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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 />

person tortures himself to the point of wishing for death?! How<br />

could one torture himself when Allah (the Mighty and the Majestic)<br />

said:<br />

"Do not kill yourselves"<br />

[al-Nisri' (4): 29],<br />

and he allowed us to eat when traveling during Ramaqan:<br />

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"Allah wishes you ease, and does not wish you hardship"<br />

[al-Baqarah (2): 185]<br />

Aren't our bodies the carriages we use to reach our destinations?!<br />

As for Abii Yazid's not drinking water for a year, only an ignorant<br />

person would recommend such a thing. Depriving the body from<br />

its needs is a form of oppression. It is not permissible for a person<br />

to harm himself <strong>by</strong> sitting in the sun for too long, or in the snow.<br />

Water and sleep are essential for the body, and depriving it from<br />

them is a grievous error.<br />

lbn 'Aqil said: it is not permissible for people to punish themselves.<br />

This includes imposing judicial punishments on oneself.<br />

Allah has entrusted us with these bodies. Even money is not to be<br />

spent unwisely.<br />

As for making an eating schedule like the one <strong>by</strong> Abii Talib Al­<br />

Makki, it will weaken the body. And to talk about "seeing visions<br />

(mukashafa)" is nonsense.<br />

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