Chapter 18 of 334 min read

Chapter 18: The (foretellers) communication with the Jinn

الفصل الثامن عشر: ما كان يُخبر به الجنّ كهّانَهم قبيل البعثة

That which the Jinn used to communicate to the foretellers or speak from behind the idols: Imaam al-Bukhaaree reported on the authority of `Abdullaah Ibn `Umar (al-Khattaab) رضي اهلل عنهما that he said: I never heard `Umar mentioning about something, saying: ❝I think it is such-and-such❞, except that he was quite right. Once while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said: ❝If I am not mistaken, this person is still on his religion of Jaahiliyyah (the pre-lslaamic period of ignorance) or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me.❞ When the man was called to him, he (`Umar) told him of his thought. The man said: “I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation.” `Umar said: ❝I am determined that you should tell me the truth.❞ The man said: “I was a foreteller in Jaahiliyyah.” Then `Umar said: ❝Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn had told you of.❞ He said: “One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said: ‘Haven't you seen the Jinn and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. `Arabs)?’” `Umar said: ❝He is right❞, and added: ❝One day while I was near their idols, a man came with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying: ‘O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshiped except Allaah.’ On that the people fled, but I said: ‘I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.’ Then the cry came again: ‘O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah.’ I then went away and a few days later it was said: “A prophet has appeared.”❞ 119 119 sahih al-Bukhaaree (3866) (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): Ibn Is-haaq has also reported this in his “al-Seerah” with even a more complete narration, but with a chain which is “Mursal”, and there are some narrators whose names are not mentioned. The author (Ibn Katheer) had mentioned all of them in his book, each differs from the other (in its wording), and having some defects (in its chain), and some (narrations) are “Severely Weaker” than the others. Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajr also pointed out this in his “al-Fath” (7/179), but he also said: “all these different routes strengthen each other”, meaning: as a whole (i.e. all of them combined together); otherwise, he himself pointed out the variations and the additions and omissions (in this narration). Anyways, what al-Bukhaaree has reported is the most authentic. [TN: There are many instances where `Umar Ibn al-Khattaab’s رضي اهلل عنه statements would confirm with Divine Revelation. As Allaah’s Messenger صلى اهلل عليه وسلم had said: ❝There had been among the people before you inspired persons and if there were any such among my Ummah `Umar Ibn al-Khattaab would be one of them.❞

The person’s name was Sawaad Ibn Qaarib al-Azadee, and some said he is Sawaad Ibn Qaarib al-Sadoosee, from the people of al-Saraah, from the mountains of al-Balqaa’, and he was one of the Companions. Al-Haafidh Abu Nu`aim reported from Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah رضي اهلل عنهما: The first news about the advent of the Prophet ﷺ came from al-Madeenah. A woman in alMadeenah had an assistant from the Jinn. He (the Jinn) came (to her) in the form of a white bird and landed on the wall. She said to him: “Will you not come down to us and speak to us and we speak to you, and you inform us and we inform you?” He said: “A Prophet has been sent to (the people of) Makkah who has prohibited illegal sexual intercourse, and taken away our tranquility (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven).” 120 Ibn Wahb explained the word Muhaddathoon as: “those who receive a hint from the High (Mulhamun).” [sahih Muslim (5901)] More on this can be read from the following link: http://ilm4all.blogspot.com/2014/11/conformity-of-umars-statements-with.html] 120 I (al-Albaanee) say: Dalaail al-Nubuwwah of Abu Nu`aim (56), and the chain of this narration is “Hasan”. All the narrators of this narration are well known, they are from the narrators of “al-Tahdheeb” except for `Abdul Jabbaar Ibn `Aasim, and Abu Zur`ah has reported from him.

Chapter 18 of 334 min read

Chapter 18: The (foretellers) communication with the Jinn

الفصل الثامن عشر: ما كان يُخبر به الجنّ كهّانَهم قبيل البعثة

That which the Jinn used to communicate to the foretellers or speak from behind the idols: Imaam al-Bukhaaree reported on the authority of `Abdullaah Ibn `Umar (al-Khattaab) رضي اهلل عنهما that he said: I never heard `Umar mentioning about something, saying: ❝I think it is such-and-such❞, except that he was quite right. Once while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said: ❝If I am not mistaken, this person is still on his religion of Jaahiliyyah (the pre-lslaamic period of ignorance) or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me.❞ When the man was called to him, he (`Umar) told him of his thought. The man said: “I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation.” `Umar said: ❝I am determined that you should tell me the truth.❞ The man said: “I was a foreteller in Jaahiliyyah.” Then `Umar said: ❝Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn had told you of.❞ He said: “One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said: ‘Haven't you seen the Jinn and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. `Arabs)?’” `Umar said: ❝He is right❞, and added: ❝One day while I was near their idols, a man came with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying: ‘O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshiped except Allaah.’ On that the people fled, but I said: ‘I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.’ Then the cry came again: ‘O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah.’ I then went away and a few days later it was said: “A prophet has appeared.”❞ 119 119 sahih al-Bukhaaree (3866) (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): Ibn Is-haaq has also reported this in his “al-Seerah” with even a more complete narration, but with a chain which is “Mursal”, and there are some narrators whose names are not mentioned. The author (Ibn Katheer) had mentioned all of them in his book, each differs from the other (in its wording), and having some defects (in its chain), and some (narrations) are “Severely Weaker” than the others. Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajr also pointed out this in his “al-Fath” (7/179), but he also said: “all these different routes strengthen each other”, meaning: as a whole (i.e. all of them combined together); otherwise, he himself pointed out the variations and the additions and omissions (in this narration). Anyways, what al-Bukhaaree has reported is the most authentic. [TN: There are many instances where `Umar Ibn al-Khattaab’s رضي اهلل عنه statements would confirm with Divine Revelation. As Allaah’s Messenger صلى اهلل عليه وسلم had said: ❝There had been among the people before you inspired persons and if there were any such among my Ummah `Umar Ibn al-Khattaab would be one of them.❞

The person’s name was Sawaad Ibn Qaarib al-Azadee, and some said he is Sawaad Ibn Qaarib al-Sadoosee, from the people of al-Saraah, from the mountains of al-Balqaa’, and he was one of the Companions. Al-Haafidh Abu Nu`aim reported from Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah رضي اهلل عنهما: The first news about the advent of the Prophet ﷺ came from al-Madeenah. A woman in alMadeenah had an assistant from the Jinn. He (the Jinn) came (to her) in the form of a white bird and landed on the wall. She said to him: “Will you not come down to us and speak to us and we speak to you, and you inform us and we inform you?” He said: “A Prophet has been sent to (the people of) Makkah who has prohibited illegal sexual intercourse, and taken away our tranquility (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven).” 120 Ibn Wahb explained the word Muhaddathoon as: “those who receive a hint from the High (Mulhamun).” [sahih Muslim (5901)] More on this can be read from the following link: http://ilm4all.blogspot.com/2014/11/conformity-of-umars-statements-with.html] 120 I (al-Albaanee) say: Dalaail al-Nubuwwah of Abu Nu`aim (56), and the chain of this narration is “Hasan”. All the narrators of this narration are well known, they are from the narrators of “al-Tahdheeb” except for `Abdul Jabbaar Ibn `Aasim, and Abu Zur`ah has reported from him.