The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Devil's Deception in Matters of Creed
Abu 'Abdullah al-RamlI said: Abu Hamzah discoursed in the masjid
of Tarsus and was favourably received. One day when he was discoursing
a raven, croaked on the roof of the masjid. Abu Hamzah
yelled: "Here I come, here I come." So he was considered a heretic
and a pantheist (pultilz) and was killed. His horse was later sold as
the heretic's horse.
Abu Bakr al-Farghani said: Abu Hamzah was generally supposed
to be a believer in pantheist (pultilt), because when he heard any sound
he used to say "Here I come, here I come."! Abu 'Ali however stated
that Abu Hamzah only supposed the sound to be a summons from
God to arouse him to devotion.
Al-Sarraj said: Abu Hamzah was generally supposed to be a pantheist
(pultilz) because when he heard a sound like the whistling of
the wind, the rush of water, the singing of birds, he would cry out
"Here I come, here I come." This was the reason for the charge.
He proceeds: I have also been informed that certain people of
Shdm claim vision with the heart in this world similar to vision with
the eyes in the Hereafter.
Furthermore Ghulam al-Khalil testified that he had heard Abu'll:lasan
al-Niiri say: I am enamored of Allah and He is enamoured of
me. Nurl said: I hear Allah say:
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"He will love and who will love Him."
[al-Mti'idah (5): 54],
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