"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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**Mikayeel** · 01-06-2008

Originally Posted by PurestAmbrosia

I have always been very pragmatic and thought there was a hijab between us and the Jinns, never really believed the stories of possessions and I am not sure still that people can in fact be possessed..
I find that areas where superstition is abound, folks will blame natural phenomnon or anything they can't explain on 'jinn'

However, my two year old niece was acting very strange for several months .. I deemed it as a phase, but it is was unlike her, she was very playful and loves people, loves going out.. in the beginning I thought it an illness but there was nothing physically wrong with her...

Sometimes she'd point and say 'look... baby!' at absolutely nothing...sometimes she'd stand in front of the mirror and say 'come back baby' Many times as we wheel her out she'd cover both her eyes or start crying... one time I was putting her to sleep and she pointed her finger and asked who is that, and it terrfied me, there was only me and her..

I started telling her it is cartoon, it is her imagination, or yell at her there is no one in there and bang on the empty wall where she is staring... but she is only two.. I hope it sorts itself out and life can get back to normal insha'Allah

dear sis i never used to believe in stories of people being possed till i actually expierenced one, when a sheik was reading to my aunty(she is a good muslims mashallah) and she spoke in a different voice started abusing islam!(it wasnt actually her but it the jihn) i would believe this unless i have seen, and which i have! i was to scared to do anything for a whole month!, peace

**truemuslim** · 01-11-2008

i still cant believe jinn possesion unless i see it... its not one of those things u CAN believe that easy... oh well, even if it is true and i see it wit my own eyes its not scary, nothing is scary... at all...i dunt fear anything at all but allah, he will protect us from them if we fear him only not them

**Thought** · 01-13-2008

interesting topic, i was just having a discussion on a dutch forum about this. djazakallah fot the topic

**krypton6** · 01-13-2008

Lol its kind of stupid to be scared of them. Young men fight against imperialists everyday, people die of hunger everyday, and many are afraid of not being able to give a propper meal to their children.

How can you be afraid of jins, some beings that cannot harm you in anyway nor can see you or you can see! Its just ridiculous I'm afraid.

**------** · 01-13-2008

Originally Posted by krypton6

Lol its kind of stupid to be scared of them. Young men fight against imperialists everyday, people die of hunger everyday, and many are afraid of not being able to give a propper meal to their children.

How can you be afraid of jins, some beings that cannot harm you in anyway nor can see you or you can see! Its just ridiculous I'm afraid.

No, it’s not ‘ridiculous’ If you see a person that is possessed, it scares the shyt out of you.

**krypton6** · 01-13-2008

Possessed? I dont believe in jins being able to posses a person! It trully quite simply is ridiculous, its equal to being afraid a fish, only a fish is seeable and a jin is not making the jin-phobia even more ridiculous.

**------** · 01-13-2008

Jinns can possess people. It's true. Whether u want to act ignorant or believe the truth, thats up to you.

**krypton6** · 01-13-2008

LOL how may I ask? Do they go inside your mind and replace your soul with their own? Why would a jin need your body? It has its own body!

**------** · 01-13-2008

Can Jinn Really Possess People?

can a jinn or satan possess a human body?

The World of the Jinn - The ability to possess and take over the minds and bodies of other creatures is also a power which the Jinn have utilised greatly over the centuries.

**Amat Allah** · 01-13-2008

Alsalamo Alikom

muslimes jin are existe .

do not be afraid ,they will never harm you

if you lay hold of diker and

The Noble Qura`an

they will never lay a finger on you

in shaa Allah

you are much stronger than them

do you know that Jin fear human

and they are like afive years old child?

they are very weak.

**krypton6** · 01-13-2008

Originally Posted by AhLÄÄM

Can Jinn Really Possess People?

can a jinn or satan possess a human body?

The World of the Jinn - The ability to possess and take over the minds and bodies of other creatures is also a power which the Jinn have utilised greatly over the centuries.

Sorry for my language but there is no better word to describe my opinion regarding jins being able to posses humans than the word; Bull****!

I have NEVER EVER heard of a person who has bin taken down by a jin. People who claim to have bin possesed by jins are what I call 'crazy'.

May I ask how you remove the jin from a possesed body?

**------** · 01-13-2008

May I ask how you remove the jin from a possesed body?

Yeh u may.

If we look at the practice of the Prophet and his companions, we find many duas (supplications) to exorcise the Jinn. All these duas invoke Allah to help the possessed person. How contrary this is to many modern-day exorcists. Many exorcists, Muslim and non-Muslim, often invoke the names of others besides Allah to exorcise the Jinn[5]. When the Jinn does leave, these people believe that their way was successful. However, this is a ploy of the Jinn, as it knows that if it obeys the exorcist, then it has succeeded in making him worship others besides Allah i.e. commit shirk. The Jinn often returns when the exorcist leaves, as it knows that nothing except the words of Allah can stop it from oppressing others.

http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/belief/jinn.html

**krypton6** · 01-13-2008

LOL I dont know what to say really...

