The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Thirteen: The Devil's Deception of Laypeople
was wise and that He was the Owner. So there was no place for
such objections.
Section One
Devil's Deception of Laypeople regarding al-Fatwa
[Jurists Religious Advisory]
Some laypeople think too highly of themselves, so they stop caring
about going against jurists. Whenever their Fatwas go against
their personal opinions, they criticise them. Ibn 'Aqil used to say:
If I were to interfere in the work of a craftsman he would tell me:
"You are a scholar, may Allah bless your knowledge. This craft is
not your specialty." This is in spite of the fact that the craft is a form
of physical work that is easy for me to learn. On the other hand,
what I am involved in (Islamic knowledge) is intellectual. If I were
to give him a fatwa, he would not accept.
Section Two
Devil's Deception of Laypeople to think that
Ascetic Masters are of a Higher Class than
Scholars
If laypeople saw a wool coat on the most ignorant of people they
would glorify him, especially if he lowers his head and humbles himself
to them. They compare him to scholars saying: "Scholars seek
worldly gain, but this man ($iift) is ascetic, he does not eat fancy food
and has never married." They do not know the virtue of the scholar
over that of a $iifis. By doing so, they are claiming .)iifis to go beyond
the Shan"'ah of MuQammad Ibn 'Abdullah (;i).
It is of Allah's bounty on such laypeople that they were not present
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