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Table ٠‫ ء‬c.ntents
INTRODUCTION: BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN
WHY ARE THEY CALLED JINN?
THE CREATION OF THE JINN
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPEARANCE
OFTHE JINN
CLASSIFICATION OF JINN'AND THEIR
DO ANIMALS SEE THE JINN?
IF SHAYTAN IS CREATED FROM FIRE, HOW WILL HE BE
PUNISHED IN THE FIRE?
THE REALITY OF SHAYTAN AND CLARIFYING THAT HE IS
FROM THE JINN
THE APPEARANCE OF SHAYTAN
FOOD AND EATING HABITS OF THE JINN
ENTERING THE HOME
DO THE JINN MARRY?
DO THE JINN DIE?
TEREDO THE JINN LIVE?
HOW DO THE JINN TRAVEL?
POWERS AND ABILITIES OF THE JINN
TECHNOLOGY OF THE JINN
SHAPE SHIFTERS
ARE ALL SNAKES FROM THE JINN OR JUST SOME OF THEM?
THE WEAKNESS OFTHE JINN AND SHAYTAN
MY ADVICE TOAHLUS SUNNAH FROM THE
o.' you.who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly.il?
JINN POSSESSION: ITS REALITY AND .ITS
REASONS THE SHAYTAN AND JINN OVERPOWER THE
MUSLIMS
SELECTED FATWA RELATED TO THE JINN
Table ٠‫ ء‬c.ntents

Introduction: Belief in the Unseen..............:.................................... ....4

Why are hey called Jinn?.................................................................. ٠...7

The creation of the Jinn..................................................................... ....8

The physical characteristics and appearance of the Jinn ............. ... 12

Classification of Jinn and their names............................................ ...15

Affirming the existence of the Jinn.................................................. ...17

Do animals see the Jinn?................................................................... ...21

K Shaytan is created from fire, how will he be punished in the ..24

The reality of Shaytan and clarifying that he is from the Jinn.... ...25

The appearance of Shaytan.............................................................. ...28

Food and eating habits of the Jinn................................................... ...32

Entering the home............................................................................. .39

Do the Jinn marry? ............................................................................ ..42

Do the Jinn die?.................................................................................. ..43

Where do the Jinn live?..................................................................... ..49

How do the Jinn travel?.................................................................... ...54

Powers and abilities of the Jinn....................................................... -59

Technology of the Jinn....................................................................... ...65

Shape Shifters...................................................................................... ...68

Are all snakes from the. Jinn or just some of them? ....................... ...78

The weakness of he Jinn .and Shaytan........................................... ...80

Reasons the Shaytan and Jinn, overpower the Muslims............... .112

INTRODUCTION: BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN

All praises belong to Allah alone. And may the Salat and Salaam of
Allah be upon the one whom there is no Prophet, after him.

As to what follows: Verily, Allah, the. Blessed and Exalted has created
all the worlds; the upper and lower worlds and what is in-between; the
knowledge of which is only known to Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.
Allah has made some of these worlds hidden. No one knows their
reality except for Allah, the One who created them; and He is the
Glorified and the Exalted. Allah, the Exalted, commanded US, as
His servants, to believe in the Unseen which Allah stipulated as an
article .of faith. But there has come concerning the affairs of the
Unseen, information from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

Having faith in the Unseen is from the foremost attributes of a

righteous person as Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, clarifies within His
Great Book:

< 0‫قاردقتممسغثوث‬٠‫دةؤئق‬١ ‫> أقث هؤنأنش وفيق‬

I believe in the Unseen, establish prayer, and .spend out of what We

have, provided for them. 1

1 Soorah Al Baqarah (2:3)

Thus, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has made belief in the Unseen a solid
foundation; because Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, Himself is Unseen.

No vision can grasp .Him, but His grasp is over all vision 2

The eyes will not see Him in this world, but only the believers will enjoy
looking at His Face in paradise. As for this world, then Allah, the Blessed
and Exalted, is not grasped by vision and eyes do not see Him. Thus, Allah,
the Blessed and Exalted,' is Unseen and Allah has made His paradise and
His fire Unseen. The eyes do not see them in this worldly life. Likewise, as
it relates to the world of the unique Angels and the world of the evil devils
and the Jinn, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, and made them from the world
of the Unseen which no one knows about except for Him. He revealed some
reports about the reality of these worlds to our Prophet, peace be upon him.

Belief in the worlds of Jinn and devils is from the foundations of faith.
These affairs have been infiltrated with delusions and fantasy. The reality is
the Jinn are an independent world separate from that of he humans and the
world of the Angels. There are some qualities which are shared between
hirmans and Jinn, such as the faculties of intellect and perception, choice-
making and responsibility.

But the Jinn differ from'humans in some respects; from the most important
of them is they differ in their substance of creation. Humans have been
given mandates and freewill to do something or not. Likewise, the Jinn
make the choice whether to do something or not; and Allah will hold
them responsible. The Jinn know the path of good and evil, and they have
the faculties of intellect and perception. But the substance of the Jinn's
creation differs from the origin of man's, creation.
WHY ARE THEY CALLED JINN?

The linguistic origin of the word 'Jinn' in Arabic originally means

concealment because they were made hidden from our sight. And insanity
is called insanity because it covers .the intellect. The person who is Ijnoon
is called such because his intellect is covered.

The Arabic equivalents of words like Jinn, fetus (Janin), amor (Mijan), and
insanity (Junoon) share one common, linguistic origin, which is
concealment as they all cover something underneath.

For this reason, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said regarding the Jinn and
the devils:

Indeed, he sees you, him and his tribe, from where ..you cannot see
them 3

Thus, they are with you. They see you but you are not able to see them
because- they are hidden from your sight by being obscured from your
vision.

8 I THE CREATION OF THE JINN

THE CREATION OF THE JINN

As for the origin, of the Jinn from which they were created, we have been
informed .about this from our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, in His great
Book. Allah, the All-Mighty,says:

And the Jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless flameof fire. 4

And the Exalted said:

< ‫ ؤنو أهآن ين مايج ين‬jS . >

And He created the Jinn from the tip of the flame's' fire. 5

The word Maarij, as it relates to the. fire, is the tip of the flame. When the
fire is ignited, the portion of the flame at the very top is called Maarij.
Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, created the Jinn from the tip of the flame.
This is the origin from which Allah created the Jinn, 'Just as He created
Adam from dust.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 4 S٠orah Al Hijr (15:27)

‫ج‬ Soorah Ar Rahman (55:15)

The Angels were created from light, and the Jinn were created from
.smokeless fire, .and Adam was CTeated from that which has been
described to you.‫ء‬
Thus, man was created.from dust. As for the Jinn, their creation is from
smokeless fire.'As for the Angels, they were created from light as the
Prophet, peace be upon him, has informedus.

Allah created the Jinn before He created mankind. When Allah created
Adam and populated earth with his offspring, the Jinn were already present.
Allah, the Blessed, and Exalted, said concerning this:

And indeed, We created man from sounding clay of altered black

smooth mud. And the Jinn, We created foretime from the smokeless
flame of fire. 7

The' Jinn were created before mankind. He said: "And the Jinn, We created
aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire." Thus, the verse states that Jinn
were created before mankind. Some of the scholars say the Jinn were
present one thousand

٥ elected by Muslim (4/2294) 7 Soorah Al Hijr (15:26-27)

years before humans; but there is no evidence in determining this exact

duration. And some of the people of knowledge stated—as it is mentioned
by ibn Jarir At Tabari-when the people said.: "How did IblisS reach
the company of the Angels? What caused Iblis to be amongst the Angels
while his origin is from the Jinn and he- is not from the Angels?"

Thus, what allowed him to be amongst the Angels? Some of the scholars
say: "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, placed the Jinn upon the earth before
humans, before Adam was created. And the Jinn caused corruption upon the
earth, and they spread immorality. Thus, when they insolently defied the
commandment of their Lord, Allah, he Blessed and Exalted, dispatched the
Angels against them. The Angels launched an attack against them; killing
some of them, and thus, the Jinn were defeated and banished. They were
exiled to the most distant islands of the earth. Consequently the earth was
cleansed from them."

The scholars say Iblis was taken captive by the .end of the battle, and he
was in the company of the Angels. He was devoted to perform the same
worship Angels do, and he reached a high level in worship. But he
ultimately came- to be from the miserable as pre-destined based on
Allah's foreseeable knowledge of what His creation will do. This is 8
Shaykh Uthaymeen stated:' "There is no doubt that Iblis is the father
of the Jinn based upon'the statement of Allah: 'And He created the
jinn from a smokeless flame of fire,' and His statement concerning Iblis
whi'le he was addressing Allah, the Exalted: 'I am better than him. You
created me from fire and You created him from clay;' and the
statement of he Exalted: 'Will you hen take him (Iblis) and his
offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me while they are
enemies to you.'

despite the fact that the scholars say from his worship was that he would not
leave any space the size of an arm's span in the heavens or in the earth
except that he would prostrate to Allah in this place. But the statement of
truth had proceeded against him, hence, he is miserable,
despairing; meaning, he is dismayed and far away from having faith.

We ask Allah to make US firm upon the truth until we meet. Him.
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPEARANCE
OFTHE JINN

How is the nature of he Jinn?

The reality is we do not know their creation, their forms, or their faculties,
except what Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has informed US of. Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, has informed US that the Jinn have hearts. Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, said:

And surely. We have created many of the Jinn and mankind for Hell.
They have hearts wherewith they understand not, they have eyes
wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not
(the truth). They are like cattle, nay even more astray; those! They are
the heedless ones ‫ و‬Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, stated that the Jinn
have hearts, eyes, and ears. Likewise, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has
informed US in the Great Quran that the devils have voices. Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, said:

< ‫ يأستمه‬C.:U:T cjA ‫أ دصؤتك‬٠‫> ذب‬

And befool them gradually, those whom you can among them, with
your voice. 1٥

And it has been authenticated in some hadith that the devils have tongues
and saliva.

‫ الله عه وشل؛‬٠‫ صؤ‬- ‫ص أيب شعيد الخنري أة زثوثه اشإ‬

- ‫قام قصل صالة الثزح ؤئؤ غئثه قالئبشف عي الؤذا؛ة‬

،‫ئس بمش ذأنئة‬5‫"ئذ ت‬:‫قءقتع؛ن خالتي ىد‬

‫ي ي زلت أئثقة حر وجئ ت تزد لعايه بثئ إضهثى‬٠‫ئقي‬

‫ ذئزال صء أخي ثجان‬،‫ اليام وافي يا‬: ‫غائي‬

‫أل‬

‫طج مربوطا يشايئؤ مى شناري ائئعجد سال عب به‬

‫مصتان المدبتة‬

It was narrated from Abu. Saeed al-Khudri that the Messenger of

Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed Morning
Prayer and he [Abu Saeed] was behind him. He recited and got
confused in his recitation. When the prayer was over, he said, ”If only
you could have seen me and Iblis. I gabbed him and kept on trying to
strangle him until I felt the coldness of his saliva on these two fingers,
the thumb and the one next to it. Were it not for the prayer of my

!.S٠orahAlIsra (17:64)

THE PHYSICAL .CHARACTERISTICS ANH

APPEARANCE OF THE JINN

brother, Sulayman, he would have been tied to one of the pillars' of the
mosque this morning and the children of Al-Madinah would have
played with him.” 11

The Prophet, peace be upon him, informed us: if it were not for the
supplication of his .brother. Prophet Sulayman:

‫هبلىئتكاالسعيالة;ديىشي‬
Bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after
me. 12

(This supplication is referring to) when the devils-were subjugated to

him.

He said: "Were it not for he supplication of my brother, Sulayman, I

would tie him to a pillar of the Masjid so the youth could play with
him." "Him" refers to the Shaytan who appeared to the friend of the
Most Merciful, Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Moreover, the Jinn drink, eat, laugh, and marry, as shall be mentioned,
Insha'Allah.

(Shaykh Rabee declared it Hassan)

‫ال‬ ١ ١ ٣٥ ٤ Collected by Ahmad 12
Soorah Sad. (38:35)
CLASSIFICATION OF JINN'AND THEIR

NAMES

lat are the names of the Jinn and what are their various classifications? Do
their names vary based upon their different classifications?

Ibn Abdul-Barr—may Allah have mercy upon him— mentioned that the
Jinn are upon varying levels.

The ordinary Jinn are referred to as Jinni.

If the intent are those 'Jinn who live with' people—because people have
Jinn living with them; they live with US in our homes. Those Jinn that live
with US in our homes are referred to as Aarair.

Those who appear to the children are called Arwah (spirits).

If they become evil and desire to harm humans, they are called Shaytan
(devils).

If the Shaytan increases in evil, they are called Marid.

If the.y become strong and vicious, they are called Ifrit.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, stated that the Jinn are of three categories:
a category that flies in the air; and a category who are snakes and a category
who are dogs (meaning, they take the form of black dogs and the form
of snakes, specifically the house snakes). As for the snakes outside of the
houses, the Muslim is ordered to kfll them, even if they are in the sacred
lands; the snakes found in the

16 ‫ ا‬CLASSIFICATION OF JH AND THEIR NAIS

sacred land are to be killed. As for the snakes in your home then do not kill
it until you seek, its permission three times. This means you say to them: "It
is not permissible for you (to remain here); thus, if you are a believer, then I
take an. oath with Allah upon you to leave. If not, you will be killed." If
it appears after three days hen kill it. And there will be no blame upo-n you
because it is not a believer, or it is not from the Jinn who take the forms of
snakes. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫ف اقواء‬٠ ‫ الخى قالقة أصناف صئف كدآ أجتعحه يعليدوذ‬،

‫تجتون ويفئترذ‬

‫زكآلب‬٠‫زصئئحئات‬

The Jinn are of three types: a type that has wings, and they fly through
the air; a type that looks like snakes and dogs; and a type that stops for
a rest then resumes its Journey.13

Meaning, the third type travels then they take up residence descending from
travel; taking up residence for a few days, months, or years, and then they
resume their Journey after that, as we have been informed by the Prophet,
peace be upon him.

13 Reported by al-Tahhaawi in Mushkil al-Athaar, 4/95, and by al-

Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 22/214 Shaykh al-Albaani said in al-Mishkaat
(2/1206, no. 4148). -

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has informed US about the existence of the
Jinn. And the Muslims are unanimously agreed upon the existence of the
Jinn because Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has made this a tenet of the
religion which no Muslim has. an excuse for not knowing. Allah
sent Muhammad, peace be upon him, to the humans and the Jinn. These
two species are religiously responsible to comply with the legislation of the
religion. All of the Prophets in their legislations affirm the existence of the
Jinn and no one opposes this except the people of deviance and
misguidance. The Quran and the Sunnah affirm the existence of the
Jinn. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said:

‫إقأذهءآتحلسئي‬
Say, JO Muhammad), "It has been revealed to me that a group of the
Jinn listened..." 14

Therefore, the Quran affirms the existence of the Jinn. Allah, the Exalted,
said:

01‫ قذ'وئلم رهك‬٠‫ل تىآلجي‬١‫> ةاةسأ'ال تؤدلئآل‬

And verily, there were men among mankind who took, shelter with the
masculine among the Jinn, but

they .inn) increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief 15

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, informed US about the actions of the people
during the pre-Islamic days of ignorance. A man would travel and when he
took rest in a valley, he would say: "I seek refuge in the chief of
the inhabitants of this valley from the evil of the ignorant amongst his
people." He would seek reflige in the leader of the Jinn of that valley from
the ignorant amongst his people. Allah says: "...'there were men among
mankind who took shelter with the masculine among the Jinn...' This
means they would seek protection and refuge in the male Jinn so they
would protect them from the ignorant Jinn from amongst their people. "But
they .inn) increased' them (mankind) in sin and disbelief." This protection
only intensified them in weakness and humiliation.

There are many texts in the Book and the .Sunnah which affirm the
existence of the Jinn. And there, have been sightings of the Jinn. Many
people during our era and before our era have seen something like this.
Many of those who see and hear them do not know they are Jinn. They
think they are spirits or men of the JJnseen, or a spacemen and the likes. A
tangible evidence of the existence of the Jinn; the Prophet, peace be upon
him, saw them, had a conversation with them, taught them, and' recited the
Quran before them. In addition, they requested from''the Messenger, peace
be upon him, to give them provisions.

‫ نكز‬،‫ ئغنم‬3 ١‫ ةى‬:‫ سأل‬،‫لزائ‬١ ‫ زتأب‬P ‫ذ م‬٤‫ال‬،

:١‫ زو يخزؤ عتفثء لتثابئى‬،‫وذء‬٤‫قع و ادتؤء أزو تا؛‬

They (the Jinn) asked him (the Prophet) about their provision and he
said: Every b-one on which the name of Allah is recited, is your
provision. The time it will fall in your hand, it would be covered with
flesh, and the dung of (the camels) is fodder for your animals.16 For this
reason, the Messenger, peace be upon him, prohibited US from using bones
and camel dung to remove the,impurities after reliving ourselves. He said:

‫ا‬١ k ‫فإققا شالم إحوادفم‬

Do not clean yourselves with these, because verily these are food for
your brothers from the Jinn.

It can be concluded from the previous discussion that the Jinn have vehicles
which they ride upon. And they have animals which they use for
transportation. The realm of the Jinn is extremely vast. And perhaps, you
are not able to imagine it. One's ignorance of a thing does not
necessarily entail that it does not exist. Rather, it is not possible for
your absence of knowledge to be proof that this thing does not exist.

