"I'm scared of jinn..."

**- Qatada -** · 11-26-2007

Question: Ever since I learned that the Jinn can possess people, I have been scared. I cannot sleep at night. They say that if you pray, you will not be scared. I pray, but I am very scared. What can I do?

Answered by Sheikh Khâlid Husayn

I have read your letter with deep concern and have felt the fears that you are suffering from.

You should know that the Jinn are a creation of Allah, but they are of a lesser grade than human beings. Sheikh Abû Bakr al-Jazâ’irî said: “Even the Muslim Jinn are lower in dignity and honor than human beings. Allah says: “We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of Our Creation.” [Sûrah al-Isrâ’: 70]

Such honor was never mentioned for the Jinn in Qur’an or Sunnah. Hence, humans are more honorable than the Jinn. The Jinn know this fact and feel inferior in front of people. That is why when people seek refuge with them, it makes them they feel so proud and arrogant.

You should know that the Jinn fear humans, particularly people with strong faith in Allah. It was related that the Jinn were frightened of `Umar and Abû Hurayrah.

Ibn Abî al-Dunyâ related that Mujâhid said: “While I was praying one night, somebody from among the Jinn, resembling a boy, stood in front of me and when I tried to grab him he jumped over the wall and I heard the noise of his fall. Then he never approached me again.” Then he said: “They (the Jinn) fear you as you fear them. But they fear you more than you fear them. If someone is approached by one of the Jinn, he should not fear him. Otherwise, they will pounce on him. But, if he confronts them, they will flee.” [Wiqâyah al-Insân min al-Jinn wa al-Shaytân page 33]

You should not fear the Jinn. Allah says: “It is only the Satan that suggested to you the fear of his votaries: be ye not afraid of them, but fear me if ye have faith” [Sûrah Âl-`Imrân: 175]

In order to get rid of your fear of the Jinn, I advise you to employ the following procedures:

1. Seek help from Allah and frequently seek refuge with him from Satan and his helpers from among the Jinn.

2. Be steadfast in praying on time.

3. Always read the prescribed remembrances of the morning and the evening, the remembrance before sleeping, and the other well-known remembrances.

4. Read or at lest listen to Sûrah al-Baqarah in full at least once every three days.

5. Read Âyah al-Kursî daily and particularly before going to bed. This is sure protection from the Jinn.

6. You have to abide strictly by Islamic teachings by doing what is permitted and avoiding what is sinful.

7. Offer sincere supplications to Allah to remove from you such unfounded fears and to protect you from evil and provide you with all manner of good.

And Allah knows best.

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**------** · 12-06-2007

Also the person that gets possessed don't know afterwards that they were possessed.

**MinAhlilHadeeth** · 12-06-2007

and greetings,

I would appreciate it if Non-Muslims who do not believe in certain aspects of Islam could keep their 'debates' outside of the Learn About Islam section. Off-topic posts deleted.

**Thought** · 12-08-2007

i always thought the jinns were an old story

**Thought** · 12-08-2007

my grandmother in marocco always talked about jinns

**snakelegs** · 12-08-2007

Originally Posted by Thought

i always thought the jinns were an old story

they are mentioned in the qur'an.

**Al-Zaara** · 12-11-2007

Originally Posted by Muj4h1d4

Also the person that gets possessed don't know afterwards that they were possessed.

Aleykum selam wa rahmetallahu wa barakathu.

Is this always the case? Also, can the person possessed fight against the Jinn themselves? If one isn't totally possessed and still strong enough to do so, it is possible, right... ?

**crayon** · 12-12-2007

Just hearing about jinn creeps me out...

**daun1919** · 12-12-2007

yes jinn is exist but i think we sholud not afraid of them. We are powerful than them. That is why Allah choose us to be khalifa......

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**~Taalibah~** · 12-15-2007

Yes, jinn do exist. I've known of someone who was tried to get possessed of by a shayataan (un islamic jinn?) they beat him and read Qur'aanic Ayaats and it went away.
I sometimes also feel afraid, what if they come to me, i see them, want to get hold of me but force myself to ignore it and fear Allah Ta'aala. Because it is only with Allah Ta'aalas power they can achieve what they want and that goes for us also. Reading Ayaatul Qursi and the 3 Qul's, morning and evening daily as well as Duas for protections against shaytaan and jinn will safe guard you.
May Allah Ta'aala protect us all. Ameen

**genki** · 12-15-2007

I have always been fascinated with this topic. I remember as a little kid seeing exorcism and seeing it work. I have heard tales of jinns and have read books. I knew of a guy whom apparently used jinns for good purposes. I knew another malaysian guy Silat fighter who could literally send you flying out by apparently using jinns.

