The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception ef the $ijis
"Sorrowing for you keeps me from sorrowing over you."
Umm al-'Ala' who said: When Uthman Ibn Maqh'un died, the
Prophet () came to visit us, I then said: May Allah be merciful to
you, 0 Abu'l-Sa'ib! I testify tha tAllah has honoured you. The Prophet
() said: "How do you know that Allah has honoured him?"243
iii. The third is that they dance and play when this party is made
and in this way they deviate from correct behaviour which
prefers abandonment of such manners on these occasions.
If their deceased was indeed forgiven, then how is dancing a form
of gratitude? And if he was not forgiven then where are signs of
sorrow?
[ 11 :21 ]
Devil's Deception of $ijis in the Matter of
Abandoning the Pursuit of Knowledge
Know that it has already been stated how knowledge is light, and
how the devil persuades a man to extinguish the light in order that
he, the devil, may get the man into his power in the darkness, there
being no darkness like ignorance.
Iblls used several techniques to deceive them in this regards:
1. First: He convinced most of them that seeking knowledge is a
difficult task. So they wore rags and lay down on the rugs of
idleness.
Al-Shafi'I said: Sufism (al-tafawwzifj was founded upon laziness (al-
243 Bukhari #1243.
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