How
can we protect ourselves from the harm of the jinn?
From: Muhammad
Abdul-Rahman [mailto:muhammad@msapubli.com]
Journal of Islamic Knowledge: July 01, 2001
How can we protect ourselves from the harm of the jinn?
Question:
I am having a
problem with Jinn. I hve been able to perceive Jinn in
different ways all my life. I never seemed to be
bothered by this until
recently. I saw a Jinn in our apartment in the first
days we moved in.
Off and on I would pick up on a little activity from
this jinn or even
jinns like doors opening by themselves· seeing it·
hearing them ect...
However· things seem to be changing a lot. Now something
is happening
everyday and things which are making me uncomfortable in
my home to the
point where I do not want to live here anymore. The
Jinn(s) open doors·
shout my name startling me out of sleep· knock over
objects· appear as
a cat· are messing with my computer and phones· I see
it's shadows and
even more. It is very freaky. I am really not sure what
to do about
this proble. I am hoping moving out of this house will
help the
situation...? But in the mean time I have tried to
recite Al-Baqarah·
Al-Iklas· Al-Falaq· An Nas and even play a recording of
the recitation
in my house. The activity stops when I do so but as soon
as I stop the
recording the Jinn makes it presence known in some way
or other (most
of the time). Sometimes· my recording will be shut off
and my computer
reset in the middle of the recitation...which apparently
has happened
too many times. Jinn even appear to me in dreams very
often. I do not
know how to end this situation but I would seriously
appreciate answers
or suggestions soon.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The questioner is
mistaken in saying that she has seen a jinn, because
the jinn can see but they cannot be seen by us.
Al-Shaafa'i said:
"Whoever is of
sound character and claims to have seen the jinn, his
testimony is no longer valid, because Allaah says
(interpretation of
the meaning):
'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]
- unless he
is a Prophet."
(Ahkaam al-Qur'aan,
2/195, 196)
Ibn Hazm said:
"The jinn are
real, and they are creatures created by Allaah. Among
them are kaafirs and believers. They can see us but we
cannot see them.
They eat, have children and die. Allaah says
(interpretation of the
meanings):
'O you assembly of
jinn and Mankind!' [al-An'aam 6:130]
'And the jinn, We
created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire'
[al-Hijr 15:27]
'"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]
'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]
'Will you then
take him (Iblees) and his offspring as protectors and
helpers rather than Me'[al-Kahf 18:50]
'Whatsoever is on
it (the earth) will perish'[al-Rahmaan 55:26]
'Everyone shall
taste death'[Aal 'Imraan 3:185]."
(al-Muhallaa,
1/34/35)
Hence what the
questioner has seen may be just her imagination or an
illusion, or it may be jinn appearing in a form other
than that with
which Allaah has created them.
Secondly:
With regard to the
jinn harming humans, this is proven to happen and it
does happen. Protection against that is attained by
reciting Qur'aan
and adhkaar (dhikr) prescribed in sharee'ah.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him) 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
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 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
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 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
(interpretation of the meaning):
'Those who eat
Ribaa 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
reciter 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-Kurisy,
for if a
person recites Aayat al-Kursiy at night, he will
continue to have
protection from Allaah, and no shaytaan will come near
him until
morning. And Allaah is the Protector.'"
(Majmoo' Fataawa
al-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 1/287-288)
The Sunnah mentions
adhkhaar (dhikr) by means of which one may gain
protection from the shayaateen (devils). These include:
Seeking refuge with
Allaah from the jinn:
Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"And if an evil
whisper from Shaytaan (Satan) tries to turn you away (O
Muhammad) (from doing good), then seek refuge in Allaah.
Verily, He is
the All Hearer, the All Knower"[Fussilat 41:36]
"And if an evil
whisper comes to you from Shaytaan (Satan), then seek
refuge with Allaah. Verily, He is All-Hearer,
All-Knower"
[al-A'raaf 7:200]
It was narrated
from Sulaymaan ibn Sard that two men were trading
insults in the presence of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah
be upon them), until the face of one of them turned red.
The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "I
know a word which,
if he were to say it, what he is suffering from would go
away: 'A'oodhu
Billaahi min al-Shaytaan il-rajeem (I seek refuge with
Allaah from the
accursed Shaytaan).'"
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
3108; Muslim, 2610)
2 - Reciting
al-Mi'wadhatayn (the last two Soorahs of the
Qur'aan, al-Falaq and al-Naas).
It was narrated
that Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be
upon him) used to seek refuge with Allaah from the jinn
and from the
evil eye until the Mi'wadhatayn were revealed, and when
they were
revealed he started to recite them and not anything
else."
