Barsisa of the Children of Israel and the Trickery of Satan.

In a small village for the duration of the time of the Children of Israel, there has been a very pious man named Barsisa. He could be referred to as a monk. He believed within the monotheism of God and believed that Jesus (peace be upon him) turned into a messenger of God.

In that village, there were three brothers and a sister. Those brothers were referred to as for jihad. But they did now not need to go away from their sister by myself. They started thinking about who to keep her with. The villagers pointed out Barsisa. Because everybody in the village knew Barsisa as someone of correct character. So they went to Barsisa, after they wanted to maintain their sister with him, he did not agree and said, 'I am seeking refuge in you from the accursed Satan.'

Because he changed into afraid that he might bask in sin. Then Satan got here to suggest evil (waswasa) to Barsisa's mind. The foxy Satan knew that Barsisa's thoughts were very soft. He whispered to Barsisa - "What if they do not locate someone desirable for his or her sister and leave the female with someone bad! Isn't this fate your fault?"

Barsisa failed to remember the fact that this became the satan's trick. Out of compassion for human beings, he agreed to assist the female.

He let the lady live in a room opposite the church. He would leave food for the girl in front of the church, and the lady might come and take the meals herself. He might not meet Barsisa.

The devil (in a whisper) came to Barsisa once again and said, "Why do not you leave the lady's meals in front of her house? That manner, nobody will see the lady on foot all that way from home or lower back!"

Barsisa agreed and started leaving food in front of the woman's house. The devil was now not satisfied with this either; he got here again and whispered - 'Why do not you deliver meals inside her house? As a result, human beings could not see her leaving or coming into the residence by myself!’ Now Barsisa began bringing meals into her room. The devil came once more and said – ‘You must talk to the female, if she is left by myself like this, she will be able to cross crazy’; Barsisa thought about the woman and started talking to her at the back of the room.

At one point, because of the devil’s trickery, they started talking in the identical room.

Thus, the satan performed the toughest part of his work. At this stage, Barsisa and the female became weak in the direction of each other, and at one point they committed adultery. The lady has become pregnant, giving birth to a toddler. When the child changed into born, the devil got here to Barsisa once more and said, “What did you do? Remove the proof of your sin, otherwise the woman’s brothers will kill you when they go back!”

Barsisa killed the child and buried it on the ground of the room.

The satan now said, “You killed a woman’s baby and you expect her now not to tell absolutely everyone?”

Then Barsisa killed the lady and buried her on the ground of the residence. When the female's brothers lower back, they showed them a fake grave and stated, "Your sister died of contamination and turned into buried in that grave"; they believed Barsisa's words.

That night time, the devil confirmed the 3 brothers the identical dream that "Barsisa killed your sister, as proof, you could dig up the ground of the residence where your sister lived"; when they awoke, they informed each other approximately the dream and found out that the 3 of them had the equal dream.

To affirm, they went to Barsisa's vicofity and first dug up the grave that Barsisa had proven them, however determined nothing, then they dug up the ground of the residence where their sister lived and determined the bodies in their sister and the kid. They caught Barsisa and pressured her to tell them what had genuinely happened.

Then they took her to the king, who ordered her to be beheaded. While Barsisa was being taken to be beheaded, the devil got here to them again. This time, he came inside the shape of a human being. He got here and said, "Listen, Barsisa, I am the satan; you probably did not try this to yourself; I did it and handiest I can save you if you obey me." Barsisa stated, "What have I to I do?"

The satan stated, "Prostrate to me, I will prevent."

So, desperate to save himself, Barsisa prostrated to the satan and has become an infidel. As soon as he prostrated, the devil stated to him - "I am unfastened from you currently. I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds." Saying this, the devil fled from there, and Barsisa became beheaded. When Barsisa is resurrected on the Day of Judgment, he will arise at the same time as prostrating to the devil!

Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Sahih Hadith. The hadith is narrated by means of Jumhur Ulama Sirah. Authenticated via Imam Tirmidhi

The Quran tells us,

• Their example is that of the satan who says to man: Disbelieve. Then whilst he disbelieves, the devil says: I am loose from you. I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

[Surah Hashr 59:16]

May Allah guard us from the evil of the satan. Amen.