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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> ef the $iifts<br />

<strong>The</strong> daughter of al-Samarri was brought before l:Iamid al-Wazir<br />

and asked <strong>by</strong> him about l:Iallaj she said: My father brought me to<br />

him, and he said: I marry you to my son Sulayman, who resides in<br />

Nisabiir. If any act on his part displeases you, fast for the rest of the<br />

day, at the end of it mount the roof, stand on the ashes, and breakfast<br />

off them and coarse salt. <strong>The</strong>n turn your face in my direction,<br />

tell me what displeases you, and I will hear and see. One night, she<br />

said, I was asleep ori the roof and felt him approaching me. I woke<br />

up in a fright at his procedure. He said: I have only come to wake<br />

you up for prayer. When we had descended his daughter told me to<br />

prostrate myself before him. I asked her whether prostration should<br />

be performed to anyone but God. He heard what I said and said:<br />

Yes, there is a God in heaven and a God on earth.<br />

Scholars agreed over the execution of al-l:lallaj. <strong>The</strong> first to say so<br />

was Abii 'Amr al-QaqI. Only Abii'l-'Abbas Surayj kept silent on the<br />

matter, alleging that he did not know what al-l:Jallaj said. Consensus<br />

of the scholars is a infallible guide. Abii Hurayrah (rarf!JAllahu 'anhu)<br />

said that the Allah's Messenger (ii) said: "Allah has relieved you<br />

[all] from agreeing upon misguidance."149<br />

<strong>The</strong> jurist of al-Asbahan, Mu}:iammad <strong>Ibn</strong> Dawiid said: If what<br />

Allah revealed to His Prophet (ii) be true, then what al-lallaj says<br />

is false. He was vehemently opposed to him.<br />

Out of their ignorance and lack of attention to the scholars' opinions,<br />

many $ujis were passionate about al-l:lallaj. Ibrahim <strong>Ibn</strong><br />

Mu}:iammad al-Narabadhi used to say: If there was ever a monotheist<br />

(muwa!Jid) after the Prophets and the trustful ones (al-fiddiqin),<br />

it was al-l:Iallaj.<br />

This is what most storytellers and $iifts believe these days. All of<br />

149 TabaranI in 'al-Kabir' #1'.';623-13624.<br />

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