ibn Tekish, the father of Jalāl al-Dīn, and that she gave him a thousand dinars for it. Her interest lay in the magic and marvels it contained, which she sought to use to attain power and other aims. In it, he related that Abū Maʿshar worshipped the moon and that worshipping it and communing with it held the secrets and benefits he described.

How can someone whose condition is such with regard to polytheism and idol worship be fit to condemn those who uphold monotheism, who worship Allah Most High without associating anything with Him, and who have never worshipped the sun, the moon, a star, or an idol? Rather, they advocate jihad against these polytheists, whom Abū Maʿshar, al-Rāzī, and others joined in apostasy for a time. Even if they subsequently returned from this apostasy to Islam, their innermost secrets are known to Allah. Yet there is no disagreement among Muslims that enjoining polytheism constitutes disbelief and apostasy when done by a Muslim, and that praising it, commending it, and encouraging it constitutes disbelief and apostasy when done by a Muslim.