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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 />

Section Three:<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir Arguments in Support for Not Gaining<br />

Sustenance<br />

<strong>The</strong>y have resorted to many weak arguments: One is that: Our<br />

sustenance will reach us one way or another!<br />

This is a horrible argument. If a person did not perform worship<br />

rituals and said: "My worship will not change my predestined final<br />

place: Heaven or Hell," then we would say: this means that we should<br />

not adhere to any of Allah's orders. Even Adam ('alt!Jhis-saldm) could<br />

use this as an excuse for not leaving heaven.<br />

I have only done what was decreed for me. It is well- known that we<br />

are held res-ponsible for the command, not for destif!Y (al-qadr).<br />

Others say: Nothing around us is lawful. So from where must we<br />

seek lawful sustenance?<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the words of an ignorant person. This is because there<br />

will always be lawful sustenance. He () said: "<strong>The</strong> Lawful is clear,<br />

and the unlawful is dear."222<br />

<strong>The</strong>y only use this as an excuse for their laziness.<br />

Another one of their excuses is that they say: If we work, then we<br />

will support oppressors and wrongdoers.<br />

Ibrahim al-Khawwa said: "I sought for something lawful everywhere,<br />

even in fishing. So I took a rod and attached a line to it, sat on<br />

the bank and threw my hook. A fish leaped to it, which I threw on<br />

222 Bukhari 1/117 and Muslim #1599.<br />

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