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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 $i!Jis<br />

Section Five:<br />

Wearing Wool Clothes (al-$Uj)<br />

Some $i!Jis wear wool clothes claiming that the Prophet (ii) wore<br />

them. Allah's Messenger (ii) used to wear wool clothes on occasion.175<br />

Arabs did not consider them clothes of fame. In addition,<br />

all narrations that praise wearing wool were fabricated, none of them<br />

are authentic.<br />

A person who wears wool clothes is either:<br />

Used to wearing harsh clothes, in which case he would not be<br />

condemned because he is not seeking fame.<br />

Or, that he always lived in luxury, in which case he must not wear<br />

wool for two reasons:<br />

First is that he would impose upon himself that which he cannot<br />

withstand. And second: By wearing this he is seeking fame and<br />

appearing ascetic.<br />

Al-l:Iasan once grabbed the clothes of farqad and said: "Piety is<br />

not in wearing such clothing; instead, it is that which settles in the<br />

heart and demonstrated through action."<br />

And a man wearing a wool garment and turban sat in the gathering<br />

of al-l:Iasan and kept looking at the ground. Al-J:Iasan felt he<br />

was arrogant and said: "Some people kept their arrogance in their<br />

hearts; they made their religiousness ugly <strong>by</strong> wearing this wool."<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> 'Aqil commented on al-I:lasan's remark: "<strong>The</strong>se are words of<br />

172<br />

Bukhari #5799 and Muslim #284, #79.<br />

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