How to meet a friendly jinn?

[Aaqib]

Is there a way?

 

[Scimitar]

lol bro, don't you get along with humans that you have look to other species now?

Scimi

 

[Little_Lion]

We are not supposed to interact with the jinn; they are hidden from us for a reason. One that may seem friendly may only be looking to eventually lead you astray.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbsSSqb-k4&list=PLutdSTmJ7bALsUhQRrcMIMLXbG6GPXpGv From this playlist, go to Episode 30 and watch through the several that relate to the jinn. There's even an episode on interacting with jinn.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

Akhi, if there was goodness in meeting with Jinn, Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم would have taught the Sahaabah how to do so.

This reminds me of a classmate of mine once who wanted to find out a way to meet Jinn women, so that he could marry one...

(If that's what you're after, I can assure you the human ones look better. You don't have to look among the Jinn. They're not nice.)

 

[Kiro]

But peoples can be boring though... what if you meet a very socially awkward dude.

How do you know this on how well the they look? @Huzaifah ibn Adam

 

[Serinity]

you cant trust Jinns, they can lie, and you can't ever trust them, even if they claim to be Muslims, or whatever. Cuz they are NOT, allowed to interact with Humans, or am I wrong @Huzaifah ibn Adam

Either way, never trust a word a Jinn says, ever! They are more corrupt than Humans. And you have no reason to even interact with them, and no matter what they say, I'll never trust them. Assuming they are not allowed to interact with us, I will avoid any interaction with Jinn.

Allah :swt: knows best.

 

[jabeady]

Remember, I'm an ignorant American atheist. Remember also that I'm not talking about the Disney movies.

I first heard of jinn (we call them, perhaps incorrectly, genies) when I was perhaps 7 years old, reading some children's versions of the 1001 Nights stories - Aladdin, Sinbad, etc. As I understand it, they can also be called demons.

Anyway, I've always been told that jinn have free will, and can be either good or evil, or maybe both.

So, what's the real story?

 

[islamirama]

Remember, I'm an ignorant American atheist. Remember also that I'm not talking about the Disney movies.

I first heard of jinn (we call them, perhaps incorrectly, genies) when I was perhaps 7 years old, reading some children's versions of the 1001 Nights stories - Aladdin, Sinbad, etc. As I understand it, they can also be called demons.

Anyway, I've always been told that jinn have free will, and can be either good or evil, or maybe both.

So, what's the real story?

As far as we know, Allah created 3 sentient races. They are the angels, the jinns and the inns (humans).

The difference between them is that the angels were as Allah's little helpers, so they cannot disobey their Creator (contrary to Christian belief).

The jinns and the inns were created with the free will to do as they please. So they can choose to be good or bad.

You can read more about the jinns here: https://islamqa.info/en/2340

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

But peoples can be boring though... what if you meet a very socially awkward dude.

How do you know this on how well the they look? @Huzaifah ibn Adam

Allaah Ta`aalaa says:

لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسن تقويم

{"We have created Insaan in the best of stature (moulds)."** [Soorah at-Teen, 95:4]

So, the Jinn won't look better.

Someone might argue that, "Jinns can take the shape of any human they want. So they can look like whatever you want them to look."

Still, that wouldn't be original. And also, you'd have a half-Jinn child.

Imaam al-Qurtubi mentions in his Tafseer that the mother of Bilqees, the Queen of Sheba in the time of Sulaymaan عليه السلام, was a Jinn. He also mentions that it is technically permissible for a human and Jinn to get married.

Definitely not advisable though, even if you were to somehow find a Jinn bride. There wouldn't be compatibility. And their true form is said to be very ugly looking, so your Jinn bride would always have to be taking on the form of some human being.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

you cant trust Jinns, they can lie, and you can't ever trust them, even if they claim to be Muslims, or whatever. Cuz they are NOT, allowed to interact with Humans, or am I wrong @Huzaifah ibn Adam

Either way, never trust a word a Jinn says, ever! They are more corrupt than Humans. And you have no reason to even interact with them, and no matter what they say, I'll never trust them. Assuming they are not allowed to interact with us, I will avoid any interaction with Jinn.