16 C.llected by Muslim 687.

The simplest example during our present time: this space which nothing is
seen in, the airwaves;.when we look into this vast space, this space is
severely crowded with waves rippling to an extent only known to Allah.
There are realms and affairs such that the essence of which is not
perceived except by Allah, the One who created it. The proof of that are
these voices we speak with. These voices are present in the airwaves;
meaning, they are present in space.
If there was a device to send and a device to receive, and the receiving
device was at the farthest distance, like the television and the radio; an
example of this is the wheless devices. A person may be speaking very far
away while you receive his various voice wave frequencies. His voice
waves float through the airwaves and you receive them. H.OW does that
happen'while the atmosphere in space is extremely crowded? And perhaps,
if the veil was removed from our eyes, we would find that space is more
crowded than the earth we live on; if the knowledge of man has reached
this level, how about the ability of the All-Powerful Creator?
DO ANIMALS SEE THE JINN?

Donkeys and dogs see the Jinn and this is not surprising. As Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, decreed that the longer man lives on this earth and
increases his knowledge and understanding of worldly science, he affirms
matters which prove the huthfulness of what the Messenger, peac.e be
upon him,.came with. And we as believers do not need to resort
to experiments for proving the Prophet's statement, but it .is necessary for
repelling those who doubt. How is this?

We have a text collected in Bukhari and Muslim:

‫همن عضله‬٤‫ إذا شمم ياخ الديكة قانحوا ال‬#l ‫رث نه ثإذا شمم يق ايار صددوا‬
‫إطاتا‬٠‫اجمن اعطاف هإي رث ة‬

When you hear the crowing of roosters, as.k Allah for' His virhie for it
has seen an Angel. And when you hear the braying of a donkey then
seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan because it has seen Shaytan.i7

A-person may say: "This does not make sense; what is this?" And perhaps,
he rejects the clear true hadithis of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon
him, and thus, he will be destroyed.

17 Collected by Muslim 2729. 18. This hadith is agreed upon

We respond to him—SubhanaAllah—do you not know that modem day

scientists, having reached the highest peak of science known to man during
this era, seek to predict the occurrence of earthquakes by studying he
behavior of animals such as the donkeys, and the birds. If the earthquake is
imminent, these animals run very fast. And when the crisis begins, their
ears tilt and they hear it. They listen to that which you are not able to hear.
Rather, the present day technology does not possess such precise accuracy
to warn from these things which Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has placed
in the heart of the earth such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Likewise, some
of the changes which occur are used by some people to prove something
will occur soon. Therefore, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has given
the animals the like of this ability for what the people used today to know
these things are close to occurring. Since this is the case, how about when
we have been given information from the one who is infallible?

Something else; the bee, this creature which is a creation of Allah the
Blessed and Exalted can do something amazing. It sees ultraviolet light, and
this is something you are not able to see with the naked eye. They utilize
the most acute.things at precise angles with the inclination of the sun for
piloting. They call it dancing. .We say .the bees are free from such frivolity.
This is not dancing; rather, it is'precise piloting. When the. scoutbee comes
out.roaming,' searching for nectar, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, guides it
to a garden 'that contains flowers which have nectar; this is what the bee
was in search of; this is what the bee wanted. She goes out exploring, in
search of the place and then she retirrns to the

hive, and the hive is very far away. She returns to the hive to inform the
worker bees of the location of the garden containing the nectar. She stands
at the opening of the hive while making precise movements along with the
angle of the sun rays on the hive. This directs the other bees to the location
so they fly there impulsively as though they have a map; rather, it is' greater
than a map in finding the location. Who taught them this?! Allah, the
Exalted, is the One who taught them this.

Something else; the owl which spots the mouse in the darkness of the night;
how is this? The people today now have night vision goggles, as it is well
known. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, created this innate faculty in some
of His creation. Allah, the Exalted, placed this in the owl, so it is a bird of
the night. The mouse lives in rubbish and debris, but despite this, the owl
sees it moving at night; thus, it comes and snatches it without any warning
or indication. Also, those who deny the existence .of-Shaytan allege: ‫ئ‬
the Jinn are created from fire and every person has a companion from the
Jinn, why is the temperature not always above one hundred degrees? The
answer is very easy. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has clarified to US in
the Quran that He began the creation of man from clay. But, are you clay
now? The beginning, of man's creation was from clay, and likewise, the
creation of the Jinn and. Shaytan was from fire. So man's creation began
from clay, but after that it.continued by reproduction as you are aware of..
The Jinn's creation began from fire, but after that they reproduce and
increase in a way which is only known to Allah,, the Blessed and Exalted.

IF SHAYTAN IS CREATED FROM FIRE, HOW WILL HE BE

PUNISHED IN THE FIRE?
IF SHAYTAN IS CREATED FROM FIRE, HOW WILL HE BE
PUNISHED IN THE FIRE?

There is another issue. A person may ask you: "If Shaytan is created from
fire then how will he be punished by the fire?" This affair is very .easy. You
are created from clay, is this not correct? Of course, you are created from
clay. If we bring a bowl of dirt and place water on it and then wait until
it becomes .a dry mold of clay; then we roast the clay until it becomes red
brick. Is this clay or not? Then,, if we go to the head of the person'denying
the existence of the Jinn and we say: "You are created from clay and this is
from clay; would this clay hurt you, or not? If I crush your head with
this mold made from clay, there is no doubt that this will harm you.

Also, man is made from clay. If we dig a huge hole in the ground and then
place the person in the ground and throw dirt over him, will he be punished
with this dirt or not? Rather, if we put this dirt in his mouth and nose, will
he be punished by this dirt or not?

Therefore, being aware of these affairs will increase our certainty with
Allah, the One who has created this creation; and our certainty for our
Prophet, peace be upon him, the one who informed US with truthfulness
from His Lord. And it increases our faith in the great religion of Islam, that
which is wisdom and mercy.
THE REALITY OF SHAYTAN AND CLARIFYING THAT HE IS
FROM THE JINN

The Jinn are an independent realm different from Angels. They are a
species in their own right, and they are from the realm of the Unseen. From
the Jinn are the devils. The Shaytan, which Allah has mentioned to US
concerning him a great deal in the Quran, he is from the realm of' the Jinn.

The word Shaytan in the Arabic language is applied to everyone who

fiercely rebels. As in the case when they brought an animal for Umar,
may'Allah be pleased with him. They said: "This animal you are riding does
not befit a prestigious person in your statiis being the Leader of
the Believers." So they brought him a workhorse - and it was a crossbreed
— and it began to move violently. He said: "Get me off of this and bring me
my camel, for you have placed me upon a Shaytan."!‫؟‬

Thus, every dissident from the humans or the animals is called Shaytan.
Accordingly, the word Shaytan is either derived from the word which
means "to burn" or it is derived from the word which means "far away from
good and its destination is to burn."

And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has also called Shaytan a Taghut (false
deity).

19 Narrated from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father.

THE REALITY OF SHAYTAN AND CLARIFYING THAT HE IS FROM

TOE JINN

Thos.e who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve
fight in the cause of Taghut. So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed,
the plot of Satan is weak. 20

The origin of Shaytan is he is from the Jinn as Allah, the Blessed and
Exalted, has informed us. Allah says about Shaytan:

And (rejnember) when We said to the angels:' "Prostrate yourselves

before Adam." And they prostrated except Iblis, he refused and was.
proud and was one of the disbelievers. 21

Allah., the Blessed and Exalted, makes an exception in this verse; that Iblis
was from the Angels-. 'Thus, is this referring to his origin? Was Iblis from
the Angels? Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said:

And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prosfrate yourselves before

Adam." And they prosfrated except Iblis

20 Soorah An Nisaa (4:76)

21 Soorah Al Baqarah (2:34)

JINN I 27

Was Iblis from the Angels? Allah commanded the'Angels to prostrate

to Adam; thus, they all prostrated except Iblis; he did not prostate.
Therefore, was Iblis an Angel? .In reality, if you said—for example-
"All of the people left except for the donkey,' does this mean the
donkey is a person? "All of the people went away except for the dog."
Does this mean the dog is a person, or from the people? The linguists
define the earlier form of exception as a kind in which the
one exempted from the general description is not necessarily from the
same species. This means when Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said:
And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves
before Adam." And they prostrated except Iblis. Iblis was never an
Angel, rather, he is a separate species. He is from the Jinn as Allah, the
Exalted, clarifies in His great Book:

< ‫؟‬/(.‫قأدجدئآلدمدجدوأ‬٤‫وإئهالئآل‬I‫نآلجؤعتىءن‬٠ ‫ث‬١‫ذليشك‬

‫> أمددأل‬

And (remember) when We said to the angels; "Prostiate to Adam." So

they prostrated except Iblis. He was one of the Jinn. He disobeyed the
Command of his Lord. 22

This text is clear in stating Iblis was from the Jinn.

22 Soorah Al Kahf (18:50)

THE APPEARANCE OF SHAYTAN

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has given Shaytan a very repulsive
appearance. Allah, the All-Mighty, said in describing the tree of Zaqqum:

‫ننوش‬

Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of 'Hell-fire. The

'sprouts of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils. 23

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, desires to affirm the repulsiveness of the
sprouts which come from the tree of Zaqqum. Allah brings an example
which the people have not seen by describing its sprouts like the heads of
devils. Has anyone seen the head of Shaytan?! But it is firmly established in
the minds of everyone that Shaytan is the most repulsive of creation. Thus,
it is sufficient for Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, to say to you:

The sprouts of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils.

This is sufficient for you to know the sprouts are the most hideous
appearance to be seen and from the most hated sights laid upon the eye.

23 Soorah As-Saffat (37:64-65)

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, informed US that Shaytan has
two horns. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫قن‬4‫ هإي ثطاع بعري ش‬،‫للوغ القنس وال <وتيا‬٠ ‫ بصالتكب‬١‫ال محرؤ‬
Do not intend to obsejwe prayer at the time of the rising of the sun nor
at its setting for it rises between the horns of Shaytan.24

Meaning, the sun s.ets between the two horns of Shaytan, and at this time,
the disbelievers prostrate to it, instead of prostrating to Allah, the Lord of
all that exists. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

١‫قالذ ؤلذ‬

‫إذا طاع حاجب القنس فدعوا الصالة خ عاب خاجب السني قنعوا الغالة حر‬
‫ئعيب زآل إلئوا بصالؤفب طلوع الغني زال عؤوبما قإي قطإع بثن قزي ئئطان‬

When the (upper) edge of 'the sun appears (in the morning), do not
perform a prayer till the sun appears in full, and when the lower edge
of the sun sets, do not perform a prayer till it sets completely. And you

24 Collected by Muslim 828.

should not seek to pray at sunrise or sunset for the sun rises between
two sides of the head of Shaytan.25

At this time, the devil worshippers and pagans prostrate to it. And the
Prophet, peace be upon him, clarified that the sun rises and sets betiveen the
two horns of Shaytan. One can conclude now that Shaytan has two horns as
the Prophet, peace be upon him, has informed us.

During the Middle Ages, the Christians portrayed Shaytan in the image of a
black man with a sharp pointed beard, and raised eyebrows; his mouth
spewing flames, with a l.ong tongue and horns; horned cloven feet like a
donkey, with a tail. They portiayed Shaytan in this image. The fact is; it
is deeply embedded in the hearts and minds of the people that Shaytan has a
repulsive appearance.

Al Jahidh26 mentioned that a woman went to a jeweler requesting

something from him but he did not know the depiction of what she was
trying to describe. She requested he make her a golden sculpture..He said to
her: "I do not know the image you are trying to describe." Meaning,
the image you would like me to make .from gold, I do not know what you
are trying to describe to me. She said: "I will show you an example." Al
Jahidh said: "She took the jeweler by the hand until she reached me while I
was sitting. She said: 'Like this.' Then she left. I said to the man: 'What was
that about?' He said: 'This woman came to me so I could make

25 C٠llected by Al Bukhari 3272.

26 AL-Jahiz was a famous literary scholar, philosopher and a follower of

the Mu'tazilah sect from gold an image of Shaytan for her. I said to her: 'I
have not seen Shaytan.' She replied: 'I will show you what Shaytan looks
like.' So she brought me to you, and said: 'Like this.'" This is because Al
Jahidh's eyes would protrude out, so some people described him like this.
She said: "This is what Shaytan looks like."

It is imbedded in the minds of the people that Shaytan has a repulsive

appearance, and this is, in fact, the c.ase. The Prophet, peace- be upon him,
stated Shaytan has two horns and the sun rises between his two horns.
FOOD AND EATING HABITS OF THE JINN

The Jinn eat, drink, and reproduce. The Prophet, peace be upon him, was
with Abu Hurairah and he asked Abu Hurairah to bring him some stones for
him to clean himself with after relieving Wmself. He said:

1‫ف‬٠ ‫را أنقتفعس ه زال ثأتني يقظم زال روقؤ قأسة بأحجار احملها‬1‫بغي أحج‬
‫ا حش وصعتها إلى جئبه ئم !بصزعث حر إدا هئ قئيث ققئذ‬٠‫ طرف دوؤ‬U ‫بأل‬
‫جن مصيبنذ‬٠ ‫طعام الجن نإئه أتى وحث‬٠ ‫ق قال محا يئ‬5‫ والرؤ‬٢‫التغل‬
‫ زال بززئؤ إأل زجنوا‬٢‫ دتظ‬١‫ة قنعزبذ اللهء كلم؟ذال ثثؤو‬١‫بة قتأئوبي الذ‬١ ‫نضم‬
‫ لمتاتا‬١‫ئته‬

"Bring me some stones I can use to clean myself, but do not bring, me
any bones or dung." So I brought him some stones, carding them in the
hem of my garment, and placed them by his side, then I went away.
When he had finished, I came back and asked him, "What is wrong
with bones and dung?" He said‫" ؛‬They are the food of the Jinn. The
delegate of Jinn of (the city of) Naseebin came to me- and what
good Jinn they areJ (The Prophet, peace be upon him, commended
them.) They asked me for food and I prayed to Allah for them, so that
they would not pass

by bones or droppings, but they would find food on them. "27

Therefore, when you eat the meat upon these bones and then you throw
them away, if you mentioned Allah's Name upon the food, meat will return
to the bones for the believing Jinn to eat. As for the evil Jinn and the
Shaytan, they eat what Allah's Name was not mentioned upon. They do not
eat the food in which Allah's Name is mentioned upon; rather, they only eat
from the bones in which Allah's Name was not mentioned upon during the
time of slaughtering and during the time of eating.

As for he filthy dung and the droppings from the camels, 'meat will be
found on it to be fodder for heir animals. Therefore, the Jinn have animals
and they eat and drink and ride them; as the Prophet, peace be upon him,
has informed us:
‫زالأللعفئام هإده رادإحواتغم مئ ابئ‬

Do not perform Istinja (cleaning after reliving oneself), with dung nor
with bones. For indeed i.t is provision for your brothers among the
Jinn.28

It is possible'that this could cause harm. Consequently, the Prophet, peace

be upon .him, prohibited cleaning oneself with the food of the Jinn. So, if
you harm him concerning his food, perhaps, he may harm you. Meaning, ‫ئ‬
a person uses these bones which have meat on them dedicated for the Jinn

27 Collected by Al Bukhari 3571.

28 Collected by Tirmidhi 18.

to clean himself after defecating, then he has harmed the Jinn concerning
their food, so perhaps, the Jinn may harm him in return. It has been
collected in Sahih Muslim from Ibn Masood that the Messenger of Allah,
peace be upon him, said:

‫تالث عئ ثل‬.‫ قال‬،‫ ص ثامر‬b\s ‫دن تتثوح شهت نع رسول ابثن صل‬:‫ا‬
‫الله عليه وسلم لله االحن قال كال علثته‬

‫ككب بخ رثود‬٠ ‫ئن قئثوؤ كنن ئل شهت أخت‬1 ‫ع تعن‬

‫ كنا بع زسوني ابثن‬١‫ابثن صل الله عليه وسلم لنتة الحئ قال ال ولكذ‬
‫صل الله عليه وسلم ناث ئنتؤ قمشدئاه قالقتستاة في!ألوديق‬
‫ قذلم‬٩ ‫ ءشؤئند بأش‬1‫ قتثت‬- ‫ل‬1‫ ق‬- ‫ءتيل‬٠‫تغؤيز أو ا‬١ ‫لئثاب ققئا‬١‫ؤ‬
‫ئبتالة نتم ئجذة‬٠‫فقذة؛انثوق اآلسذ ة‬-‫قل‬- ‫قه أنبئ إذا ثذبا؛يئقلي جذاء‬
‫ ثنت‬.‫لحث قث‬٠‫ءي ا‬1‫ف ذ‬٠‫' آدا‬٠ ‫ قلل‬. ‫ذا قز؛‬٠ ‫ش‬1‫ؤلنتؤ ب‬٠‫بج ؤئ‬
١‫ئاآقازهت‬١‫ قأز‬١‫ئهق ثت‬1‫ل ق‬1‫ ق‬. " ‫لئزآذ‬١ ‫قتة كرأت ءال؛‬
‫ دكب‬٠٠ ‫لذاذ قدل‬١ ‫ز نرسع ؤتأئوة‬1‫ ؤآئ‬JS ‫للهى‬١ ‫ذب‬١ ‫عظم ذكئ‬

‫أ‬ ‫أ‬
‫ وكل ص علمت‬١‫عنه يقع فى أيديخم أزو تا ثكون ح‬
‫لله عليه وسلم " هأل‬١ ‫لئذ صف‬١ ‫ال زثوق‬٠‫ حة‬. " ‫كم‬١‫لتواب‬

‫ لمىلم؛إخذاثئي‬١‫تحغوائفإةب‬

I asked 'Alqama if Ibn Masood was present with the Messenger of

Allah, peace be upon him, on the night of the Jinn (the night when the
Prophet met them). He (Ibn Masood) said: "No, but we were in the
company of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, one night and
we missed him. We searched for him in the valleys and the hills and
said: 'He has either been taken away (by Jinn) or has been secretly
killed.'" He (the narrator) said: "We spent the worst night
which people could ever spend. When it was dawn, we saw him coming
from the side of Hiri'." He (the narrator) reported. "We said:
'Messenger of Allah, we missed you and searched for you, but we could
not find you and we spent the worst night which people could ever
spend.' He (the Prophet) said: 'There came to me an inviter on behalf
of the Jinn and I went along with him and recited to them the Quran.'"
He (the' narrator) said: "He' then went along with US and showed us
their traces and traces of their embers. They (the Jinn) asked him (the
Prophet) about their provision and he said: 'Every bone on which
the name of Allah is recited is your provision. The time it will fall in
your hand, it would b.e covered with flesh, and the dung of (the camels)
is fodder for your animals.' The.'Messenger of Allah, peace be upon

him, said: Do not perform istinja with these (things) for these are the
food of your brothers (Jinn)."29

And.dung-in its nature—is also foul, as the Prophet, peace be upon, him
explained.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

!‫كبفئكله‬٠‫كلئ‬

‫لثسطان يأكل س^ده‬١ ‫فإن‬،

When one of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he
drinks, he should drink with his right hand, because Shaytan eats and
drinks with his left hand.3٥

Unfortunately, nowadays Muslims have borrowed a defective habit from

the Western culture of eating with the knife and the fork. The person is not
able to cut his food correctly with his left hand, it requires effort. Therefore,
he cuts the food with the knife which is in his right hand, while the fork
remains in his left hand; as a result he eats with his left hand. And he
believes this to be civilization! But it is civilization founded upon the
incorrect Aqeedah. If you want the balance between this, you must perform
a complex process. Take the knife with your right hand and cut the food.
Then place the knife down and take the fork with you right hand and then
eat. Then, if you want to cut the food, place the fork do٦٨m and grab the
knife again.

