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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Six: Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> f those from Our Ummah<br />

sum; when this bird flies, they said, Abu Sa'Id will come forth out<br />

of his tomb. By the tomb they placed a horse, a suit of clothes and<br />

arms. <strong>The</strong> Iblis had persuaded these people that if there was a horse<br />

<strong>by</strong> the tomb of a dead man, he would be raised up riding; whereas if<br />

there were no horse, he would be raised walking. <strong>The</strong> followers of<br />

Abu Sa'Id used to invoke God's favour upon him when mentioning<br />

his name, but not when they mentioned the Prophet (;i) saying:<br />

What, shall we eat the food of Abu Sa'Id and invoke God's favour<br />

on Abu'l-Qasim? Abu Sa'Id was succeeded <strong>by</strong> his son Abu Tahir,<br />

who acted like his father, attacked the Ka'bah, seized the treasures<br />

which it contained, prised out the Black Stone and took it to his own<br />

town, making people suppose that it was Allah (the Mighty and the<br />

Majestic).<br />

Th e seventh title was al-Khurram!Jy ah (yrl):<br />

<strong>The</strong> term Khurram referred to anything that brought pleasure to<br />

people. <strong>The</strong> idea of this title was to bring people's attention to following<br />

desires and pleasures and to eliminate obligatory duties. This<br />

title initially was given to Al-Mazdakiyyah. <strong>The</strong>y were the promiscuous<br />

Zoroastrians who made permissible unlawful women, and all<br />

that was prohibited. Both groups had the same titles because they<br />

shared the same doctrine.<br />

<strong>The</strong> eighth title was al- Ta rlim!Jyah - the Educationists ( a._1.:11):<br />

<strong>The</strong>y were given this title because their doctrine was to invalidate<br />

the use of intellect and to call for the following of the faultless <strong>Imam</strong><br />

because knowledge was only attained through being taught (and not<br />

using one's intellect).<br />

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