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The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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T H E D E V I L ' S<br />

D E C E P T I O N S<br />

[ 13:5 ]<br />

Devil's <strong>Deception</strong> of the Poor (alfuqard}<br />

Some poor people pretend to be poor when they are rich. <strong>The</strong>n<br />

they resort to begging which is a sin that is punishable <strong>by</strong> hell.<br />

Allah's Messenger () said: "He who begs to increase his riches is<br />

in fact asking only for a live coal. It is up to him to decrease it or<br />

increase it."277<br />

Even if they do not beg others, but only hope for people to believe<br />

that they are ascetic, then they are showing of£<br />

And if they are truly poor, then it is better for them to conceal this<br />

fact. Some of the Salaf used to always carry a key with him in order<br />

to make others think that he owned a home, when in fact he was so<br />

poor that he had no home, and spent his nights in the masjid.<br />

Also, Iblis convinces a poor person that he is better than a rich<br />

person. This is because he has given up on becoming rich like him.<br />

This is wrong because betterment is not a function of what one<br />

possesses.<br />

277 Muslim 1041.<br />

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