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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 $iijis<br />

seen my shaikhs observe, and the same as they told us of their predecessors<br />

(Sala./) .'<br />

Bishr <strong>Ibn</strong> al-I:Iarith said: 'Beware of these young boys.'<br />

Abu Manur 'Abdu'l-Qadir <strong>Ibn</strong> Tahir said: 'Whoever accompanies<br />

youngsters will fall into evil ways.'<br />

Abu Abdu'l-RaQ.man al-SulamI said: A saying of Mu?affar al­<br />

QarmisinI said: 'Whoever accompanies youngsters on a basis of virtue<br />

and good counsel, still this leads to affliction. How much more<br />

so if one accompanies them without such a basis?'<br />

Section Seven:<br />

Avoiding Beardless Men<br />

<strong>The</strong> Salaf went to extremes in avoiding the company of the beardless.<br />

'Ata' <strong>Ibn</strong> Muslim said: Sufyan would not allow any beardless to sit<br />

with him.<br />

YaQ.ya <strong>Ibn</strong> Ma'In said: No beardless has aspired to become my<br />

companion.<br />

'Abdullah <strong>Ibn</strong> al-Mubarak said: Once when Sufyan al-ThawrI had<br />

entered the bath there entered after him a handsome boy. Sufyan<br />

bade them remove him, saying: I see one devil accompanying each<br />

woman, but see a dozen or so accompanying each young boy.<br />

Abu 'All al-RudhbarI said: 'I was asked <strong>by</strong> Abu'l-'Abbas AQ.mad<br />

from which the contemporary $iijis had got their practice of associ-<br />

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