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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *THE DEVIL’S DECEPTION (TALBIS IBLIS)* (Episode 11)____*PAGE 1*___.
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▫️ *Being Cautious from What appears to be a Miracle (al karãmah)*
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Devil's ability to deceive a person is a function of how little knowledge he has. The less knowledge a person possesses; the more able devil will be to deceive him. And vise versa.
- A worshipper may see a light in the sky. If he sees it during Ramadan, he would say: "I have seen Laylatul-Qadr." And if he sees it outside Ramadan, he says: "the doors of heaven have opened for me”.
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- He might expect something to happen and it does happen, out of coincidence, or because of devilish deception. A wise person never goes by such things, even if it were a gift from Allaah (karamah) .
Regarding these facts, Malik lbn Dinar and Habib al-Ajmi (رضي الله عنهم) both said: _"The devil plays with readers (ascetics) just as children play with walnuts."_
*[Tablis Iblis p.508]*
Some sufis in their Claims of piety mislead people with little knowledge.
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For exemple, 'Abdu'l-'Aziz al-Baghdadi said: _"I used to read sufis stories. So one day I climbed over the roof and heard a voice saying: *"He protects the righteous"* [al-A'rãf 7:196]. So, I jumped over the roof and found myself suspended in the air."_
Ibn Al-Jawzi (رحمه الله) replying to this said :
_"This is impossible. In addition, throwing one's self from the roof is a sin, and believing that Allaah would protect someone while committing a sin is false. Allaah said:_.
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*وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ*
*"Do not throw yourselves into destruction"*
[al-Baqarah 2:195]
_How could he have been righteous when he was disobeying his Lord?! And who told him that he was from among the righteous?!"_
*[Talbis Iblis p.511]*
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Since people among our pious predecessors realized the extent of devil's deception, they warned from falling for things that appeared to be miracles. They feared that it may be from devil's deception. Here are some stories of them.
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Zahrun said: _"One day I was lost in the desert when I heard a white bird telling me: Ô Zahrun! Are you lost? I replied: You are a devil, find someone else to deceive. Then the bird said: You are lost? I repeated my response. Then he stood on my shoulder and said: I am not a devil. You are lost, and I was sent to you. Then he disappeared."_
Zulfa said: _"I told Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah: People say that you find food and drink in your home, is this true ? She replied: If I did I would never touch it."_.
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And Rabi'ah once said: _"One cold day I was yearning for a hot meal, and wished that I had some onions to make it with. Suddenly, a bird dropped an onion he had held with his beak. When I saw this I decided not eat out of fear that it was the devil who had done so."_
*[Talbis Iblis p.510]*
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*May Allaah prevent us from falling into devilish deceptions*.
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▫️ *Committing Sins Excessively.*
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Iblis entices laypeople to dwell into sins, and when they get reprimanded for these, they say things like: "I will not abandon immediate pleasure for future pleasure." This is because of their ignorance.
Ibn Al-Jawzi (رحمه الله) assimilated these people to a person suffering from fever who is asked to eat honey, so he responds: "Fulfilling my immediate desire to eat honey is more important to me than my hope of a cure!".
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These people should understand the reality of imãn. And Allaah's promise of future pleasure is definite.
- Some laypeople say: "Allaah is generous, His forgiveness is vast, and having hope (in Allaah) is from our religion."
They consider their wishful thinking: "hope". This is what destroyed most sinners.
Al-Farazdaq asked those around him once: _"If I were to do something wrong towards my parents would they throw me in a blazing oven?".
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_They said: _"No, they would have mercy on you."_ He said: _''I trust my Lord's mercy more than I trust theirs."_
This is utter ignorance. Allaah is merciful but not in the sense of being tender-hearted. Had He been tender-hearted, no bird would be slaughtered, no child would die, and no one would enter the hellfire.
- Some of them say: "Scholars are the ones who must follow Allaah's rules strictly, as for me I am not doing that bad”.
- ___*PAGE 10*___. _They said: _"No, they would have mercy on you."_ He said: _''I trust my Lord's mercy more than I trust theirs."_
This is utter ignorance. Allaah is merciful but not in the sense of being tender-hearted. Had He been tender-hearted, no bird would be slaughtered, no child would die, and no one would enter the hellfire.
- Some of them say: "Scholars are the ones who must follow Allaah's rules strictly, as for me I am not doing that bad”...
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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an laaila Ilan Anta astagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *We shall conclude this topic tomorrow in Sha Allah*. Questions, problems and complaints on this program are welcome privately*. May HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN.
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