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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S<br />

D E C E P T I O N S<br />

rewarded. In fact, this act might be better than performing many<br />

other rituals.<br />

Many of the Companions (ratfiyAlkihu 'anhum) had good intentions.<br />

This was why they gathered wealth and asked for more.<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> 'Umar (ratfiJAlldhu 'anhuma) said that the Prophet () offered<br />

al-Zubayr (ratfiJAlldhu 'anhu) as much land as his horse could gallop<br />

over in a region called Tharlar. Al-Zubayr (ratfiJAlliihu 'anhu) made<br />

his horse gallop till it stopped, when he threw his whip, and the<br />

Prophet (;lj) said: Give him as far as the whip reaches.<br />

Sa'd <strong>Ibn</strong> 'Ubaidah (ratfiJAlldhu 'anhu) used to say in a prayer: 'O<br />

Allah, give abundant.'<br />

Also, when Ya'qiib's ('altfYhis-sakim) sons told him<br />

"and (we may) add one more measure of a camel's load"<br />

[Yusef (12): 65],<br />

he liked the idea and sent their brother Benyamin with them. And<br />

[Prophet] Shu'ayb ('alayhis-sakim) was hoping (for Musa ('altfYhis-sakim)<br />

to serve him) for two extra years, he said:<br />

"but if you complete ten years, it will be (a favor) from<br />

you"<br />

[al-Qa,ra,r (28): 27]<br />

And when [Prophet] Ayyiib ('alayhis-sakim) became cured, golden<br />

grasshoppers came down on him, and he began to gather them using<br />

his garment, so he was asked: Have you had enough? He re-<br />

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