The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Thirteen: The Devil's Deception of Lqypeople
And he (;i) said: "Whoever went to a fortune-teller and believed
in what he said, has disbelieved in what was revealed to
Mul;>.ammad."280
Out of habit, many laypeople swear by Allah falsely, and many of
them say things that equalize tthiharwithout knowing. They say: It is
a sin for me to sell such and such.
They wear silk and gold. Some of them refrain from wearing silk
except on Fridays.
Also from their bad habits is not forbidding evil. Some people see
their own relatives drinking alcohol and wear silk but do not forbid
them, and they do not treat them differently because of what they
are committing. Instead, they mix with them as if they are doing
nothing different.
Some laypeople build a terrace at the entrance of their homes.
They make the road narrower, and rain accumulates around the terrace.
They must remove the rain, and they are sinning because of
their harming of Muslims.
And from their bad habits is to enter the bathroom without covering
their 'awrah (private area), then they allow the masseur to touch
their thighs which are a part of their 'awrah, because the 'awrah is
from the belly button to the knee.
They also do not treat their wives fairly, sometimes forcing them
to give up some of their dowry. And they think that they do not
have to pay that part anymore. Some husbands sway toward one
wife more than the other. They do not treat both of them equally
280
Musnad Al,mad 2/408, Abu Daw\id #3904, Tirmidhi #135 and lbn Majah
#639.
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