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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> of the i!fis<br />

Section Five:<br />

Drinking Water:<br />

Allah's Messenger (;i) used to drink pure water. He (;i) once<br />

visited an ill person from the Anar and said: "Bring us water that<br />

has been kept overnight in a skin (bottle), otherwise we will gulp<br />

water <strong>by</strong> putting our mouths in it (without using hands or bottles)."188<br />

And He (;i) used to ask for pure water to be brought to him from<br />

the well al-Suqyri .189<br />

Impure water causes kidney stones to develop. And water that is<br />

moderately cold strengthens the stomach and increases sexual desire.<br />

It prevents the blood from rotting and preserves good health.<br />

Hot water, on the other hand, spoils digestion and withers the<br />

body. And if the water was heated using the heat of the sun, then it<br />

may cause leprosy.190<br />

Some ascetics used to say: if you eat good food and drink cold<br />

water, then when will you ever prefer to die (discontinue staying in<br />

this life)?<br />

Abu I:Iamid al-GhazalI said: If a person eats whatever he wanted,<br />

then his heart will harden and he will dislike dying. And if he prevents<br />

himself from lusts then he will wish to escape towards death.<br />

How strange! How could a faqih say such things? What about if a<br />

188 Bukhari 10/67.<br />

1 8 9 Musnad Al).mad 6/100 and Abii Dawiid #3735.<br />

190 Bukhari #5215.<br />

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