Binn

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir (rahimahullah) states that many Mufassirun say that before Adam (‘alayhis salam) and Jinn, there were inhabitants called the ‘Binn’. When Allah Ta’ala created the Jinn, they killed the ‘Binn’ and removed them from the surface of the earth.(Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah, vol. 1 pg. 90 and 112)These narrations have been quotedas the statements of certain Sahabah and Tabi’un and seem to be sourced from Historical [Israely] Narrations. I have not come across a Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) of this nature.by sheikh abasoomar