brothers as a traveller and informed them about the worshipper’s ill deeds, he even pointed out where the bodies were buried. When all three brothers awoke, they shared their dreams with each other.
They came to the place that was identified to them in their dreams and when they dug it up, they discovered the murdered bodies of their sister and her baby. The three brothers seized the worshipper. He confessed to his sins. The brothers lodged a complaint in the court of the king. The worshipper was dragged out of his worship-place and sentenced to be hanged. When he was brought to the gallows, the devil appeared and said, ‘Recognise me! I am the devil who made you misbehave with that woman and led you to this final stage of humiliation, but do not worry I can save you, just do as I say.’ The worshipper was prepared to do anything to save his life. ‘I will do anything you say’, he said. The devil instructed, ‘Deny Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) and become an unbeliever.’ The unfortunate worshipper replied, ‘I deny Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) and become an unbeliever.’ The devil instantly disappeared and the unfortunate worshipper was executed at the gallows. (Summarised from: Tilbīs-e-Iblīs, pp. 38-40)
Did you see? The most dangerous and worst weapon of the devil for destroying men is ‘women’. The ill-fortuned worshipper was first prepared to look after the young girl and then fell for the devil’s trap and began to place her food to her doorstep. In other words, the worshipper only gave the cunning devil one finger but the devil grabbed his whole hand. Eventually, he made the worshipper deny Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and die a humiliating death by being executed at the gallows. Following his lust led him to unbelief.
Sayyidunā Abū Dardā رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ very rightly said, ‘Satisfying lust for a single moment leads to long grief.’ Undoubtedly, observing