Since long ago, Egyptian farmers used to -say if one of them gave a cup of
.tea and you took it with your left hand and you drank it with your left hand,
he would look at you with a puzzled look and he would say: "Are you a
westerner?" This is because the westerners drink, with their left hands and
the devils eat with their left hands, thus., westerners resemble the devil from
this perspective. As for the Muslims, the Prophet, peace be upon him., said:

‫ءوه‬

‫ةل‬٦‫إذاأةلسكبئت‬
‫ووو‬

‫له‬£‫ش‬.‫عزن ياكل‬،

When one of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he
drinks, he should drink with his right hand, because Shaytan eats and
drinks with his lefthand.3i

Also, Islam is a religion of cleanliness. The Prophet, peace be upon him,

has made the right hand for foo.d, drink, shaking, handing and grabbing
items. The person should not take things with his left hand because
..Shaytan takes things with his left hand. As for the Muslim, then he gives
and takes with his right hand. Thus, when they follow the Sunnah of the
Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him., they will be the cleanest of
creation. The left hand is for touchi'ng filth and the like. The Prophet, peace
be upon him, prohibited the person from touching his private parts with his
right hand, and he made the right hand for food and drink and
shaking hands. As for the left hand, it is for cleaning oneself after using the
bathroom- .and- similar things. If the people practiced this, the diseases
amongst them would minimize a .eat deal; by the virhre of Allah, the Lord
of all that exists. This is because hepatitis and similar illnesses are
transmitted by direct contact with filth. Thus, if the people would adhere to'
the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in .such things,
their affairs will be in the best condition.
ENTERING THE HOME

When the person enters his home, he should remember Allah. Many people
enter their homes like cattle barns. And by Allah, I do not know, maybe the
animals remember Allah; because animals glorify Allah..Thus, perhaps,
they remember Allah when they enter the barns.

;٠‫ثل؛ءشجييسيكيف‬٠٠‫>هيءهىلل‬

And there is not a thing except that it glorifies His Praise. But you
understand not their glorification. 32

So perhaps, the animals have a. remembrance for entering and exiting the
bams that we do not know about. But the people enter and exit their homes
while not. remembering Allah, the Blessed and Ex'alted, except for a little.

‫إذا ذحوالدجوتته هدؤ الله عنت دخوله وعند شامه قال الئةهالذ‬
‫لةبؤألئشاة‬،‫آلةبسق‬

If the person enters his home and remembers Allah upon his entrance
and upon his food, Shaytan despondently says‫" ؛‬You have no place to
spend the night and no evening meal."33

Meaning, you are prohibited from spending the night at this house and you
are prohibited from eating dinner at this

32 Soorah Al Israa (17:44)

33 Collected by Abu Dawood 3765.

house; so leave this house. Your brothers from the Jinn remove the Shaytan.
Shaytan says: "You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal."
As for the person who enters his home like an animal enters a barn
without remembering Allah .and sits .down to eat without remembering
Allah, Shaytan happily takes his home as a residence and takes the evening
meal. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
‫دحونه‬ ‫عند‬ ‫لأل‬١ ١‫إئا بحق قلئ‬٠‫ و‬jii
‫ينر‬ ‫لعه‬١ ‫ينر‬ ‫لمتيث هإدا لمه‬١ ‫ ادركتم‬٠‫القبثادأ‬
‫ديث والعشاء‬١ ‫ال !دركر‬1 ‫تامه‬٠‫ل‬٠ ‫عند‬

But when .he enters without mentioning Allah's Name upon entering,
Shaytan says: "You have found a place to spend the night," and when
he does not mention Allah's Name upon his food, he says: "You have
found a place to spend the night and an evening meal."34

The people complain about an absence of blessings. You are feeding

Shaytan and lodging him in your homes. So why are you complaining about
the lack of blessings? .Likewise, if the man enters his home and does not
^eet his. family with Salaam, there will not be any blessings. There will
only be blessings if he enters his home and greets his family with Salaam.
There will be blessings for you and for your family.

Man is forbidden from eating meats which Allah's Name has not been
mentioned on, and likewise, the believing Jinn are also forbidden from this.
The Messenger made food for them from every bone which Allah's Name
was mentioned upon. And the food which the Name of Allah was not
mentioned upon is not permissible for them. The food which the Name of
Allah was not mentioned upon is for the devils and the disbelieving Jinn.
For this reason, some of the scholars .have stated the dead carcasses are the
food of Shaytan because the Name of Allah was not mentioned upon it. The
Prophet, peace be upon him, taught this to his companions and
they conveyed this to the people. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him,"
wrote in his letter to Abdullah ibn Yazid:

I ‫ السئعثا'ن‬٠‫منة ئصئ‬

‫ سزا؟ؤم هإئلةاثئيؤةىاؤاحت‬.‫أغا يئن فاشخو‬

As to what follows: "Cook your drinks until the share of the Shaytan'is
gone, for he has two (shares) and you have one."35

If the alcohol is not removed from the drink then Shaytan has a portion of
it, because intoxicants are the drink of Shaytan. Shaytan drinks alcohol and
eats dead animals, and he eats what Allah's Name has not been mentioned
upon. As for the believer then he is from the people of cleanliness and from
those who honor what Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has sent down upon
His Prophet, peace be upon him; thus, he abides by the commands.
DO THE JINN MARRY?

Do the Jinn marry? One of the scholars was asked: Do the Jinn marry, and
do the devils marry? He responded: "This was a wedding ceremony I did
not attend." Meaning, if they do marry, no one sent me an invitation to the
ceremony, so I did not witness the marriage. He said: "Then I reflected upon
the statement of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted:

Will you then tke him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers
rather than Me while they are enemies to' you? 36

(He said) thus, I realized that there must be marriage among the Jinn
because offspring only comes with intercourse, marriage, and
reproduction."

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has.stated in the Glorious Quran that
Shaytan has offspring and offspring only result from marriage. Therefore,
the Jinn increase and reproduce: likewise, they eat, drink and they laugh.

36 Soorah Al Kahf (18:50)

DO THE JINN DIE?

There is no doubt that the Jinn die just as humans die. All of them are
included in the statement of Allah, the Exalted:

‫دة تخث)ز‬

Everyone upon the earth will perish. And the Face of your Lord full of
Majesty and Honor will abide forever. Then which of the Blessings of
your Lord will you both .inn and men) deny. 37

Thus, the Jinn are like humans; they will die and nothing shall remain
except for Allah, the Exalted.

It has been collected by Muslim and Al Bukhari from the hadith of ibn
Abbas that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫ئدي أليثوت ور واإل'شيمومون‬١ ،‫أردبعزتش ا“لذي الالةإآلأ'ئث‬

I seek refuge in Your Might. There is nothing worthy of worship except

for you; the One who does not die, while Jinn a.nd humans die.38

The Jinn die just as humans die and no one knows their life span except for
Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Except for what Allah, the Blessed and
Exalted, has informed US about what is specific for Iblis, the accursed. This
is because Allah, the Blesse.d and Exalted, has informed US that Iblis
will remain alive until the hour is established.

(Iblis) said: "Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up." (Allah)
said: "You are of those allowed respite." 39
Thus, he is given respite. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has given him
respite-, until Allah established the Day of Judgment. Therefore, we know
his lifespan, although we do not know when it is going to end because no
one'knows when the Day of Judgment will occur except for Allah.
Thus, Iblis is the only Jinn who Allah has informed US that his lifespan will
continue until the Day of Judgment. As for the lifespan of the other Jinn,
then no one knows except for Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.

And there is no doubt that the Jinn live longer than humans. And they die as
the death of the Shaytan of Al Uzza has been narrated. Al Uzza was an idol
from the idols of the Arabs. She was worshipped in a shrine erected
especially' for her. The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent Khalid ibn
Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, to deshoy Al Uzza. When Khalid
went to destroy Al Uzza, the Shaytan of Al Uzzah 39 So.rah Al A'raf
(7:14-15) came out—a woman, with disheveled hair—wailing
and screaming. So Khalid attacked her, striking her with his sword while
saying: "O Uzza, upon you is disbelief not forgiveness; verily, I see that
Allah has disgraced you." When he struck her she died. Khalid rehirned to
the Prophet, peace be upon him, and informed him of what took place. The
Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "This was the Shaytan of Al
Uzza." .Meaning that woman you killed, with disheveled hair, that came out
wailing and screaming, she was the Shaytan of Al Uzza.

The Shaytan of this idol named Al Uzza was inside of this thing they used
to venerate, worship, perform pilgrimage to, circumambulate around it, and
perform sacrifices there. Perhaps a sorcerer would speak to the idol and the
Shaytan from the Jinn would speak from inside the idol, responding to the
person speaking to the idol. Thus, the one speaking to the idol would
believe the idol was speaking to him, while it is only the Shaytan of Al
Uzza inside of the idol speaking to him. Therefore, he killed her. May Allah
be pleased with him. Therefore, the Jinn die because Allah, the Blessed
and Exalted, has not granted eternal life to anyone. Allah, is the only One
who will remain, while humans and Jinn will die. Also there is the narration
of one of the Companions' of the Messenger, peace be upon him, who was
newly married. Abu Sa'eed Al Khudri said: 40 Translators note: Shaykh
Muhammad Aman Al Jami said in his explanation of "The Four Principles": Uzza refers to the
female Shaytan who was horn the Jinn

‫ق قكاذ ذلك الثش‬٠‫لئذ صل الله عليه وسلم إق اأقذت‬1 ‫قحرلجتا ثع رسول‬

‫إلى!هله‬٠ ‫جع‬٠‫هار هي‬٠‫لله عليه وسلم دأئصأف ال‬١ ‫سثأؤئ زثمول انفه صل‬
‫ حف عقك سالحلش‬٠٠ ‫وأسأذذهيوتا دعأل له زثولة ابثن صل الله عليه وسلم‬
‫ ا;!ته بي ايابي‬١‫جل يألحة ثم رجع قإذ‬٠‫أخد الئ‬٠ ."‫ظه‬:‫!غقى عق ي‬٤‫وإر‬
‫قايتة قأئؤى إيها الؤئغ ئثنها به ذءبتة ءيةققالشلةاكغفءقؤمح]ش ؤائخلي‬
‫ئ عظتة مطوية عق ايزاش‬١‫ عدحل عإدا ب‬.‫لتثضئئ قا الذي أغزحني‬٠‫ا‬
١‫ ء قئ‬٠‫لذاوفاضطتبئ‬١ ‫قألهذى إيقا يالؤمح قائهظتفا به مم حرج هركرلئ‬
‫لثةى قال قجئتا إق زسوب اشأ صل الله‬١ ‫م‬١ ‫لخئه‬١ ‫ا‬5‫ينزى أج كأن أئزغ ئؤ‬
‫عليه وسلم قذنمزئا‬

‫ب‬٠:-٠‫ ا‬٠٠ ،3‫ فقا‬. ‫ اللهه عقييه ى‬۶‫ذبك ئه ذس اذ‬

۶‫ذ‬

‫ هإئا ألثب منهب شء هآذنوة‬١‫ديته جج قذ آشو‬1‫ئلمقال" ي دا‬٠ " ‫لم‬٩‫بصاح‬

‫قان‬4‫ دكب بفن نيك قاهتلوة عإئثأ هو ش‬١‫قالة ي؛ هإن بذ‬

"There was a young man amongst US who had been newly wedded. We
went with Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him, (to participate in the
Battle) of Trench when a young man in the midday used to

seek permission from Allah's Messenger, peace be upon'him, to rehirn

to his family. One day he sought permission from him and Allah's
Messenger, peace be upon him, (after granting him the permission)
said to him: 'Carry your weapons with you for I fear the tribe of
Quraiza (may harm you).' The man carried the weapons and then
came back and found his'wife standing between the two doors. He bent
towards her smitten by Jealousy and made a dash'towards her with a
spear in order to stab her. She said: 'Keep your spear away and enter
the .house until you see that which has made me come out.' He entered
and found a big snake coiled on the bedding. He darted with the spear
and pierced it and then went out having secured the home, but the
snake quivered and attacked him and no one knew which of them
died first, the snake or the young man. We came to Allah's Messenger,
peace be upon him, and made a mention to him and said: 'Supplicate to
Allah that that (man) may be brought back to life.' Thereupon he said:
'Ask forgiveness for your companion,' and then said: 'There are in Al-
Madinah Jinn who have accepted Islam, so when you see any one of
them, pronounce a warning to it for three days, and if they appear
before you after that, then kill it for that is a Shaytan.'"4i Thus, the
snake died; meaning, that Jinn that took the form of the snake. The Jinn
died and he Companion died when he sttuck the snake and the snake struck
him; so it was not known which one of them died first. When the
Prophet, peace be upon him, was informed of this, he told them he had
ordered them not to kill the Jinn who reside in the houses until they had
warned them three times.

In summary, the Jinn die and their lifespan is longer than the lifespan of
humans. And we do not know the lifespan of the Jinn except the lifespan of
Iblis, the accursed, because Allah, the 'Blessed and Exalted, has informed
US that he has been granted respite until the Day of Judgment.
TEREDO THE JINN LIVE?

The Jinn live on the same earth we live on and they frequent and gather in
places of ruin and wilderness which are void of humans. They also
congregate in filthy places, such as bathrooms, washrooms, garbage heaps
and graveyards. Shaykh Al-Islam, may Allah have mercy upon him,
said: "The elders who accompany the devils-and they are from the allies of
Shaytan, not Allah-they seek refuge in the places where the Shaytan seeks
shelter." There are people who are from the lowest of the creation; those
who walk with devils in committing evil actions upon polytheism and
disbelief, misguidance and sin. These elders frequent garbage and ttash
heaps, and likewise, they frequent grave yards because the devils frequent
these places. There are narrations which prohibited praying in bathrooms
due to the filth contained therein and because they are also the places where
devils reside. Likewise, the Prophet, peace be upon him, has prohibited US
from praying in grave yards because they are a means leading
to polytheism. The Jinn also congregate in places they are able to corrupt
the people such as the market place. For- that reason, the Prophet, peace be
upon him, order us not to be the first person to go to the market place. And
he informed us that the market place is where Shaytan raises his flag for his
war. And Salman Al Farsi, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

‫ هإبي تئوجة‬،‫ وال آبز نن هيج يبا‬،‫لثوق‬١ ‫ال ثهوئئ وذ ائقهثغث!ول من يئاحل‬
‫ ؤب ينصب رايته‬،‫القيطاق‬

"If you are able, do not be the first person to enter the market-place or
the last one to leave it; for verily, it is the battlefield of Shaytan and he
raises his flag there."42

Corruption, gross misguidance, and swearing by other than Allah are evils
found in the market place. There is cheating, cunning, and deception. In the
market places, there are sins that involve women and men such as looking
and touching between them. All of these things make the market place
a breeding ground for Shaytan. The. devils congregate in the market places
due to seduction and temptation.
The devils spend the night in the homes where people live. And the Shaytan
is repelled from the homes by mentioning the Name of Allah—In the Name
of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful—and by the remembrance
of Allah and the recitation of the Quran, especially Soorah Al Baqarah; as
we have been informed by the Prophet, peace be upon him; and especially,
Ayatiil Kursi from Soorah Al Baqarah.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, taught US that Shaytan spreads and gather
at the advent of darkness; meaning, at the entiance of Maghrib, the Shaytan
scatters about. For that reason, the Prophet, peace be upon him, ordered US
to prevent our children from going out at the setting of the sun

and the entrance of darkness, at the time the Shaytan scatters about.

