The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D EVI L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
tute of al-Musta1sim billah, his oldest son 1Ali al- Nasikh, his grandson,
the preacher Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Farghali al-Hanafi the
author of Mir' at al-Zaman (Mirror of Time), al- J:Iafi? 1Abd al-Ghani,
Shaykh Muwaffaq al-Din Ibn Qudama, Ibn al-Dubaythi , Ibn al-Najjar
and al-Diya.5
His Children
His grandson Abu al-Mu?fir and majority of those who wrote his
biography say that he had three sons:
1. The oldest of them, Abu Bakr 1Abd al-'Aziz: He became a
jurist in the school of Almad and took knowledge from Abu
al-Waqt, Ibn Nair, al-Armawi and a group of his father's teachers.
He traveled to the city of al-Musul where he preached
and held sermons there for which he earned the people full
acceptance. It is said that the family of al-Zahrazuri used to
be jealous of him so they made someone put poison in his
drink which caused him to die in al-Musul in 554 A.H. during
the lifeti me of his father.6
2. Abu al-Qasim Badr al- Din 1Ali al-Nasikh*
3. Abu MuJ.:iammad Yusuf MuJ.:iyi al-Di n7 : He was the most in-
5 Styaral-A 'ltim al-Nubuld', 21, 367.
6 Thai/ Tabaqrit al-lfanabila, 1/ 430, 43 1.
*Pub lishers note: For a detai l bi ography of him please re fer ta, 'TheSinfere Council
to the Seehrs of Samd Knowledge', by lbn Jawzi, published by Dar as-Su nnah, Bir ­
mi ngham, UK, 2011.
7 c£ Styar al-A 'kim al-Nubulri', 23/372, al-'lbar, 5/ 237, Dtiwal al-Islam, 2/122, al­
Bidayah wdl- Nihayah, 13/ 203, Thai/ Tabaqrit al-lfanabila, 2/258-261, al-'Ugud al­
Masbiik, 63 5, Shatharrit al- Thahab, 5/ 286287, lb n Shani: Mukhtasar Tabaqrit allfanabila,
p.57.
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