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
2058; he said it is hasan ghareeb. Also
narrated by al-Nasaa'i, 5494; Ibn Maajah, 3511. The
hadeeth was classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him)
in Saheeh
al-Jaami', 4905).
3 - Reciting
Aayat al-Kursiy
It was narrated
that Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) put me in
charge of
guarding the zakaah of Ramadaan. Someone came to me and
started
grabbing handfuls of the food. I took hold of him and
said, 'I will
take you to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be
upon him).' He said, 'I will teach you some words by
means of which
Allaah will benefit you.' I said, 'What are they?' He
said, 'When you
go to your bed, recite this aayah (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Allaah! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshipped but
He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyoom (the Ever Living, the One Who
sustains and
protects all that exists)... " [al-Baqarah 2:255]
- until he
completed the aayah. Then Allaah will appoint a guard
for you who will
stay with you and no shaytaan (devil) will come near you
until
morning.' The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be
upon him) asked me, 'What did your prisoner do last
night?' I said, 'O
Messenger of Allaah, he taught me something, and claimed
that Allaah
would benefit me by it.' He said, 'What was it?' I said,
'He taught me
to recite Aayat al-Kursiy when I go to bed, and said
that no shaytaan
would come near me until morning, and that Allaah would
appoint a guard
for me who would stay with me.' The Prophet (peace and
blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said, 'He told you the truth,
although he is an
inveterate liar. That was the Shaytaan.'"
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
3101)
4 -
Reciting Soorat al-Baqarah
It was narrated
from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Do not make
your houses
like graves, for the Shaytaan runs away from a house in
which Soorat
al-Baqarah is recited."(Narrated by Muslim, 780)
5 - The last
verses of Soorat al-Baqarah
It was narrated
that Abu Mas'ood al-Ansaari said: "The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
'Whoever
recites the last two verses of Soorat al-Baqarah at
night, that will
suffice him.'" (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4723; Muslim,
807)
It was narrated
from al-Nu'maan ibn Basheer (may Allaah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him)
said: "Allaah inscribed a book two thousand years before
He created the
heavens and the earth, from which the last two aayahs of
Soorat
al-Baqarah were revealed. If they are recited for three
nights, no
shaytaan (devil)will remain in the house).
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
2882. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 1799).
6 - Reciting
"Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah,
lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in
qadeer (There is
no god except Allaah Alone with no partner or associate;
His is the
Sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Able to do
all things)"
one hundred times.
It was narrated
from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever
says "Laa ilaaha
ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa
lahu'l-hamd wa huwa
'ala kulli shay'in qadeer" one hundred times in the day,
will have a
reward equivalent to that of freeing ten slaves, one
hundred hasanahs
(good deeds) will be recorded for him, and one hundred
sayi'ahs (bad
deeds) will be erased from his record, and it will be
protection for
him from the Shaytaan for that day, until evening comes.
No one could
achieve any better than him except the one who does more
than he did."
(narrated by al-Bukhaari,
31119; Muslim, 2691)
7 -
Remembering Allaah often (dhikr)
It was narrated
from al-Haarith al-Ash'ari that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah commanded
Yahyaa ibn
Zakariyah (peace be upon him) five things to follow and
to enjoin upon
the Children of Israel... and he commanded them to
remember Allaah,
and the likeness of that is a man who was being pursued
by the enemy,
until he reached a strong fortress in which he found
protection;
similarly a man cannot find protection from the Shaytaan
except by
remembering Allaah... "
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
2863; he said it is hasan saheeh. The hadeeth
was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami',
1724)
8 - The
adhaan
It was narrated
that Suhayl ibn Abi Saalih said: "My father sent me to
Bani Haarithah, and there was with me a slave of ours,
or a companion
of ours. Someone called out his name from a garden, and
the one who was
with me looked into the garden and did not see anything.
I mentioned
that to my father, and he said, 'If I had known that
this was going to
happen to you, I would not have sent you. But if you
hear a voice then
make the call for prayer, for I heard Abu Hurayrah (may
Allaah be
pleased with him) narrating that the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When the
Shaytaan hears the
call to prayer, he runs away fast."'"(Narrated by
Muslim, 389).
The word translated
here as "runs away fast" may also mean "farting."
9 - Reciting
Qur'aan offers protection against the Shaytaan
Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"And when you
(Muhammad) recite the Qur'aan, We put between you and
those who believe not in the Hereafter, an invisible
veil (or screen
their hearts, so they hear or understand it
not)[al-Israa' 17:45]
And Allaah knows
best.
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