Allah :swt: knows best.

You are correct, Akhi. Jinn are known to be very deceitful and treacherous. There are good Jinn, as mentioned in the Qur'aan, but how would you know whether the particular Jinn you're dealing with is trustworthy or not?

The Jinn are not supposed to interact with Insaan.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

Remember, I'm an ignorant American atheist. Remember also that I'm not talking about the Disney movies.

I first heard of jinn (we call them, perhaps incorrectly, genies) when I was perhaps 7 years old, reading some children's versions of the 1001 Nights stories - Aladdin, Sinbad, etc. As I understand it, they can also be called demons.

Anyway, I've always been told that jinn have free will, and can be either good or evil, or maybe both.

So, what's the real story?

There are both good Jinn and bad Jinn. The bad Jinn are called Shayaateen, the singular of which is Shaytaan.

Jinns have free will, like humans.

There are Muslims and Kaafirs among them, as is the case with human beings.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

As far as we know, Allah created 3 sentient races. They are the angels, the jinns and the inns (humans).

The difference between them is that the angels were as Allah's little helpers, so they cannot disobey their Creator (contrary to Christian belief).

The jinns and the inns were created with the free will to do as they please. So they can choose to be good or bad.

You can read more about the jinns here: https://islamqa.info/en/2340

Allaah Ta`aalaa does not have or need any "little helpers". Such a belief is Shirk. The Malaa'ikah are there to worship Allaah Ta`aalaa. Allaah Ta`aalaa is free from having any helpers.

 

[noraina]

SubhanAllah....so a human and jinn could get married and have a child together?

I remember I once heard a brother asking about finding a jinn woman as he wanted to marry one, only that as jinns are much more deceptive and sly than humans are, that would be just inviting trouble.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

Yes, it is possible for a human and Jinn to get married and have a Jinn child, but I don't know of this happening since the time of Sulaymaan عليه السلام. There are narrations from the Jews that in those days, male Jinn would kidnap young women from the humans and take them to wherever they (Jinn) lived. (@Kiro: Another proof that Insaan women look better. Otherwise the Jinn would only kidnap their own kind of women. It's because our women look so much nicer that they preferred kidnapping them instead.)

Allaahu A`lam if any of that is true or not. We don't take narrations from Jewish sources as being factual.

 

[ardianto]

Yes, it is possible for a human and Jinn to get married and have a Jinn child,

No!. Human and jinn are two different creatures that cannot marry each other. Some jinn may have ability to appear in visual form for a while, or ability to touch human (like in my experiences). But they cannot turn themselves into solid creature like human as condition to do reproduction with human.

The stories about human marry jinn and have child are just folklore.

I remember I once heard a brother asking about finding a jinn woman as he wanted to marry one, only that as jinns are much more deceptive and sly than humans are, that would be just inviting trouble.

There are people who believe that if they marry jinn then this jinn would help them to get success or wealth. That's why there are people who want to marry jinn. But actually this is just fake story that created by some shaman as fraud for money.

Is there a way?

Do not believe the stories about friendship between human and jinn. That's just folklore or fantasy in movie.

And do not ever do a ritual to meet astral creature, because it could be ended with scary experience that could make you crazy if you were not strong.

 

[ardianto]

I have experienced many mysterious phenomena. Mostly in form of voice or sound. The rest were in visual form which I saw something, in 'physical contact' which I felt a touch, and phenomenon which a stuff was moving. However my experience were different than stories in movies that based on fantasies.

How do I know these mysterious phenomena were not hallucinations?. From the dog's reaction. Few of these phenomena happened in places were dog(s) was/were present. And I noticed those dogs always show unusual behavior which they looked scared or panic. But different than myth, those dogs didn't see something, they just felt the presence of 'non-ordinary creature'. Probably that 'non-ordinary creature' emit a wave (like radio) that affect those dogs brain.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

No!. Human and jinn are two different creatures that cannot marry each other. Some jinn may have ability to appear in visual form for a while, or ability to touch human (like in my experiences). But they cannot turn themselves into solid creature like human as condition to do reproduction with human.