God created jins and humans on the same planet but in different worlds, separate from each other, there is a barrier preventing them from entering our world and a barrier preventing us from entering theirs.

The duas supposedly practiced by the prophet were either misundestood, taken out of context or were ment to be used agaisnt black magic, something that existed long time ago but is very rare today.

**------** · 01-13-2008

Originally Posted by krypton6

LOL I dont know what to say really...

God created jins and humans on the same planet but in different worlds, separate from each other, there is a barrier preventing them from entering our world and a barrier preventing us from entering theirs.

The duas supposedly practiced by the prophet were either misundestood, taken out of context or were ment to be used agaisnt black magic, something that existed long time ago but is very rare today.

It isn't rare. It happens.

**Mikayeel** · 01-15-2008

Originally Posted by krypton6

Possessed? I dont believe in jins being able to posses a person! It trully quite simply is ridiculous, its equal to being afraid a fish, only a fish is seeable and a jin is not making the jin-phobia even more ridiculous.

brother it is true!, seriously its very very scary if u have witnessed it.. something u will never forget

black magic and all that stuff isnt rare at all. it happens SOOOO much!

**krypton6** · 01-15-2008

Originally Posted by Hamada

brother it is true!, seriously its very very scary if u have witnessed it.. something u will never forget

black magic and all that stuff isnt rare at all. it happens SOOOO much!

Well I can imagine it to be scary but I do not believe in jins being able to posses a human body. How and why can jins just "hop" worlds while we cannot? Why would allah allow them to enter a world that is not their own?

I have never heard of black magic, nor do I believe in it. I only believe that it used to exist long time ago. Black magic has never bin scientifically prooven, and I have never personally met a black magic victim so why should I believe i it? I dont believe in what cannot be prooven by science!

**Mikayeel** · 01-15-2008

magic is mentioned in the quran!? and the quran is a book for all time i think thats enough proof

, i put it that way, i way heard a jihn speak through a person he had possed!, and i swear to god i was like u saying its impossible, till the moment u hear a male voice(DEEP VOICE) cuming from a women..... salam

**krypton6** · 01-15-2008

Magic is mentioned in the quran, magic exists but it is very very very very rare.
Only the most evil persons on this earth can gain enough help from the satans.

The woman you heard was probably just sick; Once or twice a year I become very sick, and when it hapends I am scared of everything and anything, my father scares me and my mother does too. I talk and yell for no reason, and get very uncomfortable and indescribable fealings, thoughts and reactions.

**Mikayeel** · 01-15-2008

Originally Posted by krypton6

Magic is mentioned in the quran, magic exists but it is very very very very rare.
Only the most evil persons on this earth can gain enough help from the satans.

The woman you heard was probably just sick; Once or twice a year I become very sick, and when it hapends I am scared of everything and anything, my father scares me and my mother does too. I talk and yell for no reason, and get very uncomfortable and indescribable fealings, thoughts and reactions.

that women was mine aunty

and a sheikh was reading quran to her, and while she was in that state she cursed the kabbah! and she is mashallah a very pious women. it take more than being ill to curse the kabbah.. and the jihn inside her was telling the seikh to stop reading quran because it is burning him etc... if u want to her hear it all just say..
soo many people are ill and doctors dont have a clue what it is.. many cases tat could be an evil eye/ or magic but no one even thinks about soo really it does occur alot!
salam

**krypton6** · 01-15-2008

Originally Posted by Alpha Dude

The existance of Allah hasn't been proven by science...yet, you're still a muslim?

For me it has bin proven. The screen in front of you and me did not create itself, it was created by its creator. I see the screen, its functions and how it works and from there I conclude that it could not have created itself. I see the universe around me, its functions and its system and from there I conclude that it too did not create itself. Something indescribably intelligent must have created this universe, we call that "something" for Allah.

Atheists believe that the universe created itself or that it has always existed, I believe that Allah has always existed, I would rather believe that something indescribably intelligent has always existed and has created this universe, that believing that the lifeless universe could have created itself.

At the bottom line atheists and religious people both believe that something must have always existed, I believe THAT something to be God, A intelligent "thing" (rather than believing that a lifeless universe could have created itself.). Also I know what the universe is, and I see it and from there I can conclude that it could not have created itself being the lifeless universe that it is, god on the other hand I do not know what is so I cannot disprove him. The only thing I know about god is that it must exist, how I do not know for I do not know what it is!

Originally Posted by Alpha Dude

Why do you believe this? Why would the art of black magic suddenly cease to exist?

Our prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was himself also afflicted by magic.

Because I have never heard of seen any of it, none of it has bin recorded, and none of it has bin proven.

I dont believe that a human evil enough to be able to use magic exists today.
The "evil" people of our times are the ones who are addicted to life, in the past there was no life to addict yourself to so the evil people of the past were trully evil people who's intentions were to harm people as much as possible, and harm god as much as possible which is why the satans helped them.