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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Eleven: <strong>The</strong> Devil's Deceptio11 ef the $iifts<br />

wear the nice side of a coat outside, and keep the rough side inside.<br />

None of this is disliked or blameworthy.<br />

If someone says: then what do you say about al-Sari's statement:<br />

"If a person runs his hand through his beard to make it look good<br />

for the sake of a visitor, then he may be punished.?"<br />

<strong>The</strong> answer is that he was most likely talking about showing off in<br />

religious matters, such as appearing to have humility. On the other<br />

hand, if his intention was just to adorn himself then this is not<br />

disliked. And whoever thinks that it is disliked does not understand<br />

what r!Jd is and what is that which is disliked.<br />

Allah's Messenger (ii) said: "No person will enter heaven if he<br />

has a smallest tiny weight of arrogance." A person asked: Even<br />

when one of us likes to wear beautiful clothes and shoes? <strong>The</strong><br />

Prophet (ii) replied: "Allah is beautiful, and He loves beauty. Arrogance<br />

is rejecting truth, and despising people."179<br />

And there were some Siifis who used to wear elegant clothes. Abii'l­<br />

'Abbas <strong>Ibn</strong> 'Ata used to wear long elegant clothes and used to use<br />

dhikr beads made from pearl. This is a form of seeking fame just as<br />

wearing rags. Righteous people should be moderate in their clothmg.<br />

So look at how the devil plays with these people between the two<br />

extremes.<br />

One day al-ShiblI came to 'AlI <strong>Ibn</strong> Musa <strong>Ibn</strong> al-Jarral:i al-Wazir.<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Mujahid Al-Muqria' was with him. <strong>Ibn</strong> Mujahid said to al-Wazir:<br />

"I will expose him now." Part of what al-ShiblI used to do was that<br />

179 Muslim #91.<br />

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