The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S D E C E P T I O N S (rat/ty.Alldhu 'anhu) was looking for him. So he fled and came to 'Uthman (rat/!JAlldhu 'anhu) to implore his protection. He told 'Uthman the story; Abu Dharr (ratf!JA.lldhu 'anhu) followed the trail of Ka'b till he tracked him to 'Uthman>s house (ratf!JA.lldhu 'anhu). When he entered Ka'b rose up and seated himself behind 'Uthman (ratf!JA.lldhu 'anhu) out of fear of Abu Dharr (rat/!JA.lkihu 'anhum). The latter said to him: Away with you, son of a Jewish lady! You hold that there is no harm in the estate left by 'Abdu'l-Ra}:iman Ibn 'Awf (ratfiyAlkihu 'anhu)! The Prophet () one day came out and said: On 'the Day of Resurrection the most shall be the least save one who says such and such' then he said: 0 Abu Dharr, you are desirous of the most, whereas I am desirous of the least. Of that then the Prophet () was desirous, whereas thou, 0 son of the Jewish lady, say there is no harm in, the estate which was left by 'Abdu'l-Ra}:iman Ibn 'Awf (rar#yAlkihu 'anhu)! You and whoever says the same lies. Ka'b did not utter a word in reply till he had gone. Al-I:larith proceeds: So this 'Abdu'l-Ra}:iman (ratf!JA.lldhu 'anhu) not withstanding his eminence is to be detained in the Resurrectioncourt because of the wealth which he acquired honourably and in order to live temperately and do good works; he is to be prevented from running into Paradise with the poor emigrants (alfuqard' almuh4Jirin), and instead will have to creep after them. The Companions rejoiced when they were destitute, and you hoard wealth and amass it in fear of poverty (alfaqt). This is to hold a bad opinion of Allah and to have no confidence in His guarantee, which is of itself sufficiently criminal. Perhaps you amasses the wealth for the comforts, vanities, and pleasures of this world, whereas we have been told that the Prophet () said: Whosoever laments over worldly fortune which he has missed comes a whole year's journey nearer Hell. And you grieve over what you have missed, not troubling about your proximity to Allah's punishment! Consider, can't you find in 292
Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception ef the $iifts your lifetime lawful wealth to the amount which the Companions found? Where is the lawful wealth which you can't amass? I give thee good counsel I would have you contended with a minimum, and not amassing wealth for charitable purposes. A certain man of learning was asked concerning one who amasses wealth for charitable purposes and replied that it is yet more, charitable to abstain therefrom. We have also been told that one of the best of the tabi'in being asked concerning two men, one of whom sought fortune by honourable means, won it, helped his relations and benefited himself, and another who disregarded fortune, neither sought it nor gave it away - which of the two was the better? He replied that there was a vast difference between them; the one who disregarded fortune was the better by a distance as great as that between East and West. This is the language of al-l:Iarith al-Mul:iasibi151, quoted by Abu l:lamid [al-Ghazali]152, who confirms and supports it by the l:iadith of Tha'labah (ratf,!JAlldhu 'anhu), who was given wealth and declined to give zaktih. Abu l:Iamid goes on to say: Whosoever observes the circumstances of the Prophets and awl[ya' and their sayings will not doubt that the absence of wealth is better than its presence, even if it be used on good; the least of its evils is that its possessors are diverted by care of it from (dhikr) the remembrance of Allah. The murid should give up his wealth, only reserving what is absolutely necessary. So long as a dirham remains to him, to occupy his mind; he will be screened from Allah. Now all this, I observe, is contrary to the shanah and to reason ('aq and is misunderstanding the true meaning of wealth. 151 See his 'Risa/ah al-Mustorshidin'. 152 See his 'al-/.f!ya". 293
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al-J:Iafi? Abii'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawz
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Ibn Jawzi's monumental work 'Ta/bis
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Section One: What are the Definitio
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CHAPTER NINE The Devil's Deception
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Section Two: Having Patience during
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Section Two: Repentance (al-tauba)
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR al-I:la
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