The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

T H E D E V I L ' S
D E C E P T I O N S
Musawwat, Dasim and Zulunbur. As forThabr, he is responsible
for calamities. He orders people to rip their clothes, slap
their cheeks and make the call of ignorance when stricken by
calamity. Al-A'war is responsible for fornication. He beautifies
it and orders others to commit it. As for Musawwat, he is
responsible for lies. He hears the news and transfers it to
someone else, who in turn, goes to a gathering of people and
tells them: I met a person whose face I know but I do not
know his name. He told me such and such. Dasim shows a
wife's faults to her husband and makes him angry with them.
And Zulunbur is responsible for the market place. He sticks
his flag therein. 8 0
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Makhlad Ibn al-l:lusayn said: 'Whenever Allah ordains an order
to His servants, Ibli:s intersects trying to achieve one of
two things, he does not care which of the two he achieves.
The first is to fulfill this order excessively, and the second is to
fulfill this order deficiently. '81
80) 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (ra#yAl!dhu 'anhuma) said: 'Ibli:s is chained
in the lower levels of earth. Whenever he moves then his
motion results in every form of conflict between two or more
persons.'82
The devil has many methods of deception that I appropriately
mentioned throughout this book, inshti'Alltih. It is difficult to be
safe from the devil's deceptions because they are many, and they
cling to the heart. Calling humans to do something that is consistent
80 Ibn Abi al-Dunya in Maka' d al-Shqy!fin, 54 /35.
81
Abu Nu'aym in al-lfi!Jah, 8/266.
82
Abu Nu'aym in al-lfi!Jah, 1/288.
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