The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception of the $Ujis
money and then beg others for their money including oppressors
and those with doubtful incomes and to leave his children poor. I do
not blame an ignorant ascetic for doing this. But I do not understand
how a learned intellectual could encourage others to do it.
Al-Iarith al-Mul:iasibI discussed this issue in length, which is confirmed
and supported by Abu I:Iamid al-GhazalI. Al-I:Iarith had more
of an excuse than Abu I:Iamid, because the latter was more knowledgeable,
but the fact that he subscribed to Sufism made him obliged
to support it.
The following is an example of al-I:Jarith al-Mul:iasibI's discourses:
'O you who are deceived, if you hold that the amassing of lawful
wealth is better and more honourable than the discarding of it, you
are contemning the blessed Mul:iammad (;i) and the Prophets, and
hold that the Prophet gave bad advice to his nation when he forbade
them to amass it, well-knowing that amassing it was for their good.
And if yout hold that Allah was inconsiderate of His servants when
He forbade them to amass wealth, well knowing that amassing it
was for their good; it will not profit you to allege the wealth of the
Companions, Ibn 'Awf (ratfiyAllrihu 'anhu) will wish on the Day of
Resurrection that he had been given no more than enough to sustain
him in this world.'
[Al-I:larith continues] I have been told that when 'Abdu'l-Ral:iman
Ibn 'Awf (ratfiyAlkihu 'anhu) died, some of the Prophet's (;i) Companions
said theywere afraid aboutAbdu'l-Ral:iman (ratjiJAllrihu 'anhu)
on account of the estate which he had left. Ka'b, however, said;
Subf.JrinAlkih! why do you need to fear for 'Abdu'l-Ral:iman (rat/iyAlkihu
'anhu), who acquired virtuously and spent virtuously? The news
reached Abu Dharr (raefiJAllrihu 'anhu) who came out in anger, and
wanted Ka'b; passing by the jaw of a camel he took it into his hand
and went off in search of Ka'b. Ka'b was told that Abu Dharr
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