The stories about human marry jinn and have child are just folklore.

The `Ulamaa have Ikhtilaaf (differences of opinion) regarding it. Some, like Imaam al-Qurtubi, believe that it is possible and even permissible. Others, like Imaam al-Maawardi, deny it outright. Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal believed it to be possible, but said it is Haraam (for a human to marry a Jinn). Imaam Is-haaq ibn Raahawayh, Imaam Maalik, Imaam Hasan al-Basri and others, regarded it as Makrooh.

So, there were `Ulamaa from the Salaf who said it is possible for it to happen, and there were others who denied it. The `Ulamaa have put it under that field of knowledge which ما لا يضر جهله "there is no harm in not knowing it."

Allaah Ta`aalaa says:

وَمِنْ آَيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآَيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ


{"And from His Signs is that He created for you wives from yourselves, so that you may find tranquility in them, and He placed between you love and mercy. Indeed, therein are Signs for people who reflect."** [Soorah ar-Room, 30:21]

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There can only be tranquility, love and mercy in a Nikaah (marriage) between a man and a woman; not a man and another man, nor a man and a Jinn, or an animal.

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

But they cannot turn themselves into solid creature like human as condition to do reproduction with human.

The Jinn do have the ability to turn themselves solid; there are many Ahaadeeth regarding that. For example, Iblees came to the Quraysh in the form of an old man from Najd. Certain Sahaabah like Hadhrat `Umar رضي الله عنه, Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه, etc. actually wrestled with a Shaytaan, while it was in the form of a human being.


وأخرج أبو عبيد في فضائل القرآن والدارمي في مسنده والطبراني في المعجم الكبير وأبو نعيم والبيهقي كلاهما في دلائل النبوة عن عبد الله بن مسعود أنّ رجلًا لقي الشيطان في سكّة من سكك المدينة, فصارعه فصرعه, فقال: دعني وأخبرك بشيء يعجبك, فودعه, فقال: هل تقرأ سورة البقرة؟ قال: نعم, قال: فإن الشيطان لا يسمع منها شيء إلا أدبر وله خبج كخبج الحمار, فقيل لابن مسعود: من ذاك الرجل؟ قال: عمر بن الخطاب

Imaam Abu `Ubayd narrates in “Al-Fadhaa’il”; Imaam ad-Daarimi narrates in his Musnad; Imaam at-Tabraani narrates in “Al-Mu`jam Al-Kabeer”; Imaam Abu Nu`aym and Imaam al-Bayhaqi narrate in “Dalaa’il-un-Nubuwwah” (all) from Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه that a man met Shaytaan on a road from the roads of Madeenah, so he wrestled with (Shaytaan) and defeated him. He (Shaytaan) said, “Let me go and I will tell you something that will amaze you.” So he let him go. (Shaytaan) asked, “Do you recite Soorah al-Baqarah?” He said, “Yes.” Shaytaan said, “No Shaytaan hears anything from it except that he flees while farting like the farting of a donkey.”

Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه was asked, “Who was that man?” He replied, “`Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه.”

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وأخرج أبو نعيم والبيهقي وصحّحه عن عمار بن ياسر قال: أرسلني النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى بئر فلقيت الشيطان في صورة الإنس فقاتلني فصرعته ثم جعلت أدقه بفهر معي (أو حجر) فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: لقي عمّار الشيطان عند البئر فقاتله فما عدا أن رجعت فأخبرته, قال: ذاك الشيطان

Imaam Abu Nu`aym narrates – and Imaam al-Bayhaqi also narrates and authenticates it – that Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه said, “An-Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم sent me to a particular well (i.e. to collect water), so I met with Shaytaan who was in the form of a person. He fought me, so I wrestled with and defeated him, and began beating him with a stone which I had with me. An-Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم said to those with him, “`Ammaar met Shaytaan at the well, and fought him.” When I returned, I informed Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم (of what had happened), so he said, “That was Shaytaan.”

