Part 5

Mujahid: They fear you as much as you fear them. So whenever you meet them, do not show your fear — it will encourage them to attack you; attack them instead and they will run away.

Tbn al-Qayyim said: “The evil eye is two types: one of Jinn and one of

humans. According to an authentic Hadith from Umm Salama 4, the

Prophet 38 saw a maid in her house, whose face had a black spot; so he

3 said: “She is under the effect of an evil eye, so treat her with a 392,

Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri # said: “The Prophet 4 used to seek protection against the Jinn and the evil eye till the Suras al-Falaq and al-Nas were revealed. After they were revealed he stuck to them and discarded everything beside them”.

‘ Recorded by al-Tirmidhi (5/73), al-Barraz, al-Hakim. It was also recorded by Ibn Jarir, on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar.

' Fatawa collection of Ibn Taymiyya (19/38).

2 Recorded by al-Bukhari.

3 Recorded as Sound by al-Tirmidhi (3/266), and al-Nasa’i (8/271).

Therefore, it is clear that Jinn can possibly envy humans, and I will show in my next book — God Willing — how to be cured of their envy.

Do Jinn marry and reproduce?

Allah 3% says: €When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam’ they prostrated except Iblis. He was one of the Jinn and wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the exchange the wrongdoers make!)’.

The Qadi Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Shibli said: ‘And that is a proof that they marry to have offspring’.

Some scholars support the idea that Jinn do also marry, by refering to the following verse: (In them are maidens with eyes for them alone, untouched before them by either man or Jinn)’.

Tbn Jarir narrated that Wahb ibn Munabbih was asked whether Jinn eat, drink, get married and die? He said: ‘They are of different races: the pure race are in a form of wind; they neither eat, nor drink, nor get married nor die. The other races do all these things’.

Jinn are witnesses to the Muadhin on the Day of Resurrection

Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri narrated that the Prophet 4% once told him: “I see you like sheep and the wilderness. So whenever you are with your

' Surat al-Kahf, verse 53. ? Surat al-Rahman, verse 56. 3 Recorded by al-Bayhagi.

sheep or in the wilderness and you want to call for the prayers raise your voice in doing so, for whoever hears your call for the prayer, whether a human being, a Jinn or any other creature, will be a witness

for you on the Day of Resurrection’.

It is for this reason that whenever Satan — Allah’s curse upon him - hears the Adhan, he runs away as far as possible in order not to hear the call, because if he hears it, he will have to be a witness for the Muadhin on the Day of Resurrection, although he is the enemy of the believer (so he does not want to be a witness for his enemy).

Abu Hurayra # narrated that the Prophet 4 observed: “When the Adhan is pronounced Satan takes to his heels and passes wind with noise during his flight in order not to hear the Adhan. When the Adhan is completed he comes back, and again he takes to his heels when the Tqama is pronounced. After its completion he returns again, until he whispers into the heart of a person (to divert his attention from his prayer) and makes him remember things which he did not call to mind before the prayer; and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed.”

When do demons spread out?

Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah s narrated that the Prophet 4 said: “When night falls (or when it is evening), stop your children from going out, for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night has passed, release them and close the doors and mention Allah’s Name, for Satan does not open a closed door. Tie up the mouth of your waterskin and mention Allah’s Name. Cover your containers and utensils and mention Allah’s Name. Cover them even if only by placing

something across it, and extinguish your lamps”.

In this Hadith, there are five commands: to stop the children from going out; to close doors; to tie the mouths of water-skins; to cover

‘Recorded by al-Bukhati (6/343) al-Nas@’i (2/12) and Ibn Majah (1/239)

? Recorded by al-Bukhari (2/84), Muslim (4/91) al-Nasa’i (2/22) al-Darimi (1/273) and Malik (1/69).

3 Recorded by al-Bukhari (10/88) and Muslim (13/185).

containers; to mention the name of Allah; and to extinguish lamps at bedtime.

The Prophet # has shown the reason for the first and second commands, in this Hadith; the reason for the third and fourth commands were explained in another narration: “Cover your containers and utensils, tie the mouth of your water-skin, close the doors and extinguish your lamps; for Satan cannot untie the mouth of the water-skin, or open a closed door or uncover a container (And if you don’t have anything to cover your utensil) you may put across it something (e.g. 4 piece of wood.)”'; as for the fifth command, its reason was shown in a Hadith transmitted by Abu Dawud, on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas -: “A rat dragged away the wick of the candle and dropped it on the rug on which the Prophet 4 was sitting; so it burnt a spot a size of a coin. The Prophet %# then said: “When you go to bed, extinguish your lamps, for Satan encourages such things as rats to do this, in order to burn you”.

Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah 4 narrated another Hadith directly from the Prophet 3: “Do not let your children and animals out from the time of sunset until the end of the darkness of ‘Isha’; for the devils spread out in that time”.

Ibn al-Juzayy said: “The reason why they spread in that time is that they can move more easily at night than during the day, because darkness gathers evil forces. From this context comes the Hadith of

Some animals can see devils

Abu Hurayra 2 narrated that Prophet % said: “When you hear the crowing of a cockerel, ask for Allah’s blessings for (their crowing indicates that) they have seen an angel. When you hear the braying of donkeys, seek refuge with Allah from Satan for (their braying indicates that) they have seen a devil.”

' Recorded by al-Bukhari (6/350) and Muslim (13/184). ? Recorded by Muslim.

> Fath al-Bari (6/342).

* Recorded by al-Bukhari (6/350) and Muslim (17/47).

Jinn telling of the whereabouts of the Prophet % (when he # left Makka)

Ibn Ishaq reported the following narration from Asma’, daughter of Abu Bakr &: “When the Prophet 4% left Makka with Abu Bakr, a group of the Quraysh led by Abu Jahl stood outside the house of Abu Bakr. I went out to them and they asked: ‘Where is your father?’ I replied: ‘By Allah, I do not know where my father is’ Abu Jahl, that vicious man, raised his arm and. struck me in the face so that I fell down, then they left. We remained three nights without any information of the whereabouts of the Prophet 4, until a man from the Jinn, came crossing the city of Makka, singing some Arab poetry; people could hear him but could not see him. In his verses, he divulged the direction and the place the Prophet had stopped at in his journey to al-Madina’.

The devil’s shout on the day of the Pledge of Allegiance at Al-‘Aqaba

ibn Ka‘b ibn Malik: “When we pledged our allegiance to the Prophet #8, the devil shouted so loud, from the top of al-‘Aqaba, warning people about the gathering of the Prophet 4 and his Companions. The Prophet 38 recognized him and said to him: “Do you hear me, O enemy of Allah? By Allah, I will devote my time to working against you”.

The devils gain hearing by stealth from the heavens

Ibn ‘Abbas - said: “One of the Companions of the Prophet 3 narrated that while they were gathering with him one night, they witnessed a shooting star (a flame) in the sky, so he 4 asked them: ‘What did you use to say in the Jahiliyya (with regards to such events)?’ They replied: “We used to say that a great man was born that particular night, and

‘ al-bidayah wa al-nihaya (3/189). 2 “ql-bidayah wa al-nihayah” (3/164).

another great man died’. The Prophet # said: “Such flames are not shot because of anyone’s birth or death. But when Allah 3 decides on something, the angels who bear the Throne make tasbih (expressing praise and glory to Allah 38), followed by every angel in the heavens, until the news réaches the world sky above us, where the Jinn gain hearing stealthily and inform their company. They give them the news that is true, but they add to it”’.

‘Aishah 4% reported that some people asked the Messenger of Allah 8 about the soothsayers. He # said: ‘They are nothing.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, sometimes they tell us of a thing which turns out to be true.’ The Prophet 3% said: ‘A Jinn snatches that true word and pours it into the ear of his friend (the soothsayer) (as one pours something into a bottle). The soothsayer then mixes with that word one hundred lies.”?

Dr. al-Ashqar wrote: “The most that one can say is that a Muslim may have a good influence upon his Qareen who eventually embraces Islam. {bn Mas‘ud narrated, as transmitted by Muslim in his Sahih book and Ahmad in his Musnad, that the Prophet # said: ‘None of you is without a close companion from amongst the Jinn (devil)’. They (the Companions -¢) said: ‘Is there one with you too, Messenger of Allah?’ Thereupon he 3 said: ‘Yes, but Allah helped me against him and so I am safe from his hand and he does not tell me to do anything but good”*”,

I (the author) say: The words of Dr. al-Ashqar — May Allah protects him —give a strong impression that any Muslim can infuence his Qareen to embrace Islam; but it is not always likely to be the case, for