Describing a caller to misguidance as a devil
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it correct to describe a caller to misguidance as a devil?
Answer:
Yes, indeed, from the devils of mankind. The devils of mankind are more dangerous than the devils of the jinn, because Allah began by mentioning them, saying:[Al-An'am 6:112] They took as their friends the devils of mankind and the jinn. He began with them because their danger is greater. Yes, [Al-An'am 6:112]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it correct to describe a caller to misguidance as a devil?
Answer:
Yes, indeed, from the devils of mankind. The devils of mankind are more dangerous than the devils of the jinn, because Allah began by mentioning them, saying:
devils from mankind and jinn
شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّdevils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion
شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (56:06)
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