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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 />

and said:<br />

[al-Ghashfyah (88): 17],<br />

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"Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the<br />

earth."<br />

[al-A 'rij (7): 185]<br />

<strong>The</strong>y went against all of what Allah has ordered, and committed<br />

that which Allah forbade.<br />

This group does all of this after eating delicious food. Had they<br />

eaten less, they would not have wanted to listen to songs or to gaze.<br />

Abii'l-'f ayyib said: Some of them said poetry about the effect of<br />

songs on them (poetry):<br />

"Do you remember the time when we gathered<br />

to listen to good songs until the morning?<br />

<strong>The</strong> cup of singing rotated among us<br />

causing all of us to become drunk without rest,<br />

You could only see people in ecstasy out of happiness,<br />

and happiness was alert,<br />

When the man full of lust answered the call of playfulness:<br />

Come to success,<br />

All we owned were our hearts;<br />

we gave them away for some nice gazes."<br />

If this is what listening does to them, then how could it result in<br />

anything good?<br />

lbn

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