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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 />

<strong>The</strong>se people lowered their status in the eyes of Allah, and forgot<br />

that Muslims were Allah's witnesses on earth.262<br />

Abii'l-J:Iusayn al-Niiri earned three hundred dinars after selling a<br />

property of his. He stood on a bridge over the river and threw the<br />

dinars one <strong>by</strong> one saying: "You have come to me wanting to deceive<br />

me with such thing (the money)."<br />

Al-Sarraj said: "Some people said: 'It would have better if he spent<br />

it in Allah's cause.' In fact if these dinars occupied him from (pleasing)<br />

Allah for a blink of an eye, he should have thrown them all in<br />

the river at once. This is so he would get rid of their fitnah quickly.<br />

Allah said:<br />

"<strong>The</strong>n he began to pass his hand over their legs and their<br />

necks"'<br />

[$# (38): 33]<br />

<strong>The</strong>se people have demonstrated how ignorant they were in Shan"'ah,<br />

and how lacking they were intellectually. We have demonstrated that<br />

Islam orders us to preserve wealth. Logically, wealth is meant to<br />

help humans improve their situations. Ruining wealth entails ruining<br />

what bring benefit to them and ignorance of the wisdom of He<br />

who created wealth.<br />

<strong>The</strong> excuse that al-Sarraj's sought for him was worse than his act<br />

itself. If he was concerned of money's allure, he should have gotten<br />

rid of it immediately <strong>by</strong> giving it to a poor person.<br />

262 As stated in Bukhari #1367 and Muslim #949.<br />

484

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