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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 />

"<strong>The</strong>re is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from<br />

your Lord"<br />

[al-Baqarah (2): 198)<br />

<strong>The</strong> Companions of the Prophet (;I) used to trade <strong>by</strong> land and<br />

sea and used to cultivate their palm trees. <strong>The</strong>y are our role models.<br />

A man once asked AQ.mad: I wish to make the pilgrimage in reliance,<br />

AQ.mad replied: <strong>The</strong>n make it apart from any caravan. <strong>The</strong><br />

man said: No. <strong>The</strong>n AQ.mad said: Your reliance is on other people's<br />

pockets.<br />

Abu Bakr al-MarwazI said: I said to Abu 'Abdullah (AQ.mad lbn<br />

l:lanbal): What do you think of those who claim to have reliance,<br />

they do nothing and say: Allah will provide our sustenance? He<br />

replied: That is an evil saying: Has not Allah said:<br />

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''() you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for<br />

the prayeron the day of }umu' ah [Friday], then proceed to<br />

the remembrance of Allah and leave trade."<br />

[aljumu'ah (62): 9)<br />

And if these people were given something that someone has gained<br />

from working, why do they accept it?!<br />

MuQ.ammad lbn SaliQ. (son of AQ.mad lbn l:lanbal) said: My father<br />

was asked in my presence about people who did no work saying<br />

they relied. He said they were innovators.<br />

lbn 'Aqil said: Adopting the means does not go against reliance,<br />

because to think that one can reach a rank superior then that of the<br />

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