Ibn Hazmرحمه الله said:
The Jinn are real, and they are creatures created by Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى. Among them are kaafirs and believers.
They can see us but we cannot see them. They eat, have children and die.
Allaahسُبحانه وتعالى says in His Noble Book:
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ
“O you assembly of
Jinn and Mankind!”
[al-An’aam 6:130]
وَالْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ
السَّمُومِ
“And the Jinn, We
created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire.”
[al-Hijr 15:27]
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ
وَمِنَّاالْقَاسِطُونَ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا رَشَدًا
وَأَمَّاالْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ
حَطَبًا
“And of us some are
Muslims (who have submitted to Allaah, after listening to this Qur'aan), and of
us some are Al-Qaasitoon (disbelievers those who have deviated from the Right
Path)’. And whosoever has embraced Islam (i.e. has become a Muslim by
submitting to Allaah), then such have sought the Right Path.”
“And as for the
Qaasitoon (disbelievers who deviated from the Right Path), they shall be
firewood for Hell.”
[al-Jinn 72:14-15]