PART 1 – ABOUT THE JINN
1. Satan’s Whispers & What Must Be Done about Them
Question:
Sometimes, Satan whispers to man evil suggestions about Allah’s Identity and about the validity of His signs in the universe. What must one do in such a situation?
Answer:
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked about that. In Sahih Muslim, Abu-Hurayrah reported, “Some of the Prophet’s companions came to him and said, ‘Verily we perceive in our minds that which every one of us considers too grave to express.’ The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, ‘Do you really perceive it?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ Upon this he remarked, ‘That is faith manifest.’” (Sahih Muslim, Kitab Al-Iman (Book of Faith), Hadith No. 132,209.)
Also Ibn-Mas’ud reported, “When asked about Waswasah (Satan’s whispers), the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, ‘That is pure faith.’ (Sahih Muslim, Kitab Al-Inian (Book of Faith), Hadith No. 133,211.)
Abu-Hurayrah narrated, “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, ‘People will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allah has created all things, but who has created Allah? He who found himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allah.’ (Sahih Muslim, Kitab Al-Iman (Book of Faith), Hadith No. 134,12.)
Abu-Hurayrah also narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “ Satan comes to one of you and says to him, ‘Who has created such a thing?’ Satan continues the line of questioning till he asks, ‘Who has created your Lord?’ If one comes to that point, one has to seek refuge with Allah, and dismiss the question.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Bad-uI-Khalq (Book of the Beginning of Creation), Hadith No. 3276.)
In a similar Hadith narrated by Abu-Hurayrah, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Satan comes to one of you and says, ‘Who has created the earth?’ One answers, ‘Allah’. Satan, then, asks, ‘Who has created the creatures?’ If you find yourself in such a situation you should say, ‘I believe in Allah and His Messenger.’ (Sahih Muslim, Kitab Al-Iman (Book of Faith), Hadith No. 134, 213.)
The above-mentioned Hadiths as well as others show that such questions which may arise about the unseen are prompted by the devil, who seeks to raise doubts and confuse believers. May Allah protect us from the devil’s promptings!
If one gets such promptings, one has to do the following, which the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructs us to do: (a) seek refuge with Allah; (b) dismiss the promptings from one’s head; and (c) say, ‘I Affirm my belief in Allah (and His Messenger).”
Thus, if you get such whispers about the identity of Allah, the age of the universe, its end, resurrection, reward and punishment, etc., you have to affirm your whole faith. Relevant statements are: I believe in Allah and what has come from Him according to His will; I believe in the Messenger of Allah and what has come from him and according to his will; what I know of it I say, but what I do not know I refrain from and put my trust in Allah’s Knowledge.
Obviously, if one follows in such promptings, he will be led into confusion and doubt, which the devil wants. The state of confusion and doubt can lead to his abandonment of compulsory worship activities. Therefore, one must dismiss the whispers once they arise, seeking refuge with Allah from the devil continually. By Allah’s permission they will be dismissed. (Al-Jibreen’s Al-Kinz Aththameen (The Precious Treasure), Vol.1. pp.199-201)
2. The Inability of the Jina to Take the Wolf Shape
Question:
A lot of people believe that the Jinn cannot take the shape of a wolf, and they hate its smell, and that the wolf is there to hunt them if it encounters them. Therefore, many people are keen to obtain some part of a wolf, such as its skin, teeth or hair, and they keep it to drive the Jinn away.
Is this belief valid?
What is the validity of what those people do with the wolf parts?
Answer:
We have heard this from several people. It is possible that Allah has given the wolf such a strong sense of smell or such strong eyesight that it can detect the presence of the Jinn even though humans cannot.
As for keeping wolf parts, such as skin, teeth and hair, in the belief that such parts will keep wolves away, I have no knowledge of such a practice, and I do not believe it to be valid. The danger lies in that people may be led to attribute some protective qualities to the wolf part the way they believe in amulets.
Wa-Allahu-A’ lam (and the whole truth is with Allah). (A Fatwa by Al-Jibreen, Signed by him.)
3. The Possibility of Intercourse between the Possessed and the Possessor
Question:
Is it true that the Jinn can possess humans? Can there be sexual intercourse between a human and a Jinni?
Answer:
We have already mentioned that some Jinn can take the form of humans (men or women) and have intercourse with them. The solution to this problem is by seeking protection from the Jinn by supplications and prayers and reading the Qur’anic verses containing elements of protection and guarding against them by Allah’s permission.
Evidently, a male Jinn can possess a woman and dominate her soul, and a female Jinn can possess a man and dominate his soul. Such is the domination that if beaten, the possessed human does not feel the beating, but the possessor does. When the possessor leaves, the human does not remember what has been said or heard or even the beating, nor does he / she feel any pain resulting from the beating.
Some Raqis can kill the possessor by means of Qur’anic recitations or medications. They can identify its location in the possessed human body. Such matters are known to those Raqis who have had long experience in treating possession as well as other cases. (A Fatwa by Al-Jibreen, Signed by him.)
4. Making the Jinn Possess a Human, But Exit with Conditions
Question:
Is it possible to control a Jinni and command it to possess a human and not to exit without the fulfillment of certain demands dictated by the sorcerer?
Answer:
It is well known that the sorcerer does devilish things by which he can control some Jinn and employ them to cause harm. This can be explained by the fact that many Jinn, during Shar’i treatment and torture to drive them out of humans, confess they have been under the control of such and such a sorcerer and they cannot exit without his permission. Some of them are so reluctant to exit that they die from the effect of Ruqya, beating or medications. They say that the sorcerer has controlled them and made them possess humans, and that he has hundreds of Jinn under his control; whenever one of them dies, another is brought to replace it. The sorcerer appeals to them by slaughtering sacrifices and does satanic things till he controls them.
Therefore, when the sorcerer dies, the effect of his sorcery stops. If proven to be a sorcerer and proven to have practiced it, the sorcerer is to be executed, as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says, “The penalty of the sorcerer is a strike with the sword.” (Op. Cit. A Fatwa by Al-Jibreen, Signed by him.)
Wa-Allahu-A’ lam (and the whole truth is with Allah).
By Khaled al-Jeraisy
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