The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devit s Deception ef the fufts
Hudhayfah (rat/.!JA/kihu 'anhu) missed Friday prayer once, he hid
so people would not look down on him.
Shanah never asked people to disregard themselves. Instead, it
encouraged people to preserve their honour. Even if a clown asks
people to slap him it would not be acceptable.
We seek refuge with Allah from such defective intellects. They
ask a student to do that which is unacceptable in Islam.
Abu I:Iamid al-Ghazali said in "al-Iya"' that Abu Yazid said:
"Knowledge was too dear to Allah that He decided not to share it
with anyone."
He is admitting to his ignorance.
Abu Turab al-NakhshabI told a student of his: "It would have
been better for you to have seen Abu Yaz:id once than to have seen
Allah seventy times."
This is beyond foolishness by many degrees.
And Ibn al-KuraynI said: "Once I entered a city and became famous
for my righteousness. So I entered the bathroom and stole
someone's clothes. When people noticed they ran after me, beat me
and began calling me: the bathroom thie£ So my 'self settled down.
Abu I:Iamid commented: "This was how they used to get rid of
their egos. Sometimes such people may treat themselves in ways
unacceptable to a Faqih."
Glory to He who made Abu I:Iamid exit the circle of faqihs by
writing his book "al-lf.!ya"'. I wish that he had not included in it such
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