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]
إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ
لاَ تَرَوْنَهُمْ
“Verily, he and
Qabeeluhu (his soldiers from the Jinn or his tribe) see you from where you
cannot see them.”
[al-A’raaf 7:27]
أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَاء
مِن دُونِي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ
“Will you then take
him (Iblees) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me.”
[al-Kahf 18:50]
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
“Whatsoever is on it (the
earth) will perish..”
[al-Rahmaan 55:26]
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
“Everyone shall taste
death.”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:185]
[End quote from
al-Muhallaa, 1/34/35}
Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthiymeen رحمه الله said:
“Undoubtedly the Jinn can
have a harmful effect on humans, and they could even kill them. They may harm a
person by throwing stones at him, or by trying to terrify him, and other things
that are proven in the Sunnah or indicated by real events. It was reported that
the Messenger صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم gave permission to one of
his Companions to go to his wife during one of the military campaigns – I think
it was the campaign of al-Khandaq – as he was a young man who had recently got
married. When he reached his house, he found his wife standing at the door, and
he objected to that. She said to him, ‘Go inside,’ so he went inside and found
a snake curled up on the bed. He had a spear with him, so he stabbed it with
the spear until it died, and at the same instant as the snake died the man also
died. It was not known which of them died first, the snake or the man. When the
Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم heard of that, he forbade
killing the harmless kinds of snakes that are found in houses, apart from those
which are maimed or are streaked and malignant.
This indicates that the
Jinn may attack humans, and that they may harm them, as is known from real-life
events. There are numerous reports which indicate that a man may come to a
deserted area, and a stone may be thrown at him, but he does not see anybody,
or he may hear voices or a rustling sound like the rustling of trees, and other
things that may make him feel distressed and scared. A Jinn may also enter the
body of a human, either because of love or with the intention of harming him,
or for some other reason.
This is indicated in the aayah:
الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لاَ يَقُومُونَ
إِلاَّ كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ
“Those who eat Riba will
not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except like the standing of a person
beaten by Shaytaan (Satan) leading him to insanity.”
[al-Baqarah 2:275]
In such cases, the Jinn
may speak from inside of that person and address the one who is reading verses
from the Qur'aan over him; the one who is reciting may take a promise from the
Jinn never to come back, and other things concerning which there are very many
reports which are widespread among the people.
So the protection which
will prevent the evil of the Jinn is for a person to recite that which is narrated
in the Sunnah as being effective in providing protection, such as Aayat
al-Kursi, for if a person recites Aayat al-Kursi at night, he will continue to
have protection from Allaah, and no shaytaan will come near him until morning.
And Allaah is the Protector.'”
{From Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaimeen,
1/287-288}
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