‫ هإذا‬،‫ هإئ الئذهئاذ تيز حشن‬، ‫ئفلم‬1‫ بي‬١‫ئتذثلم عئو‬٠‫ليلي أز أ‬١ ‫ ن غئح‬15. ٠‫إذ‬
‫ذ هإن السهئاذ ال‬٤‫ ال‬۶‫كزوا اذ‬٠‫ب زاذ‬١‫ ؤ|ا األبز‬، ‫ب‬٤‫عل قخلو‬١ ‫تاءة من‬٠ ‫ذئب‬
۶‫ زحمئواآئب زاذكؤوا اذ‬،‫لذذ‬١ ۶‫ زأزي قز؟كب زادكئوا ائ‬،‫تفتح ةا'آا ثئلها‬
‫ئؤثوا‬٠‫ ؤأ‬، ‫ ثنى‬1‫ ئته‬١^۶ ‫اللهع زئز أن‬

When the wings of the night spread-or when evening comes-keep your
children in, for the Shaytan come out at that time. Then when part of
the night has passed, let them go. And close the doors and mention the
name of Allah, for the Shaytan does not open a closed door. And tie up
your water skins and mention the name of Allah, and cover your
vessels and mention the name of Allah, even if you only put something
over them, and extinguish your lamps.43

And the Shaytan also runs away upon hearing the Athan.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫يسمع‬

‫ إذ'ا توؤي يالعئاله آص‬Ip ‫ط‬١‫ن زلة ؤز‬

‫ بوب االصالة دز‬١‫ أئتل حى اد‬£‫ا\ قغبي الئال‬4 )• ‫ؤين‬٢‫اق‬،

‫أ‬
‫ حر إذا قفي اليب أقل حرءف<تثذ اش ذي‬،

‫ خر‬،‫ قي ثنو‬٠‫ لم‬% ١‫ذو كذ‬١ ١‫ذو كذ‬١ ‫ وتعودت‬k

‫اآلجل!نقذريكبئل‬

In the call to prayer is given, the Shaytan runs away breaking wind
loudly so that he will not hear the call. Then when the call ends, he
comes but when Iqamah for prayer is given, he runs away, then
when the Iqamah ends, he comes back so that he can whisper to the-
individual, saying: "Remember such and such, remember such and
such"“ about things that he was not thinking... about, until he
distracts, confuses the man and he does not know how many rakahs he
prayed.44

And during the month of Ramadan, Shaytan and the rebellious Jinn are
chained up, meaning, they are shackled and bounded by chains as the
Prophet, peace be upon him, has informed US.

Shaytan loves to sit betiveen the shade and the sun. For this reason, the
Messenger of Allah, peace b'e upon him, forbade sitting between the shade
and the sun.

‫ف أن يمعت تثن‬٠‫ك‬- ‫لله عليه وسلم‬١ ‫ل‬٠ - ‫لبئ‬١ ‫ أن‬،‫ ص آييؤ‬،‫بن شدة‬١ ‫ض‬
‫لظل وشس‬١

It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah, from his father, that the Prophet
forbade sitting between the shade andsun.45
HOW DO THE JINN TRAVEL?

How do the Jinn travel? Some of them fly, and some of them are snakes
and' dogs. The Prophet, peace be upon him, has informed US about these
categories. They have riding beasts and they have vehicles they ride. They
ride on the backs of their beast as the humans do. As it comes in the hadith
of ibn Masood:

They (the Jinn) asked him (the Prophet) about their provision and he said:
"Every bone on which the name of Allah is recited, is your provision. The
time it will fall in your hand, it would be covered with flesh, and the dung
of (the camels) is fodder for your animals."

And our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, informed US that Shaytan has
horses. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said:

< ‫؛بك ودحيكث‬% ‫لب عيم‬٠‫ئك ول‬١‫ نبم س‬٠‫> وأسعنر سآسئثق‬

And befool them gradually, those whom you can among them with your
voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers. ٠

Thus, Allah, the Blessed and. Exalted, informed US that Shaytan has horses
and he rides them, and he constantly attacks the son of Adam. "Assault
them with your horses and foot soldiers."

There are animals that accompany Shaytan. From these animals that
accompany Shaytan is the camel. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:.

‫إف االبل‬

‫نا‬,‫من الشياطين وإن وراء كل بعرا شيطا‬

Verily, the camel was created from the Shaytan, and behind every
camel is a Shaytan..

For'this reason, the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade praying where
camels kneel, down. Al Baraa ibn 'Azib said:
‫و ساود اإليل كال" آلئورفي سارك اإلبل فاي يمن اصن"ل ونع‬/‫ذثئل ص الئال‬
‫ا ^ هإيتئكه‬٠‫ طلح‬٠٠‫ص الثالك ل صا;ض اهلئتم كال‬

He was asked about saying prayer in places where the camels kneel
down. He replied: "Do not offer prayer in places where the camels
kneel down. These are the places of Shaytan." He was asked about
saying prayer in the sheepfolds. He replied: "You may offer prayer in
such places; these are the places.of blessing."48 And.it has been narrated
by 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal, may Allah be please.d with him., that the
Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫طوا فى قدابض القم زأل ئوا ف أغطان اإلبل فإي‬

‫حلعت من الياطن‬

Pray in sheep pens and do not pray where camels rest; for verily, they
were created from Shaytan.*‫؟‬

This is a refutation upon those who say the reason of the prohibition of
prayer in the camel stalls is due to the filth of the urine and feces. And
this'is not correct because the urine and feces of animals which can be eaten
is pure and not filthy. Rather, it has been narrated from Anas:

‫أز‬ ‫ دزد‬- ‫ائدية‬ ‫وابئزوا‬ - ‫كم‬ ‫لله عبه وسفم ص من‬١ ‫ل‬٠
‫دكد أؤ عديتة هأمر‬ ‫ا'لتتى‬ ‫فال أر‬
‫ ؤاؤائ قققئوا الناعي زانئائوا اإلد يثق فى طبهب‬٠‫يقاح سزبول ألةاةة‬
‫م وأزجتهم وتتد أعئنهم‬4‫ئع أيبت‬

A group of men from 'Ukl, or 'Uraynah, came to the Prophet, peace be

upon him, and when the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them, he
told them to go to some camels and drink their milk and urine.
Then they killed the herdsman and 'Stole the camels. He sent (men)
after them, and had th.eir hands and feet cut off, and tlieir eyes gouged
out.5٠

49 Collated by Ibn Majah 769.

50 Collected by An Nasa'i 4027.

And this was not harsh; rather, this was the appropriate action in sihiations
of betrayal. It was the epitome of mercy because they betrayed the trust.
Betrayal, when granted a trust, is from the most heinous forms of betrayal;
thus, the Prophet, peace be upon him, dealt with them in this manner to
make an example out of them.

Perhaps someone will say: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The
black dog is Shaytan;" and he said, "The camel was created from Shaytan'."
Perhaps someone will say, the dog is known to be a dog and it is born from
a dog; so how can it be Shaytan? And likewise, the camel is bom from
a camel so how can it be Shaytan?

Abu Al Wafa ibn Aqeel, may Allah have mercy upon him— who was from
the major scholars of Islam, and he was Hanbali, except had with him some
shades of At-Ta'weel (false interpretation)—he said: "This resembles them
to Shaytan because the black dog is the evilest dog and the one with the
least benefit. And the camel resembles the Jinn from the aspect that camels
are difficult to handle. As it is said: 'So and so is a Shaytan.'"

< ‫ي بجي‬٠٠‫ وأل‬٠‫ سيطنن آإلفر‬p+Sm ‫ ;حئث>آلعذل عدورأ‬0‫> وق س‬

Devils among mankind and Jinn; inspiring one another with adorned
speech as a delusion. 51

Thus, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, clarified that some humans are devils
just as some Jinn are devils. Thus, these devils from the humans, were they
created from fire as the

origin of the creation of Shaytan? Or, does this refer to their distance from
the truth or their burning due to their sins? Allah, the Blessed and Exalted,
has made living things-from our realm on the earth created from water. The
dog and the camel are from the living creatures of the earth and they are 'not
from the Jinn in reality; rather, they are from the creatures of the earth.
And We have made from water every living thing. 52

As for the Shaytan then they are created from fire.

POWERS AND ABILITIES OF THE JINN

Our lack of knowledge in 'our religion in regard to the Jinn's abilities is a

prominent cause behind believing in superstitions. Thus, we picture the Jinn
having power over all things, and that the Jinn can do anything, and there
is nothing they are unable to do.

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has given the Jinn ability and He has also
clarified that they are unable to do many things. Allah, the Blessed and
Exalted, has given the Jinn the ability to move and transport items quickly.
For example, the Ifrit from the Jinn said to Sulayman that he was able to
bring the throne of the queen of Yemen to Baitul-Maqdis in Palestine. So he
would bring the throne from Sana in Yemen to Maqdis in Palestine before
Prophet Sulayman could stand up from his gathering. And, ‫ ئ‬he were to sit
from daybreak until afternoon, this would still be a short time to.bring the
throne from Yemen to Palestine. He said:

An Ifrit from the Jinn said: "I will bring .it :to you before you rise from
your place (council). And verily, I am indeed strong, 'and trustworthy
for such work."53

But the one who was granted knowledge of the Book—and this is the result
of nobility and the virtue of knowledge — was able to do something the
Ifrit from the Jinn was not able to do regardless of his strength. Look at
what he said:

< ‫ئك‬٠ 4‫> هبرسق ءت؛لءآل ةائكفىسهءتللذة‬

One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said:

"I will bring it to you within' the twinkling of an

eye٠"54

So, before he was able to complete his speech, he had blinked: thus, he
found the throne present in front of him.

*:jtf5\ ‫ل ه‬٠‫ل هثد\ من ىئ‬١‫ر ء‬٠‫> ءث‬

And when [Sulayman] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from
the favor of my Lord." 55

Meaning, he was still discussing bringing the throne .of Bilqis from Yemen
to Maqdis, and before he finished this discussion, he had blinked and the
throne was present in front of him.

Allah' has granted the Jinn the ability to move and hansport with rapid
velocity. And Allah has placed them at the fore-front of space travel. Since
long ago, they have travelled to the heavens and stolen information from the
heavens in order to collect information about fuhrre events. Thus, when the
Messenger, peace be upon him, was sent,.since then, the 1 2

heavens became more, guarded. .They would try to steal a listen from the
heavens in order to bring knowledge of .the Unseen. So, if they would get
knowledge of the Unseen, one of them would bring it to the ear of a fortune
teller. Then the fortune teller adds one hundred lies to it. So, if the
person believes the forhine teller or sorcerer concerning the affairs of the
Unseen, he will be deceived. The person will say: "Just as he was truthful in
this affair, he will be huthful in other issues." This is despite the fact that he
has added one hundred lies to the truth; as we have been informed by
the Prophet, peace be upon him.

Thus, they have preceded man in space travel, because today man is still
trying to penetrate the atmosphere of space. Today, man has only reached
the outskirts of space which are close to the earth. Man has only gone a
short distance, like if you were to travel from this neighborhood to
another. As it relates to space, we have not reached anywhere. As for the
Jinn, or our Lord, the Most Gracious, thfe Most Merciful, says a-bout them:

And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern
guards and flaming fires. 56 And verily, we used to sit there in stations,
to (steal) a hearing but any who listens now will find a flaming fire
watching him in ambush. 57

They used to sit in stations to listen and steal from the heavens as Allah, the
Blessed and Exalted, has informed US. They sat in stations to listen and
steal information related to the Unseen. This is because:

‫ سبه ء‬٠ ‫تاى يقزبؤ‬١‫إدا قش اس االغن فى اشاع فزتت ائالكة ابيضها خغ‬
‫لفي‬٠‫لخق زثؤ ا‬١ ٤‫ بغني قال‬١‫ قائو‬،‫ل ذبفلم‬1‫ ق‬١‫ تاذ‬١‫قثذان هإدا هئع ص قائو‬٠
‫ وسبرى الئب^ هكدا بعصه قزق بعغس — ننصف‬،‫لي قنئتثنا متسرق الثئع‬٠‫ا‬
‫— سفاد بكمه قحذقنا وبدد بأن اصابعه‬

‫ حر ثنمب عل ل‬،‫آلشإلى تن محئه‬١ ١‫ يكب ود تن ئ ثء شه‬،‫صخ اهلكب‬ole

،‫ةة‬٠‫لقائا يق أذ تذر‬٦ ‫ زني‬،‫بب يق أئ ئذب‬٤‫ قذج أنزلة ال‬،‫لكاص‬٠‫لئاحر أو ا‬١
‫كدا زكنا يصنق‬٠ ‫قدا‬٠‫كثا ذ‬٠ ۶‫ ئز‬٥ >‫ يقال> أيس قذ قال‬،‫ ذكة كنته‬١‫يكذب ةثه‬
‫سلك الكنتؤ افي تجع من المحاء‬

’.When Allah decrees some order in the heaven, the Angels flutter their
wings indicating 'Complete surrender to His saying, which sounds like
chains being dragged on rock. And when the state of fear disappears,
they ask each other, "What has your Lord ordered?" They say that He
has said that which is frue and Just, and He is the Most High, the Most
Great.

Then the stealthy listeners (from the Jinn) hear this order, and these
stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other. (Sufyan, a sub-
narrator, .demonstrated that by holding his hand upright and
separating the fingers.) A stealthy listener hears a word which he will
convey to that which is below him and the second will convey it to that
which is below him till the last of them will convey it to the wizard
or foreteller. Sometimes a flame may stiike the devil before he can
convey it, and sometimes he may convey it before the flame (fire)
strikes hinr, whereupon, the wizard adds to that word a hundred lies.
The people will then say, "Didn't he (i.e٠, magician) tell such-and-such
a thing on such-and-such date?" So that magician is said to have told
the truth because of the statement which has been heard from the
heavens.ss

The statement of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is the tiuth. Thus, it is
tiansmitted until it reaches the Angels of the lowest heavens. When it is
there, the Jinn steal a listen. Those who listen to the words from the
command of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, before they take place, they try
to take the words they heard and bring them to the fortime teller. So, either
they are hit by the comet which Allah shoots at them, or Allah allows them
to deliver the words from the Unseen to the fortime teller where the fortime
teller adds to it one hundred lies.

And the Prophet, peace be upon him, informed US that the Jinn steal a
listen in a manner which is easier than this. When 3

the Angels are speaking.in the clouds about an affair to occur upon the
earth, the Shaytan listens and places it in the ear of the fortirne teller and he
adds one hundred lies to it.
1

Soorah An Naml (27:40)

2

Soorah An Naml (27:40)

3

Collected by Al Bukhari 324

TECHNOLOGY OF THE JINN

The Jinn have knowledge of construction and industrialization. And their

knowledge of construction and industrialization is .eater than the
knowledge possessed by humans. They have specific tools of building
and construction, and likewise, advancement in industrial development, and
inventions, which man has yet to re.ach. Allah informed US that He made
the Jinn subservient to His Prophet Sulayman-peace be upon him. Thus,
they would perform a great deal of work for him that requires
strength, intelligence, skills and knowledge

And there were Jinn that worked in front of him, by the permission of
his Lord, and whosoever of them turned asi.de from Our command.
We shall cause him to taste of the torment of the blazing Fire. They
made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, stahies, basins as
large as reservoirs, and stationary kettles.59 Thus, these things.require
skills and ability. Perhaps, they even' reached the level of discovery and
invention such as the radio and television and other than that.

Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: "Some of the Shuyookh, who used to
keep contact with the Jinn, informed him that the Jinn showed him
something shining, resembling water and glass;, it would present an'
image inside of it for him, and it acted as a mean of commimication so both
parties could reach out to each other through it.

This was something resembling water and glass, meaning, like a television
screen for example. And the device was with him. Through this device, he
and the Jinn could relay information to each other.
He said: "So I 'Would be informed of the information from this thing
resembling water and glass,' so I would inform the people of the news
which came to me. And the .Jinn would relay to me my friends' request for
assistance, so I would respond to them.

Meaning, this device was a means of sending and receiving

.communications. And this device was with him and he would see and hear
the speech of the Jinn that were working with him. And his brothers who
were seeking his help could hear his voice. Shaykh Al-Islam., may Allah
have mercy upon him, said: "The man said, 'So I would answer
him;"' meaning, that I would hear the voice of m.y friends seeking myhelp.

And this man was from the'Shuyookh who used to live among the Jinn and'
travel with them. So, if his friends were to request directions from him, so
they could go to him, one of them would say, "O so and so;" and he would
respond to them. How would he respond to them and how would he

hear them? Through the communication device which the Jinn invented
during the era of Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah 60, may Allah have mercy
upon him.

And he (Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah), may Allah have-mercy upon him,
said about himself, that some of his companions came to him-and he is an
Imaam of guidance, there was not found in his heart a place for shirk and he
was upright upon the religion of Allah, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Some of his companions came to him and they said; "May Allah reward
you with good, our Shaykh, and may Allah bless you." He responded: "And
why do you say this?" They said: "We were upon a journey and we
became lost in the desert. (They had become lost in the desert and the one
who 'is lost in the desert will die of hunger and thirst.) So, we began to seek
the help of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.

"And then we heard your voice but we did not see you. And you said to us;
the right direction is in such and such way. (Meaning, walk this way and
then turn here and you will find the path and the straightway). Thus, we
followed your directions when we heard your voice, and we went in
the direction you guided US to, so we found our way; may Allah reward
you with good." He (ibn Taymiyah) responded: "By Allah, I did not hear
anything nor did I say anything, and I did not leave from my place; but
rather, that was a Jinn that loves us."

He was beloved even by the Jinn, may Allah have mercy upon him.

٥٥. ibn Taymiyyah died in the year 728H coinciding with the year 1328
SHAPE SHIFTERS

From the abilities Allah, the Best'and Exalted, has granted the Jinn is the
ability to alter their shape and appearance. The Jinn have the ability to take
the form of humans and animals. And Shaytan came to the pagans during
the'battle of Badr in the form of a man'named Suraqah ibn Malik, promising
to assist the pagans.

