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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> of the $iifis<br />

Prophets is an attack against religion. When Musa ('alt!Jhis-saltim)<br />

was told:<br />

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

you"<br />

[al-Qtlftlf (28): 20]<br />

He ('alt!Jhis-saltim) left the city, when he became hungry, and when<br />

he needed to get married, and he worked (for his father in-law) for<br />

eight years. Allah said:<br />

,--("' . i {•Ii<br />

... <br />

"so walk among its slopes"<br />

[al-Mulk (67): 15]<br />

This is because seeking sustenance is a form of utilizing Allah's<br />

bounties. So use what Allah has given you, then ask for what He<br />

has.<br />

Some people decline to earn finding it too hard, and are confronted<br />

with two evil alternatives: either the ruin of their families, involving<br />

the violation of their duties, or the fine profession of reliance, inducing<br />

the earners to have pity on them and make presents to them<br />

at the expense of their own families.<br />

Now this is a wickedness to which only the evil-minded are liable.<br />

<strong>The</strong> true man is one who does not throw away the jewel with which<br />

Allah has entrusted him in order to indulge in idleness or to win a<br />

title of honour among the ignorant.<br />

For Allah, when denying a man wealth, still provides him with a<br />

jewel which will enable him to procure worldly prosperity owing to<br />

its being in request.<br />

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