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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 $iifts<br />

Dancing is the worst forms of insolence and arrogance.<br />

Haven't we drawn a comparison between wine and alcohol because<br />

of the commonality between them? So why would we not<br />

draw a comparison between all things that cause excitement?<br />

Nothing goes against modesty, good manners and sound intellect<br />

than a bearded man dancing. What about older men dancing and<br />

clapping to sounds of music and voices of women and beardless<br />

men?!<br />

Is it suitable for a man who is near death, accountability, resurrection<br />

and the path with one of the two abodes for his destination, to<br />

skip about dancing like an animal, and claps his hands like a woman?!<br />

By Allah, I have interacted with some of the scholars of my time<br />

and never saw their teeth smiling. Among them were Abii'l-Qasim<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Zaidan, 'Abdu'l-Malik <strong>Ibn</strong> Bisharan, Abu Tahir <strong>Ibn</strong> Al- ' Allaf,<br />

al-Junayd and al-Dinawari.<br />

Section Five:<br />

$iifts Extreme Cases of Excitement<br />

Sometimes, when one of them is dancing he grabs a member of<br />

the audience to stand up and dance with him. <strong>The</strong>y do not allow the<br />

person being grabbed to remain seated. <strong>The</strong>n the rest of the audience<br />

members get up and dance. And when one of them takes off<br />

his head-cover, then the rest must do the same.<br />

Every wise person knows that uncovering one's head is something<br />

awful. It goes against modesty and good manners. It has its<br />

place only in religious practices (such as al-fla.iJ) as a form of worship<br />

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