And [remember] when Shaytan made their deeds pleasing to them and
said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and
indeed, I am by your side as a protector.".But when the two
forces came in sight of each other, he ran away and said, "Verily, I have
nothing to do with you. Verilyl I see what you see not. Verily‫ ؟‬I fear
Allah for Allah is Severe in punishment.61

As there is the narration of Abu Huraira, may Allah be

pleased with him, he said:

، ‫ أبنأتحئذذ دزكاه زتفماة‬٠' ، ۶‫لله عله ؤسئ‬١ ‫لثذصق‬١ ‫أتزبي رسود‬

‫ ألرهعنك إق زثمود‬: ‫ قمئت‬، ‫ عأحنبة‬، ‫ قجعل ئو مئ الثثام‬، ‫وأقى آت‬
‫ ؤفي‬،‫ وعق عقال‬،‫ دعني بإي كاج‬: ‫ل‬١‫ ةع‬، ۶‫ءلي زسئ‬٠ ‫لله‬1 ‫لغذ صئ‬١
‫لله عقه وشلم‬١ ‫ذئاللبثخل‬،‫ هأنبنث‬:‫ئد‬،‫ يه ققيق يذ‬: ‫ قال‬،‫لخالجة سديت ي‬

‫أ‬ ‫أ‬
‫جئ أصبحث ‪ ٠٠:‬يأ ‪٢‬با ثوئوة م‪ ١‬قتلأسثرك ‪١‬عله ؟ ‪ . ٠٠‬ققنن‬
‫‪:‬ئاذبثال‪٤‬ه‪ ،‬شك‪ 1‬حاج‪ ٤‬كدينة من صب‪1‬ل وجهد ‪ ،‬قوحمتة ‪ ،‬قحئيث بيته ‪،‬‬
‫ع‪1‬ل ‪٢ ٠٠ :‬ما !نة قذ كث بك وسبعون ‪ ، ٠٠‬قال ‪ :‬قوصنه أبو ئويوة ‪ ،.‬قجاة‬
‫يعثو من ‪1‬لشم‪ ،‬تأغذئذ‪ ،‬ئقنق ‪ :‬قذ نئش |الئئوت ذأنآل قذ غذث ‪ ،‬قلل ‪:‬‬
‫الزقتئق زق رس‪٠‬ول ‪١‬لثذ صل ‪١‬لله عله زشئ‪ ، ۶‬هأل ‪ :‬نعني قزل ؤ‪،٠‬‬
‫قأصع‪ ،‬قدل ‪١‬وث صل ‪، I :‬حا‪-‬جه وعق ‪٠‬صا د ؤال أعوذ ‪ ،‬قوئة ؤ‪:‬يال تسله‬
‫‪١‬لأل ش زتئ‪ :۶‬ا‪٠‬ئايا ئوئزةتأ قتوأبرن الهة ؟ ‪ . ٠٠‬ققنن‬

‫يا سئ ‪١‬لئذ قكا حاجة شدينة‪ ،‬قوئة وحثيث سبيله‪ ،‬قال ‪:‬‬

‫‪ ٠٠‬أى ‪ ٩‬قذ كذ‪:‬ك وستون ‪ . ٠٠‬دل‪ :‬قوصد؛ةو ثذيوة‪ ،‬قدل‪ :‬ألزقتئك ق زشوني‪:‬‬
‫اللهه صل اللهه م زتئ‪ ، ۶‬ئاا‬

‫آخؤ‪5‬الثيل‪،‬تقود ‪:‬وق ال‪!٠‬ضئث‪£‬قثوئ‪ ،‬دل ‪ :‬دغي اشق ذؤ‪١‬ت ثئفثش‪،‬‬

‫هئ ؟ ‪ ،‬دل ‪ :‬إد‪ ١‬آثيق'إق فزاثاث‪ ، ٠‬فاقز!آقة ‪١‬يتخمئ من! ‪ : U‬ه‪1‬ل‬
‫ثعإقآخرثا‪ ،‬هإدة ال تؤال عثك مئ اطن حافظ ‪ ،‬ؤال هفزئق سطان ‪ ،‬حر‬
‫ق‪٠‬تل! ‪ U‬ئبخ ‪ ،‬قال ‪ :‬قأصح ‪ ،‬كال الس صق الله عقه ز‪٠‬تئلم ‪٠٠ :‬‬
‫سنك ‪١‬ليتة ؟ا’‪.‬قال‪:‬ثاذبئ الئذزء‪۶‬‬

‫‪٢‬ةل ال ي;ة‪ ،‬ذشني كقأت ذء‪ ۶‬أذ ‪١‬للهءء نجل ئشش ه‪،‬ى ل ‪ ٠٠ :‬ق‪١‬‬
‫هئ ؟ ‪ . ٠٠‬قنن ‪ :‬ق‪1‬ل يى ‪ :‬إذ‪ 1‬آؤيث ولى‬

‫ؤز‪١‬ؤلق‪ ،‬قاقزأقةا‪٠‬ألزئ‪ ،‬قإئةالةؤال عق ص الذذ‪٤‬ؤ زحل خ‪٠‬ؤة‪،‬‬

‫إ!ه ‪ uf‬زاليمئبلث‪ ٠‬قنعئال حرئبخ‪ ،‬قال ‪ :‬كال ‪١‬لسث صل ‪١‬لله عه ز‪٠‬تئلم ‪٠٠ :‬‬
‫قذ صدقك‪ ،‬زئز نذوب‪ ،‬قنوي نى ةثأطب ثئذ ‪5‬الث ئت‪١‬ل ؟ ‪ . ٠٠‬قأل ‪:‬‬
‫ال‪ ،‬قال‪٠':‬ية'ةيلقاقكاة‬

‫‪The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, put me in charge of‬‬

‫‪charity of Ramadan. Somebody came to me and began to take away‬‬
‫‪some food-stuff. I caught him and said, "I must take you to the‬‬
‫‪Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." He. said, "I am a.needy man‬‬
‫‪with a large family, and so I have a pressing need." I let him go. When I‬‬
‫‪saw the Messenger of‬‬
Allah, peace be upon him, the next morning he asked me, ."O Abu
Huraira! What did your captive do last night?" I said, "O Messenger
of Allah! He complained of a pressing need and a big famtiy. I felt pity
for him so I let him go." He, peace be upon him, said, "He told you a lie
and he will rehirn." I was sure, according to the saying of the
Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that he would rehirn. I waited
for him. He sneaked up again and began to steal food-shiff 'from the
Sadaqa. I .caught him and said; "I must take you to the Messenger of
Allah, peace be upon him." He said, "Let go of me. I am a needy man. I
have to bear the expenses of a big family. I will not 'Come back." So
I took pity on him and let him go. I went at dawn to the Messenger of
Allah, peace be upon him, who asked me, "O Abu Huraira! lat did
your captive do last night?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah!
.He complained of a pressing want and the burden of a big family. I
took pity on him and so I let him go." He, peace be upon him, said, "He
told you a lie and he will rehirn." (That man) came again to steal the
fo.od_ stuff. I arrested him and said, "I must take you to
.the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and this is the last of three
times. You promised that you would not come again but you did." He
said, "Let go of me-, I shall teach you some words with which Allah
may benefit you." I asked, "What are those words?" He replied,
"When you go-to bed, recite Ayatul Kursi for there will be a guardian
appointed over you from Allah, and'Satan will not be able to approach
you till morning." So I let him go. The next morning, the Messenger of
Allah, peace be upon him, asked me.

"What did your prisoner do last -night?" I answered, "He promised to

teach me s.ome words which he claimed will benefit me before Allah.
So I let him go." The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked,
"What are those words that he taught you?" I said, "He told, me:
'When you go to .bed, recite Ayatul Kursi from the beginning to the end
[i.e٠, Allah‫ ؛‬None has the right to be worshipped but He, the
Ever Living, the One lo sustains and protects all that exists. Neither
slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the
heavens and whatever is on the earth, lo is he that can intercede with
Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His
creahires) in this world, .and what will happen to them in the
Hereafter.. And they will never compass anything of His
Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi encompasses the
heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not fatigue Him. And
He is the Most High, the Most Great. (2:255)]'" He added: "'By
reciting it, there will be a guardian appointed over you from Allah
who will protect you during the night, and Satan, will not be able to
come, near you until morn-ing.'" The Messenger of Allah, peace be
.upon him, said, "Verily, he has told you the tiuth though he is a liar, o
Abu Huraira! Do you know with whom you were speaking for the last
three nights?" I said, "No." He, peace be upon him, said, "He was
Shaytan."٥2 Thus, this was Shaytan disguising in the appearance of
a human and speaking with Abu Huraira. And Shaytan may

also take the form of animals: a camel, donkey, cow, dog, or a cat. And how
often does Shaytantake the form of black dogs and cats?! And the Prophet,
peace be upon him, informed US that the black dog passing in front of the
person interrupts and invalidates his prayer. When he was asked concerning
the difference behveen the black dog, and the red and yellow dog? He
replied:

‫ة‬1‫اةؤذباألصئشيل‬

The black dog is ShaytanA‫؟‬

The Jinn often take the form of black dogs as well as black cats, because
black is more conducive than other colors for containing Satanic shength
and' intense heat which is appropriate for Shaytan.

The Jinn also take the form of snakes and they appear to the people. For this
reason, the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade killing house snakes,
fearing it could be a Jinn who had entered into Islam. The Prophet, peace be
upon him, said:

٥‫و‬٠۴

‫ةسئا هادئوه نالثة‬٠ ‫ رأيقب بنير‬١‫حتا ثذ آتلثو؛ ءإذ‬٠ ‫لديتة‬٠‫إن دا‬

‫أ‬ ‫أ‬
‫ي م هإن يث‪ ١‬لئى‪ ١‬بعت ئللث> عأهتلو‪ 0‬هإي هؤ سطأة!‬

‫‪There are in Al-Madinah Jinn who have accepted Islam, so when you‬‬
‫‪see any one of them, pronounce a 1‬‬

‫‪warning to it for three days, and if they appear before you after that,‬‬
‫‪then kill it for that is a Shaytan.64‬‬

‫‪One of the Companions killed a house snake and this was the cause of his‬‬
‫‪death.. Abu As-Sa'ib, the freed slaved of Hisham ibn Zuhra said:‬‬

‫اةئكلبري شعيد اةذ‪٠‬يي وتفه ة‪١‬ل ‪٤‬ذجذهلممقل قجئمئست اتظؤة حر‬

‫يعفي صألثة سمعت محرك‪ ١‬في <اجثن فى اجهؤ ا‪٠‬لتت قا‪٠‬ئ هإذا حج قؤثت‬
‫قجئسث قه ا؛<ئ!شارالستفى الذ‪.‬اركاليىثذا ‪ JJJrS .‬ألهجلها قأشارإة!ن‬
‫اكتقمذغذ‪٠‬قم‪٠‬عالكانفههى‪٠‬ئ‪ ١‬حديثه عهد يثزمس ‪ -‬قال ‪ -‬قحرلجتا بع‬
‫رسول الفن صل ‪١‬لله عليه وسلم |لى ‪.‬لخندق هكاث بلك ‪١‬لثةى ئتمقأؤة‬
‫رثول ابثن صل الله عليه وسلم بأبصاف الئفار هيحع إق أئله قائقأذنة ثزئا كال‬
‫له زثمول ابثن صل الله عليه و‪.‬سلم '‪ ٠‬غذ‬

‫قألحث |آلجل سالحه‬ ‫‪.‬‬ ‫دجع قإذا ائنأقة س اباس قايتة ‪P‬‬
‫مش سالاحلش قه أغش ظك و‪:‬دظه '‪٠‬‬
‫قأئؤى إبها ‪١‬لذئخ بطثها به ؤسته عدة هقألث ئه ‪١‬ئذ دبك رمحك ؤ‪١‬ذغلي السثه حر‬
‫سنو قا ائني أغرجؤي ‪ .‬قدلحق‬

‫هادا يحج عظتة منعنويؤ عق الغرامي قأئذى إبها بالرمح‬

‫عاسثلئها يه بم ئزج عئكزه في' النار قاصطدبت عاته ي يذرى أج ةال‪ ٤‬أنزغ‬
‫ئحه ولى ؤثول األنصل الله عليه وسلم قذنمنثا ‪ ju‬تزى ‪1‬لخئة أم اهلثش‬
‫ذبك له زئئتا اع اطه‬

‫يؤ ى ‪ .‬قل‪ ٠٠ ٠‬ا‪٠‬ئتئؤذوا لث‪٠‬احسكب ” ‪ .‬ثء ى د ‪ ٠٠‬وة ب‪ 1‬لدينه جى قئ‬

‫بئت ‪ fid‬أئئثو‪ ١‬قزة‪ ١‬رأي‪٠‬م يئهم قإة‪ ١‬قآؤئوه قالئة أي‪١‬م هإن بث‪١‬‬
‫نبك قاقثئو‪ ٥‬قإو‪ ١‬هوش‪4‬الن‬
‫‪He visited Abu Saeed Khudri in his house; (and he further) said: "I‬‬
‫‪found him saying his prayer, so I sat down waiting for' him to finish his‬‬
prayer when I heard a stir in the bundles (of wood) lying in a comer of
the house. I looked towards it and found a snake. I Jumped up in order
to kill it, but he (Abu Saeed Khudri) made a gesture that I should sit
down. So I sat down and as he finished (the prayer) he pointed to a
room in the house and said: 'Do you see this room?' I said: 'Yes.' He
said: 'There was a young man amongst US who had been newly wedded.
We went with Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him, (to participate in
the Battle) of Trench when a young man in the midday used to seek
permission from Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him, to return to
his family. One day he sought permission from him and Allah's
Messenger, peace be upon him, (after panting him the permission) said
to him: 'Carry your weapons

with you for I fear the tribe of Quraiza (may harm you).' The man
carried the weapons and then came back and found his wife standing
between the two doors. He bent towards her smitten by Jealousy
and made a dash towards her with a spear in order to stab her. She
said: 'Keep your spear away and enter the house until you see that
which has made me come out.' He entered and found a big snake coiled
on the bedding. He darted with the spear and pier.ced it and then went
out having secured.the home, but the snake quivered and attacked him
and no one knew which of them died first, the snake or the young
man. We came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and
made a mention to him and said: 'Supplicate to Allah that that (man)
may be. ,brought ba.ck to life'. Thereupon he said-: 'Ask forgiveness
for your companion,' and then said: 'There ar'e in Al-Madinah Jinn
who have accepted Islam, so when you see any one of them, pronounce
a warning to it for three days, and if they appear before you after that,
then kill it for that is a Shaytan.""٥5

There are some important cautions surrounding killing house snakes. This
ruling concerning the prohibition of killing house snakes is specific to some
snakes, not all snakes. Rather, it is the snakes which are only seen in
the house. As for the snakes which you find outside of the home then you
are commanded to kill them even when found in the sacred lands. Thus, if
we see a house snake, it is upon US to order the snake to exit the home.
We say: "I oblige you, by Allah, to leave this home and to distance yourself
from US and your evil; ‫ ئ‬not we will kill you". .And if it is seen after three
days then you kill it because it is a Shaytan as the Prophet, peace be upon
him, has stated. The reason it is killed after three days is because we have
affirmed that it is a non-Muslim Jinn because if it was a Muslim Jinn it
would have left the home. And if it is a real viper and not a Jinn which has
taken the form of a snake then it deserves to be killed. And if it is a
rebellious disbelieving Jinn then it deserves to be killed due to. its harm and
its frightening the people of the house. And the exception from the Jinn of
the house are those killed with warning. The Prophet, peace be upon him,
said:

‫ وال‬،‫زذ‬£‫لوا اب‬٠‫ ال تة‬JS ‫لؤذذ‬١ ٠‫ فإذةيتقط‬،‫أبوؤي طفكي‬،

‫ عاعتلوه‬،‫ئعو‬١ ‫ويذهب‬

Do not kill snakes except the short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake with

two white lines on its back, for it c'auses abortion and makes one blind.
So killit.66

ARE ALL SNAKES FROM THE JINN OR JUST SOME ٠F THEM?

1

Collected by An Nisa'1750.
ARE ALL SNAKES FROM THE JINN OR JUST SOME OF THEM?

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫ كإ مخت القردة و الخنازير من بثي‬،‫الحيات مخ الجن‬

‫إسرائيل‬

Snakes are Jinn who have been transformed Just like the children of
Israel were transformed into monkeys and pigs.67

Shaytan runs through the son of Adam like blood through his veins as we
have been informed by the Prophet, peace be upon him:

‫لئح‬١ ‫بنآقم مجرى‬١ ‫لسحتاذ وي ص‬١ ‫إك‬

Verily, Shaytan flows through man like blood.“

‫ش عيه رطم ممدئ هأبثث أؤوؤة‬١ ‫لى‬٩٠ ‫هره‬١ ‫ن زثوئء‬1‫ ك‬٠‫ فالئ‬،‫عن صمه‬
‫تة‬1‫ر أت‬1‫ثقا في ة‬٤‫م تعي لقهلبي وكاذ> تئ‬1‫مأثت وق‬1‫لبأل عحدئته ونمت ه‬
‫لى الله عليه وسلم أئرعا ققال‬٠ ‫لةئ‬١ ‫الثار ئي ذي‬1 ‫ قتؤ رجالن مى‬- ‫بي ريي‬
1‫أل ثبت ذ اللهه ي‬1‫ ع‬. " ‫البي صل الله عليه وسلم " ئل وشإيى ئ ينق خئ‬
1 ‫ة قال> " أل‬٤‫زثول اا‬

١‫زقال " ةز‬٢."‫لوفقمما كخا‬1 ‫فى‬٠‫م هحشيث أذ منف‬٠‫ محرى الد‬١‫ من اإلئساز‬15‫ة ا‬٠‫اشئ‬

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was in the I'tikaf

(seclusion in the Masjid). I came to visit him at night. I talked to him,
got up and turned my back. He got up with me to accompany me. And
she was living in the house of Usamah ibn Zaid. Two men of the Ansar
passed by him. When they saw the Messenger .of Allah (peace be upon
him), they walked quickly. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Be
at ease; she is Safiyyah daughter of Huyayy." They said: "Glory be to
Allah, Messenger of AllahJ" He said: "Shaytan flows in man as the
blood flows in him. I feared that he might inject something in your
hearts," or he said "evil in your hearts."6‫؟‬
This is from the abilities Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has given the Jinn
and the Jinn are weak and incapable in other areas, because. Jinn are similar
to man; they have strengths and weaknesses. Allah, the Blessed and
Exalted, said:

Verily, the plot of Shaytan is feeble. 70

1

Collected by Ibn Haban 1080; Shaykh Al Albani declared it authentic

68 Collected by Abu Dawud 4719.
THE WEAKNESS OFTHE JINN AND SHAYTAN

From the areas of weakness of the Jinn, and Shaytan is they have no
authority over the righteous servants of Allah. Allah did not empower
Shaytan with the ability to compel or force man upon misguidance and
disbelief. Rather, Shaytan beautifies this for man and man follows him by
choice if he chooses to do so.

