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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Chapter Thirteen: <strong>The</strong> Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> ef LtfYpeople<br />

3. Third: Believing that having a lot of money is a reward for their<br />

righteousness. This is ignorance. Virtue is gained through good<br />

personal traits, not through collecting money. A poet once said:<br />

"Having a wealthy soul is better than having financial wealth,<br />

and the wealth of the soul lies within it,<br />

not in what is outside of it."<br />

4. Fourth: In spending wealth. Some people spend money wastefully:<br />

Sometimes <strong>by</strong> spending money for unnecessary things, such as<br />

decorating homes and making pictures,<br />

And sometimes <strong>by</strong> wearing extravagant clothing,<br />

And sometimes <strong>by</strong> eating food wastefully,<br />

<strong>The</strong>se actions are either sinful or makroh (disliked), and they will<br />

be accounted for. Allah's Messenger (;i) said: "O son of Adam!<br />

On the Judgment Day you will be allowed to walk free until you are<br />

questioned about four things: Your life, how you spent it, your body<br />

how you used it, your wealth how you gained it and spent it and your<br />

knowledge what you did with it."275<br />

Some wealti!J people spend money on building masjids and bridges but on/y to<br />

showoff and gain reputation. He writes his name on the establishment. Had his<br />

deed been for Allah 's sake he would not have done so. And if he were to be<br />

asked to build a wall and write his name on it he would not have done so!<br />

Another example of showing off is that during Ramac;l.an they<br />

light candles in the ma.gids they had built, while the same masjid re-<br />

275 Authentic }:iadith, see Juz' dhamm man lti ya'mal bi'ilmhi, #1 of <strong>Imam</strong> lbn 'Asakir<br />

525

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