Is employing legal devices (Hiyal) to circumvent religious prohibitions permissible?

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All legal devices (Hiyal) are forbidden and not permissible in any matter of religion. This applies when one displays a permissible contract intending to commit a forbidden act through deception, seeking to perform what God has prohibited, legalize the unlawful, drop an obligation, or avoid a right. Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani stated that those who use such devices are deceiving God as if they were deceiving a child, noting that had they performed the act directly, it would have been easier. Malik held this view. The reasoning is that God Almighty punished a nation that used such devices by transforming them into apes, calling them transgressors, and making it a deterrent and a lesson for the pious. This is evidenced by the transformation of those who set nets for fish on Friday and collected them on Sunday, claiming no offense on the Sabbath.