The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Six· Devil's Deception of those from Our Ummah
the worst of doctrines and least authentic of Prophetic narrations.
He was inclined towards tashbip (claiming that Allah was similar to
his creation), and he permitted for Allah (the Mighty and the Majestic)
to perform accidental events. He also claimed that Allah would
not be able to resurrect bodies. Instead, He would recreate them.
As for al-Sdlimfyyah, they claimed that Allah would manifest Himself
on the Day of Judgment in the same form as the entity looking
at Him. For humans, He will appear human and for jinns, He will
appear as jinn. And they claimed that Allah had a secret, if He were
to divulge this secret then He would no longer be able to manage
His Creation.
I say: 'I seek refuge with Allah from contemplations and sciences
that lead to these awful doctrines.' Practitioners of kaldm claimed
that faith could never be complete except by understating their system
of arguments. They are indeed wrong, because The Messenger
( ordered people to have faith, not to research kakim - and the
Companions who were the best of people; followed (The
Messenger's order). In fact it was narrated that many of the alert
practitioners of kaldm abandoned kaldm after realising its bad effects.
Alµnad Ibn Sinan said: 'Al-Walid Ibn Aban al-KarabisI was my
maternal uncle.' When he was dying he told his sons: 'Do you know
anyone who is more knowledgeable in kakim than I?' They replied:
'No.' He said: 'Do you accuse me (of attempting to misguide you)?'
They said: 'No.' He said: 'I will give you a piece of advice, would you
accept from me?' They answered: 'Yes.' He said: 'Adhere to the way
of Ahlu'l-padith (followers of the Prophetic Teachings), for I have
seen the truth to be on their side.'
Abu'l-Ma'ili (Ibn Al-Juwayru) used to say: 'I have abandoned the
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