The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Six: Devil's Deception of those from Our Ummah
issued in the near neighbourhood of the Representative whom we
have designated as infallible; for near neighbourhood pierces the
veil, whereas if long distance intervene one who responds to the
invitation cannot investigate the character of the Imam or ascertain
the truth about him. Their design in all this is power and mastery
over men's possessions; further to avenge themselves for the shedding
of their blood and the despoiling of their goods in former
times. This is the end at which they aim and the principle on which
they started.
Section Two
The Plots of the al-Bd/in[yyah
They used to attempt to judge people's personalities in order to
determine who they could deceive. If they noticed that their victim
was leaning towards asceticism they would call him to trustworthiness,
truthfulness, and abandoning lusts.
And if they saw him leaning towards lewdness they would convince
him that performing religious rituals was stupidity, that being
god-fearing was foolishness, and that intelligence implied following
desires, because life is too short.To each person they affirm what is
agreeable to the system which he holds; they then suggest doubts
about his beliefs. The people who respond to them are either fools
or descendants of the Sasanian kings and Mazdians the empire of
whose ancestors was terminated by the light of Islam, or people
anxious for power but unbefriended by fortune to whom they promise
the realization of their hopes: or someone, who would like to
raise himself above the vulgar level and cherishes the idea of initiation
into realities: or a Rafiqah whose religion involves reviling the
Companions: or some heretical philosopher, dualist, or person bewildered
about religion; or some individual whom love of pleasure
has enslaved, and who finds the prescriptions of the law annoying.
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