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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Eleven: <strong>The</strong> Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> ef the $iifts<br />

This was how our Shaikhs were. As for these days, wolves and<br />

sheep have become friends!<br />

lbn 'Aqil said:<br />

Section Sixteen<br />

Reasons for Condemning $iifts<br />

I condemn $iifls for many religious reasons, among which:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y reside in these tents of theirs and do not attend congregational<br />

prayers. <strong>The</strong>se tents are neither maglds, houses nor hotels. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

reside in them without jobs. <strong>The</strong>y treat themselves like cattle. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

only eat, drink, sing and dance. <strong>The</strong>y resorted to wearing colorful<br />

patches that are appealing to women and laypeople.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y appealed to women and beardless boys <strong>by</strong> looking good.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y never enter a house in which there were women; except that<br />

they entice women against their husbands.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y accept food and money from oppressors, wrong doers and<br />

tax collectors.<br />

And they accompany beardless boys during singing sessions where<br />

they light candles and intermingle with strange woman, with the<br />

excuse of assigning rags on them.<br />

And each time they are invited to eat, they tell the person who<br />

invited them: "It is an obligation to invite us again in the future."<br />

Of course, believing so (that another invitation was obligatory) is<br />

kufr and saying so is a form of transgression.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y believe that singing and using musical instruments brings<br />

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