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وأخرج ابن سعد في طبقاته وإسحاق بن راهويه في مسنده عن عمار بن ياسر, قال: قاتلت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الإنس والجن, قلنا: كيف قاتلت الجن, قال: نزلنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منزلًا فأخذت قربتي ودلوي لأستقي فقال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أما أنه سيأتيك آت يمنعك عن الماء, فلما كنت على رأس البئر إذا رجل أسود كأنه مرس, فقال: لا والله لا تستقي اليوم منها ذنوباً واحداً, فأخذته وأخذني فصرعته ثم أخذت حجراً فكسرت به أنفه ووجهه ثم ملأت قربتي, فأتيت بها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم, فقال: هل أتاك على الماء من أحد, فأخبرته, قال: ذاك الشيطان

Imaam ibn Sa`d narrates in his “Tabaqaat” and Imaam Is-haaq ibn Raahawayh narrates in his “Musnad” from Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه, who said, “I fought alongside Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم both humans and Jinn.” We asked, “How did you fight the Jinn?” He said, “(Once), we stopped with Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم at a certain place, so I took my water skin and bucket with me, to collect water. Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said to me, “Someone at the well will approach you, preventing you from the water.” So when I was at the well, I saw a black man who looked very experienced in fighting. He said, “No! Wallaahi, you will not take any water from it today!” So I took him (i.e. wrestled with him), and he took me, so I threw him and defeated him. Thereafter, I picked up a stone and broke his nose and face with it. I then filled up my water skin and went back with it to Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He asked, “Did anyone approach you at the water?” I informed him (of what had taken place), so he said, “That was Shaytaan.”

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وأخرج أبو الشيخ ابن حيان في كتاب العظمة وأبو نعيم في الدلائل عن علي بن أبي طالب قال: كنا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في سفر فقال لعمار: إنطلق فاستق لنا من الماء, فانطلق فعرض له شيطان في صورة عبد أسود فحال بينه وبين الماء, فصرعه عمّار, فقال له: دعني وأخلي بينك وبين الماء, ففعل, ثم أتى فأخذه عمّار الثانية فصرعه فقال: دعني وأخلي بينك وبين الماء, ففعل, ثم أتى فأخذه عمّار الثالثة فصرعه, فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن الشيطان قد حال بين عمّار وبين الماء في صورة عبد أسود وإن الله أظفر عمّاراً به, قال علي: فتلقينا عمّاراً فأخبرناه بقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم, فقال: أما والله لو شعرت أنه شيطان لقتلته

Imaam Abu ash-Shaykh ibn Hayyaan narrates in “Kitaab al-`Azhamah”, and Imaam Abu Nu`aym in “ad-Dalaa’il”, from Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه, that he said, “We were on a journey with Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم, so Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم said to (Hadhrat) `Ammaar (رضي الله عنه), “Get some water for us.” So he went out (to get water), and Shaytaan approached him in the form of a black slave, and came between him and the water. Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him, so he (the Shaytaan) said, “Let me go, and I will leave the way open between you and the water.” So he (Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه) did so. (After letting him go) Shaytaan again approached him, and again Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him. (Shaytaan) said, “Let me go and I will leave the way open between you and the water.” Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه did so. (Again) Shaytaan approached, and (again) Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him. Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Shaytaan has come between `Ammaar and the water, in the form of a black slave, and Allaah has granted victory to `Ammaar (over Shaytaan).”

Hadhrat `Ali رضي الله عنه said, “So we went to meet him, and informed him of what Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم had said.” He said, “Wallaahi, had I realised he was a Shaytaan, I would have killed him.”

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As you can see from the above narrations, there were many occasions when a Shaytaan took on the form of a person. Not only that, but the Shaytaan would take on the form so well that even the Sahaabah did not know whether it was a human being or a Jinn.

والله تعالى أعلم​

 

[Aaqib]

The Jinn do have the ability to turn themselves solid; there are many Ahaadeeth regarding that. For example, Iblees came to the Quraysh in the form of an old man from Najd. Certain Sahaabah like Hadhrat `Umar رضي الله عنه, Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه, etc. actually wrestled with a Shaytaan, while it was in the form of a human being.


