You know, in Islam, we believe that there is no fallen angles. Angels can never disobey God, they have no free will, their only mission is to serve God
Therefore we believe that Iblis, or as you refer to him in Christianity as Lucifer or Satan was not a fallen angel, we believe that he is a Jinn.
But don't get it wrong, not all Jinns are demons!
In Islam, Jinns will be judged at the day of judgement that means that they have free will. Allah created them from fire.
Therefore we find bad Jinns (Demons) and also good Jinns (Muslims, Christians, Jews...)
We even believe that humans, the ones who spread evil and make wars, can be demons too.
This is a beautiful recital of the sura (chapter) of Jinns
THIS NATION WILL KNOW WHO WILL DEFEND IT WITH HIS TONGUE AND WHO WILL FIGHT FOR IT WITH THE GLORIOUS SWORD !!!
Jinns are created from smokeless fire, and are an unseen being. Islam does not have the concept of sinful angels, since we believe angels can't sin and are eternally submissive to God, since why would God create an enforcer class that can rebel? Demons can be practically called Jinns I suppose, it's the same basic fiery being stuff. The devil was a Jinn and Jinns were made by God, not Satan or anyone else. They can be good or evil, because they have the choice to do either.
It has been narrated on the authority of 'Arfaja who said:
I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be.
In addition to the plethora of wonderful responses about their origins so far, I'd like to take one step further by adding that jinn tend to have the personalities of children. They are sensitive, easily offended, and mischief, yet they also follow some of the same religions we do. Some are good, some cruel, some evil. There are shamans and other religious folks who possess the spiritual prowess to perform ruqyas (exorcisms) that have made such claims, although from my knowledge neither the Qur'an nor the ahadith go into detail about their personalities beyond stating that they are mischief and curious in nature. It is, however, expressly forbidden to attempt to purposely communicate with them unless no other option is viable (i.e., ruqya).
Can jinni be responsible for spreading seek ideas among week-willed people? Like communism, fascism, etc? Kind of menthal viruses?
Jinns can affect human emotion, like make someone feel fear or easy to angry. However, someone who is in condition which his emotion affected by jinns would not be able to think about idea, or accept an idea, especially sophisticated ideas like communism or fascism.
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