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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 />

Ignorance ruined those ascetic people.<br />

And Al:imad <strong>Ibn</strong> lshaq al-'Umani said: "I met an old man in India<br />

who only had one eye open for the past eighty years. When I asked<br />

for the reason he said: 'I used to enjoy looking at (the glitter of) this<br />

world, so for the past eighty years I closed one eye and never opened<br />

it'."<br />

He is still looking at (the glitter of) this world with one eye! So we<br />

ask Allah for sound minds.<br />

'Abdullah al-Juni used to say: "This fame I have; I did not gain it<br />

through (performing worship in) the masjid, instead, I gained through<br />

the restroom! I used to work as a restroom cleaner when one day<br />

my 'se!f told me: 'You have wasted your life doing this.' So I replied:<br />

'Do you feel too proud to serve Allah's servants?!' I jumped into the<br />

filth and began to put it in my mouth. <strong>The</strong>n people pulled me out<br />

and bathed me."<br />

Look at this poor man. He believes that he gained fame <strong>by</strong> committing<br />

a sin that deserves punishment.<br />

So in genera because these people were poor in knowledge, they<br />

became too confused and acted haphazardly.<br />

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