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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 />

"Those who disbelieve wish that you would neglect your<br />

weapons and your baggage so they could come down<br />

upon you in one [single] attack."<br />

[al-Nisti'(4): 102)<br />

We should not say reliance is not the abandonment of precaution,<br />

but committing to Allah in that which one has no control over. He<br />

(;i) said: "Tie it and then rely (tawakku."<br />

Had reliance meant abandonment of precaution, Allah would have<br />

urged the best of His creatures, His Messenger (;lj), to do so during<br />

the most special of times, the time of prayer.<br />

Al-Shafi'! was of the opinion that it is obligatory to carry arms at<br />

this time, due to the words: "(;i1i;.J) - and let them carry their<br />

arms."<br />

Hence reliance does not contradict taking precaution, as indeed<br />

when Musa ('altfYhis-saltim) was told:<br />

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"the chiefs are taking counsel together about you, to kill<br />

you"<br />

[al-Qa,ra,r (28): 20);<br />

He went away. Likewise our Prophet (;i) went away from Makkah<br />

owing to his fear of those who took counsel against him, and to<br />

protect him. Abu Bakr (ratfiJAlltihu 'anhu) protected him (;i) <strong>by</strong> seal-<br />

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