< k ‫ رمكة‬٤‫ عدهر ثنقة ةقد‬١‫ءسأيى نبس الث‬

Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And

sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs. 71

< ‫ بى سإل‬١‫الذذ يئن هو ةه‬١ ‫إال تذم تن يببن‬،‫فاث ال< عنيم بن سئقي‬٠ ١‫> وم‬

And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We
might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in
doubt. 72

And as it is known, Shaytan beautifies and deceives the people. And he is

diligent in inciting them to do evil, but he does not force them to do so.
Shaytan understands this reality. 1 2

(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I. shall indeed adorn
the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead
them all. Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them. 73
And' he knows that he has no authority over those who worship Allah
sincerely and are righteously. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, gives Shaytan
authority over someone if the person is pl'eased with his ideology and
follows him.

< ‫ إل> هبادى فس أك‬ff ‫سئشن اال مزأبعك يىآلثأين‬

Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who
follow you of the Ghawin (iMushrikun and those who go
astoay, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers, etc.). 74

Rather, Shaytan will say on the Day of Judgment to his followers, those he
misguided, those who will perish in the fire:

73SoorahHijr (15:39-40) 74 SoorahHijr (15:42)

I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to
me. 75

This authority and this dominance over man is his authority by seduction and
misguidance, and mastery over those who are astray.'He tempts them to
disbelief and polytheism and he does not leave them alone. This incitement
upon sin and falsehood, by way of Satanic means, this is the
authority Shaytan has over 'man.
And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, grants Shaytan au'thority over the
believers due to their sins.

‫ إ هإذا جاز ء عئة ؤلزنة الغيناة‬٠‫إذ اللهه نع القابي قا لم‬

Indeed, Allah is with'the 'Judge as 'long' as he 'is not unjust. But if he

becomes unjust, Allah abandons him and Shaytan sticks by his side.76

Therefore, when some of the believers- disobey Allah, the Blessed and
Exalted, He abandons them and gives Shaytan authority over him.

There.is a. novel story narrated by. Abul FaraJ ibn Jawzee, may Allah have
mercy upon him, from Hassan Al Basree-irrespective of its authenticity—as
it shows the power man has over Shaytan's dominance, if he purifies his
religion for Allah, and how Shaytan overpowers man if he goes astiay
or deviates. 3 4

Hassan .said: "There was a tree which was worshipped instead of Allah. So a
man came to it and said: 'I will surely chop down this tree.' Thus, he came to
chop down the tree, out of anger for the sake of Allah, because this tree
was worshipped instead of Allah. Iblis showed up in the form of a man and
said:'.at do you intend to do?'

"He said: 'I want to chop this tree for the sake of Allah because it is
worshipped instead of Allah, the Lord of all that exists.' He responded: 'If
you do not worship it then it will not harm you that others worship, it.' He
said: 'I will surely chop it down for the sake of Allah.' Shaytan said to
him: 'You will not be able to reach it.' He said: 'It is a must that I chop it
down.'

"He said:' Shall I give you something better than that?' The man responded:
'What is it?' He said: 'You will have two dinars every morning under your
pillow.' He said: 'Where will I get this from?' He responded: 'I will give it to
you.' "Thus, he returned and when the morning came, he found two .dinars
under his pillow; then the next morning he did not find anything. Therefore,
he stood up angrily to cut it down. So, Shaytan said to him: '.at do you want
to do?' He said: 'I want to cut down 'this tree that is worshipped instead of
Allah, the Exalted.' He said: 'You have lied; you will not be able to reach it.'
Thus, he went to cut it down and he struck him to the ground and choked
him until he was about to kill him. He said: 'Do you know who I am? I
am Shaytan. The first time you came angry, I had no power over you, but I
tiicked you with two dinars so you left it. So,

when you came angry for the sake of two dinars, I was given authority over
you.'"

Allah, the Lord of all that exists, gave mankind strength by way of his belief
in Him, that which will keep Shaytan from coming to him. This was the case
with Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. The'Prophet, peace be up-on
him, said:

‫ذكثاسث‬٠٠‫نيخاد‬1‫ألئ‬

Verily, Shaytan is afraid of you, o Umar.77

And he said:

‫فيواينص‬:‫إلالةذثوشثسناإلسذالحنى‬

Verily, I surely see the devils from mankind and Jinn fleeing from
Umar.,78

The Pr'ophet, peace be upon him, used to see what the people did not see.
Thus, when Umar would move about, the Prophet, peace be upon him,
would see the devils from man and the Jinn going in the other direction as if
he were a hurricane proceeding upon the truth; may Allah be pleased with
him. And the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫ا ئي إاله تشق‬٤‫لئإطاذ تاإ‬١ ‫ يق‬U ‫لفي نئتبى خدج‬١‫ؤ‬

6 5 ‫عث عي ئجك‬

I swear by the One who has my soul in His Hand, Shaytan has
never''met you on a path except that he takes a path other than yours.79
And the Prophet, peace be upon him, informed us that this is not specific
Just for Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, as whoever.has strong faith
will dominate his Shaytan and humiliate him; as it comes in the hadith.

,٠١

‫ بنمي أحدكم بعيره في سفره‬١‫المؤمن ليئفي شيطانه كء‬

Verily, the believer exhausts his devil Just like one of you exhausts his
camel during travel.®.

This means he grabs him by his forelock and overpowers him like one does
to a camel when it breaks loose. He grabs it under it; gets it under control.
Rather, it reaches the extent where the Muslim affects his companion from
the devils until he enters into Islam. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

‫ وقريته‬،‫ما متكم من أحد إال وقد وكل به قريته من الجن‬

‫ ولكن الله أعانتي عليه‬، ‫ ئياي‬: ‫ وإياك يا رسول الله ؟ قال‬.:‫ قالوا‬: ‫من المالئكة‬
‫ فال يأمرني إال بخر‬،‫فأسلم‬

There is none of you except that he has a companion from the Jinn and
a companion from the Angels. They said‫" ؛‬Even you, 'O Messenger of
Allah?'" He 7 8

said: "Even me, but Allah has aided me ever him; thus, he entered into
Islam. Thus, he only commands

me with good."81

Thus, this companion of the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered Islam, and
perfected his Islam.

May the prayers and peace be upon our Prophet. 9

1

Soorah Al Isra (17:65)

Soorah Saba (34:21)

Soorah Ibrahim (14:22)

4

Collected by At Tirmidi 1330.

Collected by At Tirmidi 3690.

Collected by At Tirmidi 3691.

75 Collected by Al Bukhari 6085.

Collected by Ahmad 2/380

9
Collected by Muslim 2814
MY ADVICE TOAHLUS SUNNAH FROM THE

JINN 82

All praises belong to Allah, may the prayers and peace be upon the
Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions and those
who befriend, them. And I .bear, witness that nothing has the right to be
worshipped except for Allah, alone without partners. And I bear witness
that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. As to- what follows...

It has been narrated from Imaam Al Bukhari and Muslim in he collection of

authentic hadith; from Jabir ibn Abdullah, he said:

‫ ؤاشح‬،‫ نإقاء الزكاة‬، ‫ عق إقام العئالؤ‬- ‫صق الله عته وسئم‬-‫بايعت رسول اشن‬
‫لكل ثئلح‬

I swore allegiance to the Messenger of Allaah (-), pledging to establish

regular prayer and pay Zakat, and to give sincere advice to
every Muslim.83

Narrated from Abi Ruqayah Tameem Ad Dari, may Allah be pleased with
him, he said, the Messenger of Allah (-)said: 1 2

88 I MY ADVICE TO AHLUSSUNNAH FROM THE JINN

‫ ذألئئة اسن وعاش‬،‫ ؤإنثويه‬،‫ ئ؟ قال ج ولكتابه‬:‫ قنا‬.‫الذيل اشحة‬

The religion is sincerity. We said, "To whom?" He said: "To Allah, and
to His Book, and to His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims
and their common folk."84

Like this was the Prophets; they were advisors, to their nations. One of'them
said:
And I give sincere advice to you. 85

Another one said:

< .١‫حجد‬٩‫ ولثش ال ؤدن)لقم‬pi ‫> وثتتث‬

And I .advised you, but you do not like advisors. 86

Thus, our advice is for our brothers from Ahlus Sunnah from the Jinn. And
the Jinn are similar to the children, of Adam; some of them are righteous
while some of them are corrupt, evil and rebellious; as Allah, the Exalted,
states concerning them. 3 4 5

‫ أشيمحن ئ دون ئؤاة <خنىقهج‬٠‫وأغةذ‬

There are among US some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we
are groups each having a different way. 87

And in another verse:

‫ة‬٠‫ ةة‬op' ‫ يج‬Uj ‫ <ذا‬4 ٠‫تق قد‬

And .of us some are Muslims, and of US some are Al-Qasitun

(disbelievers; those who have deviated from the Right Path). And
whosoever has embraced Islam then such have sought the Right Path.
88

Hence, they are similar to the children of Adam. Some of them are evil,
corrupt disbelievers. Some of them are ignorant. Some of them are Sunni;
some of them are Shia; and some of them are Sufi and some of them are
Hizbi. A Jinn came to Al 'Amash; so Al 'Amash gave him permission to eat
from his food. Then Al 'Amash asked him: "Do you have any amongst you
from these sects?" .(Meaning, from the people of des.ires.) He responded:
"Yes,, and we find the worst of them to be the Raafidah."

And they used to go to the Prophet.(-). Shaytan dispatched them when they
were prevented from 6 7
eavesdropping on the heavens.. Allah, the Exalted, said in His Glorious
Book:

< ;‫مذ آنمي سشثوش أ'لثباة‬:‫ اذ;ى;ابق ء‬a ‫ئكؤوه‬

.‫قيةتي سقع‬٠ ٠ 4‫ ازد يئ بمد د ئثذة تتا يؤن ديد ةذفيهاد أقح‬٠‫بث‬
‫أتن ذويخذ‬٠‫مي دهءينبذ ألعف‬١‫عئ أقووء‬١‫يقزتدآلسبأد‬

‫ئف آش ظيس سجي في أديبة‬١‫ وش ال بجب د‬.‫ى ألي‬١‫ مذ ءث‬١‫وبجؤؤ‬

‫> ©وقذاللينذوبدئاؤأل اذكلقفيصلذياين‬

And (mention, o Muhammad], when We directed to you a few of the

Jinn, listening to the Qur'an. And when they attended it, they said,
"Listen quietly." And when it was concluded, they went back to
their people as warners. They said: "O our people‫ ؛‬Verily‫ ؛‬We have
heard a Book (this Quran) sent down after Musa, confirming what
came before it, it guides to the truth and to a Straight Path, o our
people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe in him; Allah
will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful
punishment. And whosoever does not respond to Allah's Caller, he
cannot escape on earth, and there will be no protectors for him
besides Allah (from Allah's Punishment). Those are in manifest ercor."
89

When Iblis dispatched them to see what had occurred, and the reason they
were prevented from eavesdropping on the heavens, and ascending to the
heavens, they saw the Prophet (-)pray^g with his Companions in the valley
of Naklila. And this is a valley behveen Mecca and Taif.

And also the statement of the Exalted:

٠‫إة ساياه ءتا©يي‬5‫رقق رةآلأةذجوس؛رة‬

‫أ‬
‫;ققيقثأقثا‬٠“‫>©ات؛وذهقاذئالي‬
Say (o Muhammad): "It has been revealed to me that a group of Jinn
listened (to this Quran)." They said: "Verily‫ ؛‬We have heard a
wonderful Recital‫ ؛‬It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed
therein, and we shall never Join (in worship) anything with our Lord."
‫ال‬

Thus, they responded to the call of the Prophet (-) and they were'affected by
his recitation, and they returned as callers to Allah as a result of hearing' the
Quran. As for the Prophet (-), a tree informed him of their presence
as comes in Sahih Al Bukhari from the hadith of ibn Masood.!. We believe
in this. And Allah, the Glorified, has the ability to cause the tree to speak.
Thus, He caused'it to speak to the

M^orahAl Jinn (72:1-2)

I asked Masruq: 'Who informed the Messenger of Allaah( -) about the

night when they heard the Qur'an? He said: Your father, Ibn Masood,
narrated it to- me that a toee informed him about that. Collected by
Muslim 17391

Prophet (-). And it was nine of them; one of their names was Zub'ah.

Allah, the Exalted, has informed US that some of them are righteous and
some of them are contrary to that. It appears in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad
narrated from ibn Abbass, he said;

‫فغل‬،‫ئلومحا‬:‫لينمحىةظذخالنؤامخ‬4-‫محجر‬:

‫ حر رذمحا‬،‫ ازجتا‬،‫ازجتا‬، P ٠‫إي لم‬7‫ قال ; إة هدين سهئادان و‬،‫بق األؤل‬

‫ أؤد‬k ‫ قأهرئة‬۶‫لله عله ؤسئ‬١ ‫ز صل‬٤‫ أسق زثول ال‬١‫حر رددي دإد‬
‫ئتعاتذاولزكالقئحبهإي‬٠‫؛ثع‬:‫لساللم وأحتزه أى ئأثتافى‬١

A man left from Khaibar and two men were following him and'
another was following them. He (the third man) said to the two men,
"Go back, go back;" until he repelled them. Then he met up with the
first man. He said: "Verily, those two were devils and I stayed with
them until I repelled them. When you go to the Messenger of Allaah (-)
convey to him the Salaam, and inform him that I have a collection of
our Sadaqa; if it were suitable for him, we would surely deliver it to
him. "92 'Some of the Jinn have embraced Islam as Allah, the Exalted, has
informed us: 8

< ‫ وقش ات وغوي‬0 '‫ذ؛يتؤؤتيكس أبقن ئدة تي توب‬.‫ماذئل؛|ذةقيغع‬

0‫ايلم أنئي ؛جوةتئتقذةؤئئذا؛يلمقئتات'هكئ ةية‬٩ ‫>جدوى اق وغث أنومية‬

Say (o Muhammad): "Call unto those besides Him whom have claimed
(as godsl besides Him. Tey have neither the power to remove the
adversity from you nor even to shift it from you to anotlrer person.

Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, (striving
as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His
mercy'and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord
is ever feared. ٠3

Some people used to worship the Jinn as it appears in Sahih Muslim from
the hadith of ibn Masood;. and the Jinn embraced.Islam and the people
were not aware of that,.thus, they continued in the worship of the Jinn.
Thus, Allah informed them of his and deemed foolish those
who worshipped the Jinn while the Jinn had embraced Islam. Our Lord, ,the
Exalted, said in His Noble Book:

< ‫ال ذي آنئئج‬٠‫ل وؤؤثم سآ‬٠‫إلشت;ق‬٠‫ بمتقز أئؤ ني من ا‬٠‫روح ئؤثر يك‬
‫سقا يني د أل‬

And .!mention, o Muhammad], the Day when He will gather them

together fand say], "O company of Jinn, you have [misled] many of
mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some
of US made use of others, and we have [now] reached, our term, which
you appointed for US." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein
you will abide eternally." 94 And He said in the verse after that:
‫أ‬
<‫اليبأو؛قيذثلؤيجيوةهجئاه‬٢‫لئمخ؛إقث‬
‫ئ‬٠‫كذيت‬٠ ‫ؤأ‬١‫آثها أيرك‬.‫ق‬٠ ‫ةقئاوغةالآةؤذآلقى وسيدوأ‬0‫وأثإ‬١‫ثثأق‬.‫يدء‬. >

"O you assembly of ]inns and mankind‫ ؛‬Did not there come to you
Messengers from amongst you., reciting unto you My Verses and
warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "We
bear witness against ourselves." It was the life of this world that
deceived them. And they will bear witness against themselves that they
were disbelievers. 95 They will be rewarded and taken to account; if they
are righteous,' they will enter paradise. Some of the people say the Jinn will
not enter paradise. And they have no proof for this, not from the Book or
from .the Sunnah. And we have previously mentioned the statement of the
Exalted: 9 10

‫قي‬£ - ‫ يعصون‬P* ‫ يثة‬pi < ‫شتشرألمتي وأإلنن أنز‬

‫ ينيحز ثنذأ‬٠‫> وسنرودؤ إة‬

"O you assembly of Jinns and mankind‫ ؛‬Did not there come to you
Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My Verses and
warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?"

