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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Eleven: <strong>The</strong> Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> of the $ufts<br />

Section Two<br />

Early $iijis were Clear on the Importance of<br />

referring to the Qur'an and the Sunnah<br />

<strong>The</strong> first $Ujis used to acknowledge that reliance was to be placed<br />

on the Book and the Sunnah, only owing to their ignorance the devil<br />

was able to deceive them.<br />

Abu Sulayman al-DaranI said: Of ten I am impressed for days <strong>by</strong><br />

some paint that the people (the ascetics) make, only I do not accept<br />

it without two trustworthy witnesses, the Book and the Sunnah.<br />

Abu Yazid said: If you see a man endowed with such miraculous<br />

powers (al-karrimri!) that he can elevate himself into the air, do not<br />

be deceived <strong>by</strong> him; but first see how you find him in the matter of<br />

enjoining and forbidding, and observance of the rules.<br />

According to another he said: Which I neglects the reading of the<br />

Qur'an, mortification of their attendance at public worship, attendance<br />

at funerals, and visitation of the sick, and professes to be a $Uji<br />

is a heretic.<br />

And Sari said: Whoever claims that there is hidden knowledge ('ilm<br />

al-bri,tin) which contradicts a manifest rule (pukm al-zrihiry commits<br />

an error.<br />

Al-Junayd said: Our doctrine is governed <strong>by</strong> the principles of<br />

Qur'an and Sunnah.<br />

He also said: Our science depends on the Book and the Sunnah.<br />

No-one is to be imitated who has not memorised the Qur'an, written<br />

1).adith, and studied Law.<br />

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