The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D E V I L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
Allah's Messenger () asked: Who killed this man? So they said:
Salamah Ibn al-Akwa', the Messenger (;I) said: Then he shall take
all of what he possesses."
Look, my brothers - may Allah prevent us and you from the deception
of Iblis - at how these ignorant people play with Shanah.
The consensus of their scholars is not worth a camel's faeces.
Senior scholars have agreed that when someone is given something
as a gift then it is his, whether it was defective or not. It is not
permissible for others to use it without his permission.
Also, the booty that is gained from a warrior is that which is on
him, not that which he throws. Also, clothes become defective because
of dancing, so the singer ought to get the ripped clothes, not
the sound ones.
All of what they say about this subject is nothing more than hallucinations.
Once Abii'l-Futiih al-IsfarainI attended a dancing session and
danced until his turban fell off. And once he danced with his shoes
on and then remembered that it is wrong to dance with shoes on, so
after the session he gave his coat as an expiation.
As for ripping off clothes that are thrown on the ground: If they
were thrown at the singer, this would not be sufficient to transfer
ownership of the clothes to the singer. And if the thrower gave it to
the singer then how could others do with it what they wanted?
I heard one of their Shaikhs saying: "One day I gave one of the
attendees a piece of cloth. He took it and made a container from it
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