Thus, He said after that:

<‫> ويىعففي درخدتئ عتموأ‬

And for all are degrees from what they have done. 96

And the statement of Allah, the Exalted:

< ‫ و\لمأر السخ ألولى ؛‬،# ‫ آئوت ؤأألخيب ذأئققف‬#1 ‫إث في‬MV‫>>؛؛‬

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, ‫؛‬Verily and in the
alternation of night and day, there are 97 .indeed signs for men of
understanding

:Then after that 11 12

‫أ‬ ‫أ‬
< ‫ أيى ال صح صد عصب قنعء ؤن دا او اذة‬١‫هأسجاب نهم ربي‬

‫تأل‬٢‫>ءئ؛من‬

And their Lord responded'to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the
work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of
one another. 98

And Allah, the Exalted, said in His Noble Book:

< ‫ل قاوأتئج‬۵‫يا ئوارذ'ذقايثلم أذئؤؤ‬٠‫ ءلىلألذ‬۵‫قئبك\ يسو‬١‫لرري‬١ ‫ئ‬١‫>وءس‬

And the servants of the .Most Merciful are those who walk upon the
earth easily, and when the ignorant address them harshly], they say
[words of] peace.

Up until His statement:

Those will be rewarded with the highest place (in Paradise)' because of
their patience. Therein they shall be met with greetings and the word of
peace and respect. 99 13 14

And Allah, the Exalted, said:

(‫|ذلئت‬£‫ا‬:‫انءذ‬

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will
have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging!..

Thus, there are some Jinn who are believers, and they are religiously
accountable, and they are included in the Quranic verse:
‫لى هوله‬,‫ > ا‬0 ‫ حثؤن‬HP ‫| ي‬U ‫ أؤن‬0 ‫خثأل‬۶‫> ق آظح أي‬

< 0‫يكؤنائيبلسهمياايرثويى‬١‫تش <أؤئ‬

Successful indeed are the believers; those who offer their prayers with
all solemnity and full submissiveness.

Up until His statement:

These are indeed the inheritors, lo shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise).
They shall dwell therein forever.

101

Thus, the statement that they will not enter paradise is false; there is no
proof for this from the Book and the Sunnah.

The topic of the Jinn is a long discussion. If a writer were to write on this
topic, the book would be the equivalent of 15

Bulugh al-Maram or Riyad-us-Saliheen. This is due. to 'the (various topics

such as) categorizing them between Muslim and disbelievers, and the
Shaytan and Jinn possessing humans, and the whispers of Shaytan to man.

The Mutazilah say: The Jinn d.o not .possess people; while the Lord of
Might said in His Noble Book:

<‫تةهأقخلئ‬:‫توةةيىثيمءل‬٠‫ئةاهاؤ‬٠‫؛أ‬٠‫أقئ‬

‫>لةءتي‬

Those who eat usury will .not stand (on the Day of

Resurrection) except like the S'tanding of a .person 1.2 ..beaten by

Shaytan lead'ing him to.insanity

And it has been collected in Sahih Al B-ukhari from 'Ata ibn

:Abu Rabah, he said

jii ‫ع‬ ‫ة من ص ع قنئ‬1‫ ف ا;دن هي أآلريك اذئ‬.

٠‫لله عليه وسلم هالئ‬١ ‫لئث صل‬١ ‫ المزأه ا'لثزذاة أثت‬0‫هال هذ‬

‫ إف أضئ ئإق‬LM ٠ ‫ بف‬%\ ‫ئغ‬٠‫ عا‬ju " ‫ بئب‬0‫ت ولك الحتة ؤإ‬:‫ود شئت صج‬
. ٠‫أكةشم‬٠‫إال'أةئنئن عأيغ اهله أذ أل‬٠ ‫ هألت‬.‫ث‬١‫ بالت أص‬. ‫ئثاؤد‬-‫دعؤت الألأذ‬
‫هتءا‬

١‫ق‬

Ibn Abbas said to me: "Shall I not show you a woman from the people
of paradise?" I replied: "Certainly."'. This, black woman, who came to
the Prophet (-) and said,. "I suffer from epilepsy an.d during fits, my
body is exposed, so make supplication to Allah for me." He (-) replied:
"If you wish, you endure it patiently and you'be rewarded
with Jannah, or if you wish, I shall make supplication to Allah to cure
you?" She said, "I shall en.dure it." Then she added: "But my bo.dy is
expo-sed, so.pray to AUah that it may not happen." H.e (Prophet)'(-)
then supplicated for her.1.3

Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, may Allah have mercy u'pon him, has a
treatise entitled: Clarifying the Evidence for the Universality of the
Message, which proves that the Prophet (-) is the Messenger for the Jinn
and mankind. It is possible for the Jinn to possess humans and this is
what Shaykh Al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah mentions in Clarifying the Evidence.
Even if no proof had been narrated, we still could not deny it, because
denying it contradicts the reality and the evidence.

And in the hadith of Abu Huraira, which has been agreed upon, he Prophet
(-) said: '

‫ شقهو‬،‫لئةلثاذ يقثة جئ يوئد‬١‫ مئ تزثوؤ يوئث وأل ؤ‬U ‫صارغا مذ قش 'شطاف‬

‫' لم ثقول‬٠" ‫ إألمريم وابنها‬،‫إياه‬
‫ا وذ ثم ثاف أعيذق‬/‫و ئر;رة ذايء‬I ‫بش ألئئي ين‬

٢‫خئأنالئح‬

"No child is bom but except, Shaytan to.uches it when it is bom;

whereupon, it starts crying lo-udly because of being touched by
Shaytan, 'except Mary and her son."' Abu Hurair'a then said, "Recite,
if.you wish: 'And I seek Refuge with You (Allah) for her and
"her offspring from Satan, the outcast.'"i٠4 The philosophers deny the
existence of the Jinn. Muhammad Rasheed Rida erred in this, he said:
"Verily, the Jinn is an expression for bacteria because it can only be seen by
way'of a microscope." He said this, agreeing with the orientalists, the
enemies of Islam., those who only believe in the tangible. Then the
philosophers were followed by those who followed them from their lackeys.
The Mutazilah deny Jinn pos'session even if they do not deny the existence
of Jinn.

Do 'the Jinn know the Unseen or not? They do not know the Unseen as our
Lord, the Exalted, has informed US concerning the affair of Sulayman.

< ‫بظةذئ‬٠ ‫ االين بأحئتمؤ‬1‫ دآب‬٠‫ دفز عي موه لال‬٠‫ عقف آئئوى م‬١‫هثم‬
‫|)تلي )لثهن‬0‫<ءيهئقؤ|ا‬. >

Then when We decreed death for him [SulaymanJ, nothing informed

them .inn) of his death except a little,worm of the earth,, which kept
(slowly) gnawing away at his stick, so when he fell down, the Jinn
saw clearly that if they had known the Unseen, they would not have
stayed in the humiliating torment. 1.5 We return to our advice to Ahlus
Sunnah from the Jinn. Perhaps you will find from the Jinn those from
Ahlus Sunnah who are ignorant. Just as you find amongst Ahlus-Sunnah
from the humans those who are ignorant.

So my advice to them is to have Taqwa of Allah, the Exalted, for verily,

Allah, the Exalted, says in His Noble Book:

< © ‫ سدك‬٠‫ئ آئم ل{(\ هة‬٠‫تحأ اد‬١; gf ‫>دأي‬

o you who believe‫ ؛‬Have Taqwa of Allah and fear Him, and speak
(always) the truth. 1٠٥

And the Exalted said:

(‫ةظلذفل;أقثتغئ‬1‫>كأ؟ءئ;ات؛و؟اتوأ‬

Have Taqwa of Allah and let ‫؛‬o you who believe every person look to
what he has sent forth for

1.7 .tomorrow

.And it is the advice of Allah to His slaves

1.5 Soorah Saba (34:14)

1٠٥ Soorah Al Ahzab (33:70) 1.7 s٠٥rah Al Hashr (59:18)

<‫أهءئياق‬۶‫ةا;ةا‬٠٠‫>ذالئباهذوقاالةقت؛نبل‬

And verily. We have advised the people of the Scripture before you, and
to you (o Muslims) that you have Taqwa of Allah. 1.8

And Allah, the Exalted, said:

‫ت آلألص‬٠‫ اذئي آلثكذ‬٠‫ ان تثنوأ هذ‬p£'\ < ‫كاالثئيائ;اآلء‬/‫يتنثن ي إن ذآشثوا الئش‬

‫ى‬1‫اآلءتقة‬:‫<ن©ثتذئكى ءئةنجيذهئليمخإؤىيي‬1‫>ذثة‬

o assembly of ‫ ل‬inns and men! If you have power to pass beyond the
zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass (them)! But you will
never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)! Then
which of tire Blessings of your Lord will you both .inn and men) deny?
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and
(molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves. Then
which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both .inn and men) deny?
‫ا‬٠‫و‬
Thus, we advise with Taqwa of Allah and then cooperating.

<17 16 ‫ةعئ‬#‫هماء‬٠‫وقآلئء|ةقئله‬

And co-operate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in, sin
and aggression. 11.

And we advise them to gain an understanding in the .religion of Allah.

‫دن يرد الله به حرا يممهه ف الدين‬

Whoever Allah wants good for. He gives them an understanding in the

religion.111

An individual from them may be ignorant, thus, he may harm his brothers
while believing he is Sunni, or believing he is a righteous believer. And he
could be a believer who is an evil doer, thus, he harms his brothers, as it
occurs to many of those who are possessed.

So this affair is important; that the Jinn from Ahlus Sunnah obtain
knowledge in the religion of Allah. And the Lord of Might said in His
Noble Book:

<9١‫> >وهلرب زنيىءت‬

And s-ay: o my Lord, increase me in knowledge. 112

And He says:
20 19 18 > ‫ءتالىةت ئنهف‬5‫ن‬٠‫شةواةأقيله‬١٠‫ر‬

Is he then who knows that what has been revealed to you from your
Lord is the truth like him who is blind? 21

So how will the Jinn be able to distinguish beftveen the truth and falsehood
if they do not obtain knowledge in the religion of Allah, especially while
we are in this dark time period? So acquiring knowledge in the religion of
Allah is a must.

And surely many from amongst mankind have been deceived by some of
the callers to Allah.

MashaAllah, they see a beard dyed with henna, and the thoub is half way up
the shin, and the turban is rounded, so they say, "This one is.the caller to
Allah!" And.surely you will find from amongst the Jinn these types also.

And I will give you an example from the hizbis from amongst mankind that
we have with US and those that change the words from their proper places.

Abdul Majeed Az-Zindani and I were with the President (The Shaykh
means the former president of Yemen, Abdullah Salih.), so I said to the. two
of them, "I challenge you two, together to establish a proof that we are too
stem." Because they say that Ahlus Sunnah are too stem.

So the President was quiet, and that was appreciated from him.

So Abdul Majeed Az Zindani said, "As for me, my proof (that Ahlus
Sunnah is too stern) is your criticizing ‫ س‬the people."

So I said to him, "Verily, the Prophet, (-), said to Muadh, 'Are you a trouble
maker, o Muadh?'

And he said to Abu Dhar, 'Verily, you are a person with some tr.aits of pre-
Islamic ignorance in you.'"

So the President looked at Abdul Majeed Az Zindani, as if to say; "What is

your response?"

And Abdul Majeed Az Zindani did not have anything else to say except,
"Verily, that proof has been abrogated."

And I want these words to be recordedhere so that he Scholars of the

Muslims, those that defend the hizbis, will know how they (the hizbis) ru-le
upon the proofs. Who preceded you, o Abdul Majeed, and said that this
proof has been abrogated? Ask the scholars if you are correct.

And if the Jinn from Ahlus Sunnah wish for Allah to raise them, then it is
upon them to hold firm to the Book of Allah and to the Sunnah of 'the
Messenger of Allah, ('-). For verily, the Messenger of Allah said:

‫ص رغب عن سئي عتيس جش‬

Thus, whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not fromme.114

And I am impressed by the statement of Shaykh Al Islam Ibn Tamiyah, may

Allah have mercy upon him, he said, "Allah only raises a person according
to his level of holding firm to the Sunnah of the Messenger,

Thus, hold fast to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (-), for verily, the
Prophet (-) said:

‫م بثسي ؤثئة الخنقاع‬-‫ عماثك‬،‫كثثرا‬٠ ‫حتالعا‬١ ‫ى‬٠‫هإده مى يعش منفم هثب‬

‫ عثوا عا اواجف‬،‫الؤاشدين ائفدس‬

Verily, whoever lives amongst you will, see great differing therefore,
hold on to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs,
bite down upon it with your molar teeth.115

And returning to our advice to our brothers from amongst the Jinn, we
advise them to attend the classes of knowledge. And perhaps some people
think that, they (the Jinn) do not attend the classes of knowledge.

And there was a man there from Sadah, and the Jinn used to come to him to
study the Quran; but the Jinn was ignorant; and perhaps even a Shaytan. So
the Jinn used to deceive our companion from Sadah. So if anyone became
sick, the Jinn would say to him, "You must slaughter a black rooster." So he
would say to the Jinn, "That is not pe-rmissible. " So the Jinn would say,
"This sickness is not cured except by slaughtering a black rooster."
Another person used to study in Riyadh, and a young Jinni girl used to
come to him to memorize Quran. So she used to sit behind him, and he
would give her coffee, so she would take the coffee from him and drink it.

And another person ' used to shrdy in the circles of knowledge. This
particular day, before he even realized it, there was a voice saying, "O
Shaykh, o Shaykh," and those present did not know who was speaking. So
the Shaykh said, "Yes, what do you want?" So the Jinn said,
"These companions of yours, who are arriving, are throwing a stick, and it
is not hitting anyone except US."

So the Jinn are not prevented from attending the circles of knowledge. And
a brother informed me that he was performing Ruqiyah on a person who
had become possessed, so he (the Jinn) said to him, "You are reading upon
me, and I am a shrdent of Abu Abdur Rahman Muqbil ibn Haadi Al
Waadi'ee." And this brother, the one who was doing the Ruqyah is the
brother Naasir Al Kareemi; then the Jinn said to him, "You used to have a
house beneath the mountain." And this was correct; the brother Naasir used
to live beneath the mountain he was here in DamaJ. And another person in
Afghanistan likewise said: "I am a student of Abu Abdur Rahman Muqbil
ibn Haadi Al Waadi'ee."

So there is nothing that prevents some of them from being present during
the classes, and we say to them welcome.

But as for those that cause harm and the devils.

And say "O my Lord! I seek refuge with Thee from the suggestions of
the Evil Ones. And I seek refuge with You, o my Lord! Lest they should
come near

me." 11.
But as for the one that is present from the Jinn and is well behaved, and
benefits and returns and relays (the knowledge) to his people and does not
harm his brothers, then it is no problem (if he attends the lessons). And
he studies the knowledge, acts upon it, and calls to Allah because the
religion is complete, comprehensive. Allah says:

By Shaykh Muqbil
2

Collected by Muslim 56.

Collected by Muslim 55,

Soorah Al Araf (7:62)

Soorah Al' Araf (7:79)

6

Soorah Al Jinn (72:11)

Soorah Al Jinn (72:14)

8
Collected by ibn Haban 4969.
9

S٠orah Al-'An'am (6:128)

10

Soorah Al-'An'am (6:130)

11

Soorah Al-'An'am (6:132)

12

57 Soorah Aali Imran (3:190)

13

Soorah Aali Imran (3:195)

14

Soorah Al Furqan (25:63-75)

15

S٠orah AI Kahf (18:107)

16

Soorah An Nisaa (4:131)

17

Soorah Ar Rahman (55:33-36)

18

Soorah Al Maidah (5:2)

19

Collected ibn Majah 225.

20

Soorah Taha (20:114)

21

s٠٠rah Rad (13:19)

o.' you.who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly.il?

Meaning, take Islam in all of its aspects.

11٥ Soorah At Muminoon (23:98) 117 Soorah Al Baqarah (2:208)

JINN POSSESSION: ITS REALITY AND .ITS

CAUSES 118

There are many proofs proving that the Jinn enter humans, and Jinn
entering humans is of two categories.

1st: Entering humans to harm their bodies; and this is known as demonic
possession and Satanic epilepsy.

2nd: Entering humans through whisper.

As for the Jinn entering the bodies of all humans without exception, then
the proof for this is numerous. From the proof is what Allah said
concerning Shaytan:

<0‫س‬٧‫>آقىبونوسال صدرر أ‬

The one who whispers in the breasts of mankind ‫وال‬

Thus, Shaytan 'enters into the breast, into the hearts and whispers. Rather, it
has come in Al Bukhari and Muslim from the hadith of Safiyah that the
Prophet (-) said:

‫لئم‬١ ‫بن آدم مجرى‬١ ‫إن ائان وي ص‬

Verily, Shaytan runs through the son of Adam like his blood.12.

The proof that the Jinn enter humans is numerous. Allah said:

118 By Shaykh Muhammad Al Imaam

119 ^orah An Nas (114:5)

12٥ Colleted by Al Bukhari 7171.

110 I JINN POSSESSION: ITS REALITY AND ITS CAUSES

‫ وعد‬a ‫ دى يغوي أؤحى لهضءإة أقيثة بيع نبم‬k ٠‫ألسئذر‬

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan' induces
[dissension] among them. Ind-eed, Satan is to mankind, a clear enemy.
121

How does he induce dissension among them? He inflames the blood of a

person until he is driven to blind anger, insulting, hitting, and killing, and
the things Shaytan pushes man to do.

