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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 />

I have examined the ways of both groups. All what these<br />

(Mutakillimin) achieve is to become doubtful, and all that those (.)iifts)<br />

achieve is excessive illusions.<br />

Yet, MutakaUimin are better than iifts because the former group<br />

can eliminate doubt. iifts, on the other hand, aim at dropping prophecy.<br />

When they condemn scholars of l:iadith for receiving knowledge<br />

from mortals, they in fact attack prophecy. And he who claims that<br />

his heart tells him what his Lord had told his heart is explicitly saying<br />

that he is in no need for the Messenger, and this is kufr. Those<br />

who attack the effort to gather l:iadith aim at ejecting Shanah. How<br />

are they certain that the devil is not the one whispering to them?<br />

Allah said:<br />

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"the devils cb inspire their friends"<br />

[al-An'dm (6): 121]<br />

In fact, this is likely because they have abandoned the flawless<br />

proof and relied on that which is not protected from (the devil's)<br />

whispers.<br />

And those who abandon Shanah are many, but Allah supports it<br />

with those who defend it in order to preserve it. <strong>The</strong>y do not give<br />

any chance to a liar.<br />

People say: "If Allah wants for a merchant to become bankrupt<br />

then He will lead him to Sufism(al-tafawwujj." I say: Sufism will also<br />

ruin the merchant's religion because they permit for men to put the<br />

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