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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S<br />

D E C E P T I O N S<br />

And how is it permissible for someone who is able to earn a living<br />

to beg?!<br />

Section Three<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir Violations in matter of Nurturing and<br />

Education<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was a man who used to fast throughout the year and offer<br />

prayer throughout the night for thirty years. He was one of the<br />

regular attendants of the circle of Abu Yaz:td al-Bustam:t. Nevertheless,<br />

he was unable to possess the type of knowledge that Abu<br />

Yaz:td possessed! So, Abu Yaz:td taught him that even if he fasts for<br />

three hundred years and offers .$aldh throughout the nights he would<br />

not be able to find even an ant's weight of his knowledge! When<br />

asked about the cure, Abu Yaz:td told him that he should shave his<br />

head and beard, hang a bag filled with nuts around his neck, gather<br />

some kids in the market around him and tell them: Everyone who<br />

slaps me once, will get a nut!<br />

<strong>The</strong> man was astonished from what he had heard, and exclaimed:<br />

"SubfldnAlldh!" Abu Y az:td replied: Your saying "SubfldnAJ/dh " is shirk.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man said: Explain to me how? Abu Y az:td answered: Because<br />

you magnified yoursel£ <strong>The</strong> man said: "I will not be able to do what<br />

you asked me to do. Guide me to do something else. Abu Yaz:td<br />

said: You will never accept what I tell yolL After you lose your ego<br />

and humiliate yourself come to me and I will tell you what to do<br />

next."<br />

Praise be to Allah, our Shanah does not include any of this. In fact<br />

some of it is forbidden. Our Prophet () said: "A believer is not to<br />

humiliate himsel£"<br />

261<br />

Musnad Af:imad 5/405, Tirmidhl #2355 and lbn Majah #3381.<br />

480

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