The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Consider then this defiance ef the Shan1ah, and choose that which Allah's
Messenger () did not choose!
Abu'l-Qasim 'Abdu'l-Ralftm Ibn Ja'far al-Sirafi the jurist. I was
present, he said, in Shiraz, at the court of the QaqI of the place, Abu
Sa'q Bishr Ibn al-l:lasan al-DawudI, when there is came before him
a $iifiman, and a $iifiwoman. Now $iifism is there very rampant, he
observed; it is said that the men arid women who follow that system
are in thousands. The woman demanded the help of the QaqI against
her husband, and when they presented themselves she said to him:
QaqI, this husband of mine wants to divorce me, which he has no
right to do; will you please stop him? The QaqI Abu Sa'q, who disapproved
of the $iifi madhhab, showed surprise, then said to her:
How do you mean that he has no right to do this?
She said: Because when he married me his intent on me was stable,
and now he states that his intent has ceased from me, whereas
my intent on him is stable and has not ceased. He must wait till my
intent has ceased from him even as his intent has ceased from me.
Abu Sa'd said to me: What do you think of this jurisprudence? He
then reconciled the parties and they both left without a divorce.
Abu l:Iamid al-TusI in his book "al-lkva"' states that one of them
said: Lordship contains a mystery by the revelation of which
Prophethood would become void. And there is a mystery for Prophecy,
if it were to be exposed then knowledge would become void.
And there is a mystery for scholars, if it were to be exposed then
commandments would become void.
Look at this offensive nonsense, and the allegation that Shari'ah
contradicts its inner meaning.
And Abu l:Iamid said: "A young son of one of the $iifi was lost.
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