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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Twelve: Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> ef Pious People regarding Miracles<br />

And Rabi'ah once said: "One cold day I was yearning for a hot<br />

meal, and wished that I had some onions to make it with. Suddenly,<br />

a bird dropped an onion he had held with his beak. When I saw this<br />

I decided not eat out of fear that it was the devil who had done so."<br />

Wuhayb used to cry when people told him that he deserved to<br />

enter paradise. He used to say: I worry that this is from the devil.<br />

Section Four<br />

Censuring $U.fts for their Claims [of piety]<br />

'Abdu'l-'Aziz al-Baghdad! said: "I used to read $ii.ft stories. So one<br />

day I climbed over the roof and heard a voice saying:<br />

"He protects the righteous"<br />

[al-A 'r.if (7): 196]<br />

So, I jumped over the roof and found myself suspended in the<br />

air."<br />

This is impossible. In addition, throwing one's self from the roof<br />

is a sin, and believing that Allah would protect someone while committing<br />

a sin is false. Allah said:<br />

"Do not throw yourselves into destruction"<br />

[al-Baqarah (2): 195]<br />

How could he have been righteous when he was disobeying his<br />

Lord?! And who told him that he was from among the righteous?!<br />

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