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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!fts<br />

This is what food-seekers do, not those relying on Allah.<br />

And even if we were to assume that those dancers become unaware,<br />

then shouldn't they avoid what puts them in that position in<br />

the first place?!<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> 'Aqil was asked: When they ($ufts) rip up their clothes and go<br />

into a trance, are they aware of what they are doing? He replied:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are sinners because they went to these dancing sessions knowing<br />

that they will be overcome with excitement and lose awareness.<br />

Shari'ah requires them to avoid such sessions, just as it requires them<br />

not to drink alcohol. If they became drunk and ruined others' property,<br />

they would be liable for what they did.<br />

To support ripping up of their clothes, lbri Tahir cited the J:iadith<br />

of 'A'ishah (ratfiJAllrihu 'anha): I put up a curtain with pictures on it,<br />

so the Prophet () ripped it. 2 1 3<br />

Look at the comprehension of this poor man, how he compared<br />

those who rip their clothes and ruin them - knowing that Allah's<br />

Messenger () has forbidden from wastefulness - with the ripping<br />

of a curtain unintentionally, or perhaps intentionally because of the<br />

pictures on it. <strong>The</strong> Messenger () used to do things like this just to<br />

demonstrate the seriousness of these matters, similar to his requiring<br />

breaking alcohol bottles.<br />

It is the devil who causes them to go into these trances. Had they<br />

been upon the side of the truth, then Allah would have preserved<br />

them, for the truth never goes bad.<br />

213<br />

Bukhari #2105 and Muslim 10/135.<br />

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