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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Eleven: <strong>The</strong> Devit s <strong>Deception</strong> of the $iifts<br />

shall, enter it standing. So he devoted the camels with their saddles<br />

and their loads for the sake of Allah.<br />

Ibrahim ('alqyhis-saldm) used to have plantations and wealth, and<br />

so did Shu'ayb ('alqyhis-sa/dm) and others.<br />

Sa'id <strong>Ibn</strong> al-Musayyab used to say: He who does not seek wealth is<br />

of no good. Because it can be used in paying off debt, preserving<br />

honour, keeping his kinship ties, and if he dies he leaves it for his<br />

heirs.<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> al-Musayyab left behind four hundred dinars. And we have<br />

previously mentioned what the Companions left behind.<br />

Sufyan al-Thawri left behind two hundred dinars. He used to say:<br />

Wealth is a weapon these days.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Salaf praised wealth, and used to gather it for hard times and<br />

to aid the poor. Some of them were too busy performing worship.<br />

If someone says that it is better to have less wealth, then this might<br />

be understood, but not to make it of the same status as a sin.<br />

Section Two:<br />

Having Patience during Illness and Poverty<br />

Know that poverty (alfaqt) is an illness, so he who is patient (fabry<br />

during times of poverty will be rewarded for his patience. This is<br />

why poor people will enter Paradise five hundred years before rich<br />

people.157 It is because of their patience.<br />

Wealth, on the other hand, is a blessing in need of thanks. A rich<br />

157 MusnadAQ.mad 2/513, TirmidhI #2352 and <strong>Ibn</strong> Majah #4122.<br />

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