وأخرج أبو عبيد في فضائل القرآن والدارمي في مسنده والطبراني في المعجم الكبير وأبو نعيم والبيهقي كلاهما في دلائل النبوة عن عبد الله بن مسعود أنّ رجلًا لقي الشيطان في سكّة من سكك المدينة, فصارعه فصرعه, فقال: دعني وأخبرك بشيء يعجبك, فودعه, فقال: هل تقرأ سورة البقرة؟ قال: نعم, قال: فإن الشيطان لا يسمع منها شيء إلا أدبر وله خبج كخبج الحمار, فقيل لابن مسعود: من ذاك الرجل؟ قال: عمر بن الخطاب

Imaam Abu `Ubayd narrates in “Al-Fadhaa’il”; Imaam ad-Daarimi narrates in his Musnad; Imaam at-Tabraani narrates in “Al-Mu`jam Al-Kabeer”; Imaam Abu Nu`aym and Imaam al-Bayhaqi narrate in “Dalaa’il-un-Nubuwwah” (all) from Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه that a man met Shaytaan on a road from the roads of Madeenah, so he wrestled with (Shaytaan) and defeated him. He (Shaytaan) said, “Let me go and I will tell you something that will amaze you.” So he let him go. (Shaytaan) asked, “Do you recite Soorah al-Baqarah?” He said, “Yes.” Shaytaan said, “No Shaytaan hears anything from it except that he flees while farting like the farting of a donkey.”

Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه was asked, “Who was that man?” He replied, “`Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه.”

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وأخرج أبو نعيم والبيهقي وصحّحه عن عمار بن ياسر قال: أرسلني النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى بئر فلقيت الشيطان في صورة الإنس فقاتلني فصرعته ثم جعلت أدقه بفهر معي (أو حجر) فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: لقي عمّار الشيطان عند البئر فقاتله فما عدا أن رجعت فأخبرته, قال: ذاك الشيطان

Imaam Abu Nu`aym narrates – and Imaam al-Bayhaqi also narrates and authenticates it – that Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه said, “An-Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم sent me to a particular well (i.e. to collect water), so I met with Shaytaan who was in the form of a person. He fought me, so I wrestled with and defeated him, and began beating him with a stone which I had with me. An-Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم said to those with him, “`Ammaar met Shaytaan at the well, and fought him.” When I returned, I informed Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم (of what had happened), so he said, “That was Shaytaan.”

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وأخرج ابن سعد في طبقاته وإسحاق بن راهويه في مسنده عن عمار بن ياسر, قال: قاتلت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الإنس والجن, قلنا: كيف قاتلت الجن, قال: نزلنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منزلًا فأخذت قربتي ودلوي لأستقي فقال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أما أنه سيأتيك آت يمنعك عن الماء, فلما كنت على رأس البئر إذا رجل أسود كأنه مرس, فقال: لا والله لا تستقي اليوم منها ذنوباً واحداً, فأخذته وأخذني فصرعته ثم أخذت حجراً فكسرت به أنفه ووجهه ثم ملأت قربتي, فأتيت بها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم, فقال: هل أتاك على الماء من أحد, فأخبرته, قال: ذاك الشيطان

Imaam ibn Sa`d narrates in his “Tabaqaat” and Imaam Is-haaq ibn Raahawayh narrates in his “Musnad” from Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه, who said, “I fought alongside Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم both humans and Jinn.” We asked, “How did you fight the Jinn?” He said, “(Once), we stopped with Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم at a certain place, so I took my water skin and bucket with me, to collect water. Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said to me, “Someone at the well will approach you, preventing you from the water.” So when I was at the well, I saw a black man who looked very experienced in fighting. He said, “No! Wallaahi, you will not take any water from it today!” So I took him (i.e. wrestled with him), and he took me, so I threw him and defeated him. Thereafter, I picked up a stone and broke his nose and face with it. I then filled up my water skin and went back with it to Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He asked, “Did anyone approach you at the water?” I informed him (of what had taken place), so he said, “That was Shaytaan.”

