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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 TIO N S<br />

As for their business dealings, they are mostly invalid, and they do<br />

not make effort to learn proper dealings. And when they decide to<br />

follow Shan ah, they follow some jurist's lenient rulings.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y rarely sell something without cheating and concealing its<br />

faults.<br />

And during Ramaqan some of them continue to miss obligatory<br />

prayers, eat unlawful foods, and backbite others.<br />

Some people mortgage their homes, then pay off the mortgage<br />

just so people do not find out that they were in need. <strong>The</strong>y could<br />

have sold other goods, or moved to another house.<br />

Other people continue to practice the habit of relying on<br />

fortunetellers. This has become prevalent among people. <strong>The</strong>y seek<br />

the advice of fortunetellers when traveling, designing clothes or getting<br />

treatment <strong>by</strong> cupping (al-pijdmah). <strong>The</strong>y have horoscope schedules<br />

in their homes, but many of them do not have a copy of the<br />

Qur'an in the same homes.<br />

Some people asked Allah's Messenger () about the fore-tellers,<br />

He () said: "<strong>The</strong>y are nothing." <strong>The</strong>y said: 'O Allah's Messenger!<br />

Sometimes they tell us of a thing which turns out to be true." Allah's<br />

Messenger () said: "A Jinn snatches that true word and pours it<br />

into the ear of his friend (the fore-teller). <strong>The</strong> foreteller then mixes<br />

with that word one hundred lies."278<br />

And Allah's Messenger () said: "Whoever went to a fortuneteller<br />

and asked him about some matter (i.e. of the unseen) and<br />

believed him, will have his prayer rejected for forty days."279<br />

2 7 8 Bukhari #3210 and Muslim #2228.<br />

279 Muslim #2230.<br />

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