As for'the Jinn and Shaytan entering into him whom Allah has decreed, in
order to cause epilepsy and insanity, then the proof in the Sunnah is..clear
and numerous. And the proof is found in the .Quran. Allah, the Exalted,
said:

Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of .Resurrection]
except as one stands who is

'being strack by Satan into insanity. 122

Thus, .our Lord'has-clarified that Shaytan strikes some people with insanity
and causes harm to their' bodie-s. This possession which Shaytan does to
people and beating them is an affair which is witoessed. It does not require
a lot of

121 Soorah Al-'Isra (17:53)

122 Soorah Al Baqarah .(2:275)

proof, because it is witnessed. From arrogance is that the arrogant will

continue to be arrogant until he denies'what is witnessed and what he sees
with his eyes. Those known as the Mutazilah, as those who follow them,
deny that Jinn and Shaytan enter humans. This is ignorance of the proof.
And this is ignorance of the condition of some of the Muslims and some of
the people who have been tested .with being possessed by the devils, and
harmed by them with various h-. This person is prevented from being
intimate with his wife; this one hates his family; this one is prevented
from walking; this one is. prevented from seeing; this one is prevented from
hearing. Thus, the harms of Shaytan upon man are many, s-ome of them
apparent and some of them hidden.
REASONS THE SHAYTAN AND JINN OVERPOWER THE
MUSLIMS

The means by way of which the Jinn and the devils arrive at harming the
Muslims are many. It shall suffice US to mention some of them.

1st: The Jinn see US and most of the time we do not see them. Allah, the Exalted, said concerning
Iblis and his offspring:

Indeed, he sees you,'he and his tribe, from where you

do not see them. 123

The scholars of Tafseer have said the pronoun he refers to Iblis. And his
tribe refers to his offspring and progeny. Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah
was asked about the statement of the Exalted: "Indeed, he sees you, he and
his tiibe, from where, you do not see them." Is this general, meaning no one
sees them, or do some people see them, while others do not see them? He-
may Allah have mercy upon him—responded by saying: "It states in the
Quran that they see humans from where humans do not see them, and this
reality entails them seeing humans during times humans do not see them.
And this does not mean humans never see them. Rather, some of the
righteous people may see them.

and some of the unrighteous people may see them also, but they do not see
them all the time.,'124

Thus, their seeing US and our not seeing them makes it easy for them to
harm US. And whoever Allah protects will be safe from'their evil.

2٠٥: An abundance of doubts and desires When the doubts and desires
increase upon the Muslims, the whispers of Shaytan are allowed to increase
as'will the acceptance of what will deceive them. Shaykh Al-Islaam
Ibn Taymiyah said: "The abundance in whispers is according to abundance
of doubts and desires, and the attachment of the he-art to the beloved things
which turn the hearts to seeking them''and the hated 'tilings which turn the'
hearts to repel them."

Thus, it is obligatory upon every male and female Muslhn to increase their
understanding, in the religion in order .to enlighten their intellects, purify
their souls, and expand their chest to the truth and put their hearts at ease-
with it. Otherwise, I do not expect for your safety from the many doubts
and desires which are the breeding grounds for the devils.

3‫هء‬: A heart which is heedless from the remembrance of Allah

The Exalted said:

< ‫م‬٠‫ تإع‬.‫ ين‬٠‫د كء قثنلم‬٠‫لرثي مص ل‬٢‫تش مس عن دؤ‬

‫؛محصىاليةاهاءءثثألى‬£‫>وه‬

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We

appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a compani'On. 125

Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in the Islamic .edicts: "Rather,

Shaytan will devour his heart-meaning the heart of the son of Adam.-thus,'if
he remembers Allah, he retreats; and if his heart is heedless from the
remembrance of' Allah, he (Shaytan) whispers to 'him and he knows if he
is remembering Allah, or if he-is heedless of His.remembrance. And he
knows he seduction of his soul's desires; thus, he beautifies it for him.
Shaytan is the whisperer who retreats if the slave remembers his Lord, and
if he is heedless of His remembrance, 'he whispers to him. For this reason,
leaving the remembrance of Allah is a reason for he beginning of false
Aqeedah and corrupt desires. And ' from the remembrance of Allah is
recitation of His Book and understanding it."

And he also said in the same book: "Shaytan is only prevented from
entering the heart of the son of Adam based upon the remembrance' of
Allah which He sent the Messengers with. If they are void of this, Shaytan
controls him."

4*: The Muslims harming the Jinn and aggressing against' them
intentionally or unintentionally. From the r-easons ',the Jinn attack the
Muslim is the harms the Muslim place 'Upon them. Ibn Taymiyyah said
in'his collection of Islamic .edicts while speaking of the reas.ons the Jinn
possess humans: "Sometimes the humans will harm them if he urinates
on them or P.OUTS hot water upon them, or he may kill some'of them or
other types of harms; this comes from those most severely poss.essed and
many of those posses-sed wh.o are killed. Thus, whoever deals with the
'Jinn and Shaytan with justice, then Allah will aid him against them and
turn them away from him. And most of the time, thi'S occurs between the
oppressive Jinn and the Muslims because the Jinn shift into a form, thus,
appearing to the humans as snakes, scorpions, do-gs, .cats, and other
'creatures; thus, the Muslim becomes afraid of them, believing they are the
known creation which they appe.ar to be so they strike them or'kill them
based upon this, not becaus'e they wanted to harm the Jinn. The Islamic
legislation allows the killing of the previously mentioned creatures if they
are harmflil, without warning, with the exception being the house snake.
The house snake is warned three times. And some of the Jinn live' in trash
and behind the houses where the people do not see them; thus, .he may
throw something on them. A.S a result, the Jinn will be harmed, and thus,
take revenge. At any rate, it is not permissible for the Mu'slim to intend to'
harm the Jinn. And he seeks. Allah's aid against them if they harm him."

5th: Due to love or infatuation fro.m the male or' femal.e Jinn

I Taymiyyah said in his collection of Islamic edicts: "Their possessing

humans could be due to desires,, yearnings, and passion. Just as people love
each other, a Jinn could love a human.. Just as a man-loves a woman and -a
woman loves a man. Thus, they will have Jealousy for them and serve
them with things, and if they begin a new relationship with someone else,
they may punish them by. killing them or otherwise. All of this has-
occurred. And likewise, the female Jinn, some of them want from humans
whom they serve the same thing female humans want from men. This
occurs a lot from male and female Jinn. Thus, many of their men (Jinn) are
intimate with women from the humans Just as men from the humans are,'
and they may. do this with males. Thus, it is upon the male and. female
Muslim to be diligent upon the legislative remembrance, especially that
which is connected to entering the bathroom and at the time of intercourse.
This is because undressing without remembering Allah .is from the reasons
for the Jinn to become, passionate with the humans."

6th: Due to playing with the humans

Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in his'collection of Fatawah while

speaking, about the Jinn playing . with humans: "Sometimes the. Jinn mock
and play with humans Jus.t as the foolish humans play with the wayfarer."

And Allah will suffice His slaves from the evil of these foolish individuals
by their seeking refuge in Him, supplicating to Him and worshipping Him.

7‫ ذااا‬Some of the Jinn harm some of the Muslims to discipline them for
committing sins and innovation. It has occurred that some of the Jinn who
possessed some of the Muslims from the humans stated the reason for his
entering the Muslim is because the Muslim was disobedient or an innovator.
This means these Jinn were Jealous for the sake of Islam; thus, they harm
the disobedient Muslims. And this is not permissible from tivo angles: from
the standpoint that the Jinn entering the Muslims in not permissible, and
from the standpoint they deal with the sinners in a manner which is not
legislated. Thus, it is not permissible for them to hit the sinners 'or to harm
them in any manner; rather, it is not permissible for the Jinn.to advise the
Muslims because their advising them 'Could lead to striking fear into them.
The summary, much -of what occurs in this interaction with the Muslims
comes from the ignorant Jinn, even if they are Muslims.

8th: The Jinn harm the Muslims as a trial and test.

And Allah has wis.dom in what He decrees for the righteous slaves from
allowing the Jinn to possess them, such as the Shaytan harming the Pr-ophet
of Allah, Ayub, peace be upon him.
SELECTED FATWA RELATED TO THE JINN

1. Is sleep paralysis caused by the Jinn?

(Translator's note: Jathoom [‫ام‬5‫لجآل‬, translated as incubus, is a type of sleep

paralysis, where the person is unable to move or speak.)

Questio-n: Our sister says: "I suffer a lot for the illness of Jathoom (sleep
paralysis). And I hear a lot of people say they suffer a lot from this illness.
What is the origin of this illness? Is it physical, physiological, or is it from
the Jinn? And what is the way to. get rid of it?"

Shaykh bin Baz: "I do not know anything clear concerning this.matter, but
I advise with using the legislated means'of seeking refuge at the time of
sleep. The person says the legislated remembrance at the time of sleep.
Allah, none has the right ‫ء‬٠ be worshipped but He, the Ever Living, the
Owe Who sustains and protects all that exists...Ayatul Kursi. And he
recites: Say "He is Allah, (the) Owe...," and Soorah Al Falaq and Soorah An
Nas; three times at the time for sleep. And he will be saved by way of this,
if Allah wills.

And he says:

!‫ت الثهالى ئاتمنشؤثأخلق‬١‫ضدآلقؤ‬

I' seek refuge with the complete words of Allah from the evil of what
He has created.

He says this three times at bed time and during the first part of the night.
And he says:

‫ائي ائني ألمز بخ اشمه ثيءف األنفي الد‬

‫الياء زثوالشميع الثيز‬
In the Name of Allah, who with His Name, nothing in the earth or the
heavens can cause harm, and He is. "the Hearing the Knowing.

He says this three times during the first part of the night or at bed time. All
of this is from the means of protection from this Jathoom. And mo.st likely
—and Allah knows best-this is fr.om the actions of Shaytan. But this
remembrance and seeking refuge will remove him and prevent him; and
al.1 praises belong to Allah.

Questioner: "Noble Shaykh, the sister says she is. persistent upon the
remembrance of the morning and' he evening." Shaykh bin Baz: "When
she fulfills this, this evil will go away. When she fulfills this, and she is
upon knowledge concerning this, with certainty, and sincerity, Allah
will protect her from this evil."

2. Can the Jinn steal material items from the home? Question: May
Allah give you good. The first question is. from the questions from Miraath
website. The questioner from Algeria says. May Allah give you good o
Shaykh; is it possible for the Jinn to steal or take material items from
the house, such as gold or wealth?

Shaykh Ubaid: This category of Jinn does indeed perform the action
mention in the question. And that which I found through investigating the
situations of the people is that the magicians and charlatans use them (the
Jinn) for this purpose. Thus the Jinn place a condition upon them that they
seek nearness to them by providing an offering to them. Thus by way of this
they fall into shirk. So if they (the magicians and charlatans) do what the
Jinn want, they do what they (the magicians and charlatans) want;
from stealing, murder, possessing people and other than that.

3. Is 'it possible.for Jinn and humans to be intimate together?

Question: o noble Shaykh in Soorah Ar Rahman Allah says:

(‫؟<؛‬-‫>©والءاال‬

Untouched' before them by man or Jinn. 126

Are Jinn able to be inthnate with the women of this world? Shaykh
uthaymeen: In Soorah Ar Rahman—as the questioner mentioned: (Allah
said)

‫لمغهإذئقغمهوالجأل‬

Untouched before them by man or Jinn. 127

126 Soorah Ar Rahman (55:56)

127 Soorah Ar Rahman (55:56)

This verse proves Jinn will enter paradise if they were believers; and
this is the correct viewpoint. As for the disbelievers from ..the Jinn
entering the fire, then this is agreed upon by the consensus. This is
based upon the

statement of Allah the Exalted:

(Allah) will say: "Enter you in the company of nations who'passed

away before you, of men and ‫ ل‬inns, into the Fire." 128

He asks is it possible for a male Jinn to be intimate with a female from

the humans, thus having sexual intercourse with her? Or is it possible
for a male from the humans to

have sexual intercourse with female Jinn?

The scholar.s say this is' possible. It is possible for male Jinn to have
sexual intercourse with a female from the humans .and she will be
aware of it. And likewise it is possible for a male from the humans to
have sexual intercourse with a

female Jinn and he will perceive this.

4. Gratis the Language of the Jinn?

Question: The questioner asks concerning the language of the Jinn, o

Eminent Shaykh?

Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz: That which is apparent is that they are
like humans, in that they have various languages.

128 Soorah Al 'Araf (7:38)

Amongst them there is the English ..inn), amongst them there is the French,
amongst them here is the Am.erican and amongst them there is the non-
Arab and the Arab; (there are various) races amongst them. Because Allah
has said concerning them:

‫لمجى‬٠ ‫بءون وعن؛ دون د'لك ئ‬١‫يتا ألم‬٠٠‫ وأد‬:

"There are among us some that are righteous and some that are
contrary; we .are groups having d'ifferent ways." 129

4 ‫ئا آصديوئ ذة أ'لفةوة ص‬٠‫ آلة ص‬p ‫محئ‬

And they are upon different sects. He, Glorified be He, has said: "And
some of US are Muslims and some of us are Qaasitoon (disbelievers)."
13.

So they are of different groups and sects. Amongst them there is the pure
and amongst them there is the impure. Amongst them there is the Jahmee
(follower of the teachings of the Jahmiyyah), amongst them there is the
Sunnee (follower of the Sunnah), amongst them there is the Raafidhee
(from the extreme Shee'ah), amongst them there is the Christian, amongst
them there is the Jew and amongst them there is other than that. (They are
of) various groups and sects: ".There are among US some- that are
righteous and

129 Jinn (72:11)

130 Jinn (72:14)

some that are contrary; we are groups having different ways." .inn 72: 11)
His statement: "...some that are contrary..." is. general including (all)other
groups.131

5. Question: Some people utilize Bakhoor (incense) sold by perfume

salesmen, claiming it repels the devils?

Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz: I do not know any legislative basis for this
action. It is obligatory to leave it because it is a superstition which has no
basis. Shaytan is only repelled by increasing in the remembrance of Allah,
recitation of the Quran and seeking refuge in the perfect Words of
Allah from the evil He created. And it has been authenticated from the
Prophet that he said:

‫ت الله التامات من ثر ما‬١‫ أعوذ بكلء‬:‫من نزل متزأل فقال‬

‫خلق لم يضره ثيء حتى يرتحل من منزله ذلك‬

Whoever stops to rest at a place and says, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words
of Allah from the evil of that which He has created', will not be harmed
until he leaves that place

And a man said to him, o Messenger of Allah I was stung by a scorpion last
night; so the Prophet said to him:

131 This Fatwa was translated by Raha Batts

‫ت الله التامات من شر ما خلق لم تضرك‬١‫ أعوذ بكلء‬:‫أما إنك لوقلت‬

If you.would have said, 'I seek refuge in.the perfect words of Allah
from the evil He created it would not

have harmed you

And the Prophet said:

‫ع اسمه ثيء‬٠ ‫ يم الله الذي ال يضر‬:‫من قال حين يصح‬

‫ء وهوالمح العليم ثالث مرات لم يضره ثيء حتى‬١‫في األرض وال ني السء‬
‫ ومن قالها حين يمي لم يضره ثيء حتى يصج‬،‫يمي‬

Wflroever says when the morning comes, 'In the name of Allah 'With
Whose name nothing is harmed on earth nor in heaven, and He is the
All-Hearing All-Knowing; three times will not be harmed by anything
until the evening and who.ever says it in the evening will not b.e
harmed by anything until the.

morning
 1. Table ٠‫ ء‬c.ntents
2. INTRODUCTION: BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN
3. WHY ARE THEY CALLED JINN?
4. THE CREATION OF THE JINN
5. THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPEARANCE
OFTHE JINN
6. CLASSIFICATION OF JINN'AND THEIR
7. DO ANIMALS SEE THE JINN?
8. IF SHAYTAN IS CREATED FROM FIRE, HOW WILL HE BE
PUNISHED IN THE FIRE?
9. THE REALITY OF SHAYTAN AND CLARIFYING THAT HE IS
FROM THE JINN
10. THE APPEARANCE OF SHAYTAN
11. FOOD AND EATING HABITS OF THE JINN
12. ENTERING THE HOME
13. DO THE JINN MARRY?
14. DO THE JINN DIE?
15. TEREDO THE JINN LIVE?
16. HOW DO THE JINN TRAVEL?
17. POWERS AND ABILITIES OF THE JINN
18. TECHNOLOGY OF THE JINN
19. SHAPE SHIFTERS
20. ARE ALL SNAKES FROM THE JINN OR JUST SOME OF THEM?
21. THE WEAKNESS OFTHE JINN AND SHAYTAN
22. MY ADVICE TOAHLUS SUNNAH FROM THE
1. o.' you.who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly.il?
23. JINN POSSESSION: ITS REALITY AND .ITS
24. REASONS THE SHAYTAN AND JINN OVERPOWER THE
MUSLIMS
25. SELECTED FATWA RELATED TO THE JINN
 Table of Contents
Table ٠‫ ء‬c.ntents
INTRODUCTION: BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN
WHY ARE THEY CALLED JINN?
THE CREATION OF THE JINN
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPEARANCE OFTHE
JINN
CLASSIFICATION OF JINN'AND THEIR
DO ANIMALS SEE THE JINN?
IF SHAYTAN IS CREATED FROM FIRE, HOW WILL HE BE
PUNISHED IN THE FIRE?
THE REALITY OF SHAYTAN AND CLARIFYING THAT HE IS FROM
THE JINN
THE APPEARANCE OF SHAYTAN
FOOD AND EATING HABITS OF THE JINN
ENTERING THE HOME
DO THE JINN MARRY?
DO THE JINN DIE?
TEREDO THE JINN LIVE?
HOW DO THE JINN TRAVEL?
POWERS AND ABILITIES OF THE JINN
TECHNOLOGY OF THE JINN
SHAPE SHIFTERS
ARE ALL SNAKES FROM THE JINN OR JUST SOME OF THEM?
THE WEAKNESS OFTHE JINN AND SHAYTAN
MY ADVICE TOAHLUS SUNNAH FROM THE
o.' you.who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly.il?
JINN POSSESSION: ITS REALITY AND .ITS
REASONS THE SHAYTAN AND JINN OVERPOWER THE MUSLIMS
SELECTED FATWA RELATED TO THE JINN
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