The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception of the $iijis
So my amazement at this faqih (Abu l:lamid) ,who was stripped of
his fiqh because of Sufism (al-t(lfaww, is more than my amazement
at one who stripped the clothes of others and ran away (Ibn al­
Kurayni).
Section Four
$iifis Self Humiliation
'Ali Ibn Babawayhi once bought meat and was embarrassed to
take it home while everyone was watching, so he tied the meat with
a rope around his neck and walked with it home.
It is strange that some people seek not to follow their human natures.
This is neither possible nor required by Islam. A man likes to
appear good to others, and likes to wear nice clothes including a
head-cover.
What this man did was to humiliate himself in front of people.
This is very bad from both a religious and a logical point of view.
Allah has honoured the human being, and gave many people the
opportunity to be served by others, so it is not appropriate for someone
to humiliate himself in front of people.
Some $iijis were labelled as al-Malrimat[Jyah (blame seekers). They
commit sins so they fall from people's eyes and become safe from
pride and ego.
These people are similar to a person who commits fornication
and causes a woman to become pregnant. Then when asked why he
didn't use contraception he said: "It has reached me that using contraception
is makriih (disliked)!" So people tell him: "And has it not
reached you that fornication is partim?"
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