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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 />

He replied: "<strong>The</strong>se ropes are the various lusts with which I<br />

strike on the children of Adam." YaJ:iya asked: 'Does there<br />

exist a rope for me too?' Satan said: 'Yes.' When you satiate<br />

yourself with food, you experience weightiness and it is for<br />

this reason you become disinclined to perform prayers, remembrance<br />

and supplications. Hearing this, YaJ:iya vowed:<br />

By Allah! Never shall I eat to my fill, ever again. Iblis responded<br />

<strong>by</strong> pledging: And <strong>by</strong> Allah, never shall I give advice<br />

to a Muslim, ever again.'67<br />

66) Al-l:larith <strong>Ibn</strong> Qais said: 'If the devils comes to you while<br />

praying and said: "You are showing off", then make your prayer<br />

longer.' 68<br />

67) Wahb <strong>Ibn</strong> Munabbih said: '<strong>The</strong>re was a worshipper from the<br />

Children of Isra'Il who was the most dedicated to worship<br />

among people of his generation. During his time, there were<br />

three brothers who were called upon to battle. <strong>The</strong>y had only<br />

one sister, and she was never married. <strong>The</strong>y did not know<br />

under whose care they could leave their sister. <strong>The</strong>n they<br />

agreed to leave her with the worshipper because he was trusted<br />

to them. So they went to hjm and asked him to leave their<br />

sister with him until they returned from battle. He refused<br />

and sought refuge with Allah from them and from their sister.'<br />

<strong>The</strong> brothers insisted until they convinced him. He said: 'place<br />

her in a house near my monastery. <strong>The</strong> brothers then left her<br />

there and went to battle.'<br />

For sometime thereafter, the worshipper used to bring her food<br />

down from his monastery, leave it at his doorstep and close the door.<br />

67 AJ::imad in a/-Zuhd page 96.<br />

68<br />

<strong>Ibn</strong> Al-JawzI in Dhamm al-Hawti, 131.<br />

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