The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D E V I L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
cause Allah set the religion for the benefit of humans and their worship.
Any so called 'al-Jjaqiqah' beyond this is nothing more than
devilish whispers. He who seeks al-I:Iaqiqah through means other than al­
Shari'ah is a person who is deceived and arrog,ant."
[ 11 :22 ]
Devil's Deception of $Ufts in the Matter of Burying
Books and Throwing them into the Water
Some $Ujis occupied themselves with writing useful knowledge,
then Iblis deceived them to think that action is all that mattered, so,
they buried their books.
Al:i-mad Ibn Abi al-l:lawarI threw his books in the sea, and said
addressing them: "You were good guides, but what useful is a guide
for one who has reached his destination?!"
And Al:i-mad Ibn AbI al-l:lawari continued the search of the l:iadith
for thirty years.When he acquired the maximum learning, he carried
his books to the sea and threw them in; and he said, "O, my learning,
1 treat you like this not because I insult you, nor do 1 belittle your
status, but because I sought you to lead me to Allah, and when 1
have been led to Allah I am no more in need of you. "
Abii Nar al-'fiisi said: I heard a number of the shaikhs of Rayy
say: "Abii 'Abdullah al-MuqrI, inherited from his father fifty thousand
dinars besides estates and furniture, but gave it all away, expending
on the poor. I asked Abii 'Abdullah about this, and his reply
was: In my early youth I put on pilgrim attire and departed to Makkah
alone, having left myself nothing to which I could return The effort
which it cost me to relinquish my books and the knowledge and
l:i-adith which I had amassed was more painful to me than the jour-
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