The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception ef the $ufts
This story is far fetched. In case it is true, it is a sin to enter the
fire.
Allah's Messenger (;I) sent a troop under the command of a man
from Al-Anar. When they left, he became angrywith them for some
reason and said to them: Has not the Messenger of Allah commanded
you to obey me. They said: Yes. He said: Collect some wood, and
then he started a fire with the wood, saying: I command you to enter
the fire. The people almost entered the fire, but a young man among
them said: You only ran away from the Fire to Allah's Messenger.
Therefore, do not rush until you go back to Allah's Messenger, and
if he commands you to enter it, then enter it. When they went back
to Allah's Messenger, they told him what had happened, and the
Messenger said: Had you entered it, you would never have departed
from it.260
A woman once came to the shop of Khayr al-Nassaj and asked
him to give her the garment that she had given him to mend. So he
did, and asked for two dirhams in payment. She said: I do not have
the money today. I came several times before but did not find you.
I will come tomorrow with the money. So he said: Fine, in case you
do not find me, just throw the two dirhams in the Tigris river! So she
said: And how would you get them later if I threw them in the Tigris?
He said: You are being nosy. Just do as I asked you. So the next day
the woman came and did not find Kha yr in his shop so she wrapped
the two dirhams in a piece of cloth and threw it into the Tigris. A
crab came and grabbed the cloth. Later, Khayr went to make wurj.u
from the river and the crab came and delivered the money to him.
He told those who witnessed this incident: Do not speak of what
had happened until I die.
It is unlikely that such a story is true. In case it was true, it is a
260 Bukhari 8/47 and Muslim #1840.
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