The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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D E C E P T I O N S
robe to conceal his condition.
Sufyan al-ThawrI used to say: "I take no account of any actions
that I do in the open."
Once he told a friend of his who was praying: "How brave are
you?! You are praying while people are looking at you."
Abii Umamah passed by a man prostrating, so he said: ''What fine
prostration, had it been in your home!"
And al-Shafi1i used to say (in poetry):
Quit those who in your presence are devout,
But turn to wolves when no one is about.
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Devil's Deception of $Ufts in the Matter of
Refraining from Marriage
Marriage is an obligation for he who fears falling into immorality
and where there is no such danger it is a firm (mu' akkada) Sunnah by
most scholars.
In the view of Abii Hanifah and AQ.mad lbn l:lanbal, marriage is
superior that all voluntary acts, since it is the means for the procreation
of children.
He () said: "Marry a woman who is fertile and pleasant, for I will
take pride in your large numbers on Judgment Day."225
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Abu Daw\id 6/47, al-Nasa'T 6/65 and lbn 1;1ibban #1229.
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