.<br />

Perhaps they will follow you and become Muslims, then so will<br />

1.102<br />

Salamah lbn Salamah lbn Waqsh said: We had a Jewish neighbour<br />

from Ban! 'Abd Al-Ashhal. He came out to us one day from his<br />

house. At that time I was the youngest person in my house, wearing<br />

a small robe and lying in the courtyard. He spoke of the resurrection,<br />

the reckoning, the scales, the Paradise and the Hellfire. When<br />

he spoke of these things to the polytheists who thought there could<br />

be no rising after death - they said to him: 'Good gracious man! Do<br />

you think such things could be?! That men can be raised from the<br />

dead to a place where there is Paradise and a Hellfire in which they<br />

will be recompensed for their deeds?!' He responded: 'Yes, and <strong>by</strong><br />

Him whom men swear <strong>by</strong>, he would wish that he might be in the<br />

largest oven in his house rather than in that fire; that they would<br />

heat it and thrust him into it and plaster it over if he could get out<br />

from that fire on the following day.' When they asked for a sign that<br />

102<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Sa'd in al- Tabaqat 1/64.<br />

135

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