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وأخرج أبو الشيخ ابن حيان في كتاب العظمة وأبو نعيم في الدلائل عن علي بن أبي طالب قال: كنا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في سفر فقال لعمار: إنطلق فاستق لنا من الماء, فانطلق فعرض له شيطان في صورة عبد أسود فحال بينه وبين الماء, فصرعه عمّار, فقال له: دعني وأخلي بينك وبين الماء, ففعل, ثم أتى فأخذه عمّار الثانية فصرعه فقال: دعني وأخلي بينك وبين الماء, ففعل, ثم أتى فأخذه عمّار الثالثة فصرعه, فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن الشيطان قد حال بين عمّار وبين الماء في صورة عبد أسود وإن الله أظفر عمّاراً به, قال علي: فتلقينا عمّاراً فأخبرناه بقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم, فقال: أما والله لو شعرت أنه شيطان لقتلته

Imaam Abu ash-Shaykh ibn Hayyaan narrates in “Kitaab al-`Azhamah”, and Imaam Abu Nu`aym in “ad-Dalaa’il”, from Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه, that he said, “We were on a journey with Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم, so Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم said to (Hadhrat) `Ammaar (رضي الله عنه), “Get some water for us.” So he went out (to get water), and Shaytaan approached him in the form of a black slave, and came between him and the water. Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him, so he (the Shaytaan) said, “Let me go, and I will leave the way open between you and the water.” So he (Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه) did so. (After letting him go) Shaytaan again approached him, and again Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him. (Shaytaan) said, “Let me go and I will leave the way open between you and the water.” Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه did so. (Again) Shaytaan approached, and (again) Hadhrat `Ammaar رضي الله عنه wrestled with and defeated him. Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Shaytaan has come between `Ammaar and the water, in the form of a black slave, and Allaah has granted victory to `Ammaar (over Shaytaan).”

Hadhrat `Ali رضي الله عنه said, “So we went to meet him, and informed him of what Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم had said.” He said, “Wallaahi, had I realised he was a Shaytaan, I would have killed him.”

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As you can see from the above narrations, there were many occasions when a Shaytaan took on the form of a person. Not only that, but the Shaytaan would take on the form so well that even the Sahaabah did not know whether it was a human being or a Jinn.

والله تعالى أعلم​

Reminds me of a question.

How come all the good/mysterious stuff that happened in the days of the prophet :saw: don't happen again? Such as the hadiths of angels meeting regular people, and shaytaan coming in form of a man.
How come these things don't happen anymore with us?

 

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

Who says it doesn't?

If you look at it, you'll see that in all of those occasions, Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم informed the Sahaabah that it was one of the Malaa'ikah, or one of the Jinn. They themselves didn't know. All they had noticed (with the Malaa'ikah) was certain signs, like them not having any dust on their clothes, their clothes being brilliantly white, despite being in the desert. Like what happened in the case when they saw Jibreel عليه السلام:

[FONT=&quot]"While we were one day sitting with Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him." (Until the end of the Hadeeth.)

So, the only thing the Sahaabah noticed which made him seem different from other people was that there were no signs of travel on him, no dust on his clothes or hair, etc. despite being in a desert. Also, the manner in which he spoke amazed them.

Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم himself informed the Sahaabah - after this man had left- that it was Jibreel عليه السلام.

The same can be seen in the Hadeeth I quoted earlier, of Hadhrat `Ammaar ibn Yaasir رضي الله عنه wrestling with a Shaytaan and defeating him. It was only after Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم informed him that it was a Shaytaan that he realised.

The point is that, there is a possibility that a Jinn or a Malak (angel) can come to you in the form of a human being, and you would not know.

There was an occasion in the past when Allaah Ta`aalaa tested some men from Bani Israa'eel by sending them a Malak (angel) in the form of a begger, but they chased him away (all except one of them), thus failing the test.

Other examples could be given as well.

Another thing is that the Sahaabah were much greater than us; much more pious, much purer of hearts. As such, the Malaa'ikah would come to meet them. Who among us is worthy of meeting the Malaa'ikah? That's another thing.

If you read the stories of the Awliyaa, even hundreds of years after Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم, you will find narrations of them meeting a Malak or Jinn, in the form of a human. So it depends on the person. If the hearts are pure, Allaah Ta`aalaa will let you meet them.
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[FONT=&quot]والله تعالى أعلم[/FONT]​