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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S<br />

D E C E P T I O N S<br />

By standing up to perform prayer you have made your intention<br />

clear, so there is no need to say it Its place is the heart, so there is no<br />

need to worry about pronouncing it properly. Why repeat it when<br />

you have said it correctly?<br />

A man told <strong>Ibn</strong> 'Aqil: I sometimes wash a bird, but then believe<br />

that I have not washed it, and I say: ''Allah Akbar" but later think I<br />

have not said it. <strong>Ibn</strong> 'Aqil responded: Do not perform prayer, it is<br />

not obligatory on you! <strong>Ibn</strong> Aqil's companions asked him: how could<br />

you say this to the man? He replied: <strong>The</strong> Prophet () said: "<strong>The</strong><br />

pen (recording of deeds) has been lifted for an insane person until<br />

he regains sanity."125 He who is suffering from what this man is suffering<br />

from is insane. And insane persons are not required to perform<br />

prayers.<br />

Know that repeating the intention for prayer is caused <strong>by</strong> stupidity<br />

and ignorance. If a scholar were to enter (a room) and a person<br />

stands up for him (out of respect) and says: "I intend to stand up<br />

out of respect for this scholar who has entered this gathering" then<br />

people would declare him to be an idiot. (fhe action of) standing up<br />

made his intention clear.<br />

Standing up for prayer is only done for one reason, and it does not<br />

take long. This is utter ignorance. It is permissible to make the intention<br />

prior to takbir, so why do they insist on making it immediately<br />

prior to takbir.<br />

No one was stricter with mutanatti'in (those who do things excessively)<br />

than Allah's Messenger (). No one was more worried about<br />

them than Abii Bakr (ratfiyAl/dhu 'anhu). I think that 'Umar (rm/iyAl/dhu<br />

'anhu) was the person most worried for them on earth.<br />

125<br />

Abii Dawiid #4398 and Nasa'I, 2/100.<br />

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