I would love to see some or meet some.

**transition?** · 12-15-2007

Originally Posted by islamirama

someone has doubts about jinns, they should visit the indian subcontinent, jinns are thriving in that shirk land...

The world of the Jinn

Jinns’ contact with humans

You are more likely to hear about Jinns there because there are plenty of people who know about Jinns.
Creepy stories about Jinns happen everywhere, even in the U.S. but not many people understand that those occurings are related to Jinns. Instead you watch discovery channel to see some shows about "ghost stories" and "haunted places."

**islam_kurdi** · 12-24-2007

Brother, let me just tell you that Allah has placed angels (I think it was like 7 angels) for each and every human being just to protect them. Otherwise the jinn would be playing with us like a soccer ball! (Remember: Angels are waayyyy stronger than jinn! lol) Only by the Will of Allah can the jinn harm you. It is very rare.
p.s. make sure u say "BismillahirRahmanirRahim" before you pour hot water. This is since you might burn a jinn's baby and you might be harmed.

**al_islam** · 12-24-2007

Bro Jinn are nice as well.

**islam_kurdi** · 12-24-2007

It's that jinn are plyful, they like to play. so without the angels protecting us the jinn would play with us (and we'd be harmed). SubhanAllah! This is also why for example sometimes you'll see a light turning on and off out of nowhere.

**H4RUN** · 12-24-2007

Originally Posted by islam_kurdi

It's that jinn are plyful, they like to play. so without the angels protecting us the jinn would play with us (and we'd be harmed). SubhanAllah! This is also why for example sometimes you'll see a light turning on and off out of nowhere.

Either that or you've got a faulty connection, dodgy bulb, or the fuse has given up

kay:

Jinns aren't rare, they're everywhere, it's just that we cant see them. It's like a parallel world from what i've read over the years. They live, breathe eat, reproduce etc etc Does it sound familiar? Yep, pretty much like us.
I agree to an extent that you may well get freaked out so to speak when and if you come face to face with one. I think it's only natural, seeing something new that you're not familiar with..Its easy to say, but they're afraid of you as you of them, it's just that you might not want to keep looking and witnessing it.

The matter of faith comes into it a great deal i think, those with the strong faith, high in imaan will have more armour so to speak than the one of a lesser level of faith. If memory serves me correct the devil/jinn would not walk on the same side of a path as Umar bin Khatab, May Allah be pleased with him. His strength,imaan, and the level of faith was enough for the devil/jinn to stay away, subhanaAllah!

May Allah swt protect us all, and keep us under his shade, Ameen

Aslamualaikum
Ps. Feel free to correct me if i've stated anything wrong, if so, i do apologise.

**islam_kurdi** · 12-24-2007

no offence tooken, but you misunderstood me...

I didn't mean that jinn are rare; I meant that the occasion of jinn harming a human is rare.

Allah knows best.

**H4RUN** · 12-24-2007

Originally Posted by islam_kurdi

no offence tooken, but you misunderstood me...

I didn't mean that jinn are rare; I meant that the occasion of jinn harming a human is rare.

Allah knows best.

My good man my reply wasnt aimed at you

Only the first line for obvious reasons lol...
I was just saying in general...
And yeah
Allahualim - Allah Knows best

And welcome to the forums! See you around

**islam_kurdi** · 12-24-2007

lol...my bad bro...

**Mysterious Uk** · 12-24-2007

I'm so greatful for this post, recently i've been reading a lot about jinn and shaytan and it scared the hell outta me, i'm less scared now.

**Ashjan** · 12-26-2007

hello brothers and sisters what all of you said is right and once i watched a program about jinn and i got freaked out even my bigger sisters and brothers but then i said in mind as i was going to sleep there is nothing to be afraid of if you beleive in allah and muhammed (pbuh)so then i read QURAN and wallah i wasent scared anymore then the next day we watched another program about it and it said that so people that have no much fath in allah they have nightmares about jinn and they showed pictures of them andthis what freaked every one out is that they said that humans can get married to jinn in there but for real so that every time they sleep they see the jin that thy are arried to and they showed us a person wanted to sleep early so they can see the jinny but i didnt get scared coz nothing has ever happed to me like this or any of my family and coz of course coz i belevie in allah and no one in this world can stop me from being a good muslim no matter what and i am sure that anyother mislim whould say that.