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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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Jazak Allah for sharing that. I recently heard a bayan about jinns and I was pretty creeped out.
 
First of all as a christian I do not believe in Jinn..but I do believe in the devil..if i am sure of only one thing in this world it is the god is by far more powerful that any devil, demon or any other evil spirit..If you trust in god and put your faith in him.nothing evil can touch you..evil can only come into your life if you invite it in..doing evil things and such
 
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jazakallah, i was once really scared of jinns i would not sleep at night because i felt unsafe. People use to freak me out with stories, and your mind plays tricks on you. I use to pray and make dua to allah every night, asking him to help me sleep and to protect me. One day i came back from college and my mam whos a convert and finds it hard to understand the quran decided to clean the quran. She decided to open it and it happen to fall on a surah and the ayah mentioned that allah will protect you from such things if you believe in him (cant remember the ayah).
Walahi from when i read that, i felt like a burden had been lifted and felt protected by allah.
May allah protect us all and keep us with the people in which hes guided!

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True have faith in Allah, that is the key, i was scared of Jinn and my fascination for them wanted to know more about them!!

They're so interesting! lol
 
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

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I'v heard Jinn can imitate anything apart from the Prophets.
 
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what happened if a human falls in love with jinn...

cause my friend met a beautiful lady jinn (islamic jinn).

and he met the jinn again in mecca.

Just wondering...

and i know its haram to marry a jinn...

Can anyone explain more on this.

And i heard if the jinn fall in love with a person...then that'll be a problem. Especially if that person doesn't read quran.
 
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I'm wondering if there exists "islamic jinn". If it has faith, it should not bother us.

I'm also fascinated by the world of the Jinns. Have been reading lots of materials on them. But we shouldn't be afraid, if we know how to deal with them. The only means to get rid of jinns (possessing humans) is Ruqya from the Quraan and the Sunnah and the Raaqi should be a reliable person.

Once there was a new student who joined our Islamic centre and she had very strange behaviour. Her parents said she's depressed. As usual, I had the 'noble' task to get acquainted to her and make her feel at ease. One day, there was another student who came in wearing red clothes and this one had very strange look. She kept looking at her and making lots of strange things like removing things from her bag each and every time, wiping it, etc.

Then, after a while, she felt like vomiting. So they asked me to get her out and see what can be done. There was a red chair outside. She sat nearby but kept looking at it. I told her there's nothing over there but she murmured each and every time on our dialect "Why are you bothering me?" while looking at it. Then she just raised up and said with a very stern voice, "Just move this chair, keep it as far as possible!" I did what she said, then she felt relieved saying with a mischievous tone "That's good, you both (looking at the chairs) have got seperated now... then a while later asking me to return it back to its place....

She was very afraid and I kept reading verses from Surah Al Baqarah, telling her you should not be afraid since you have faith in Allaah. But I know it's hard on her. Unfortunately, she never came back so I don't know what happened next.
I was also informed by my teacher that during this particular week, she was attending a class on 'Aqeedah- fearing none but Allaah', while the teacher was saying so, she just threw her book with much violence across several tables and looking at my teacher in a frightening look. But my teacher just ignored her.

It's good such topic has been raised. It's interesting to know how others have been dealing with it.
 
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I've seen a Jinn possessing a human being, and it also went when someone recited Chapter 114 a couple of times from the Qur'aan. Subhaan Allaah (Glory be to Allaah)
 
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What's coming next? Nothing lol. All I was saying is that Jinns DO exist, and they DO possess people.
 
I havent heard or seen any1 who has been possessed, but there are times when i feel im being watched, when im absolutely sure there is no1 around..
 
Assalamu Alaikum,

I think people make too much of an issue on the subject of jinns its a normal matter just as humans exist jinn also exist. Ive been affected by jinn and i still am but my situation is not so major as others who have been seriously afflicted by the jinn. A magician has bewitched my eyes and i see so many wiered things like abnormal creatures comming out of thin air i dont know what else this magician would have done to me but by the grace of Allah i am recovering and ive also found him but he has more partners with him i tried to extract it from him why he did it and did somebody tell him to do it but he wouldnt tell me i punched him i kicked him i dragged him on the floor but he still would not tell me his family came in and called the police on me and now im getting done for assault i didnt tell his family but i did tell pious knowledgable practicioners in the field of jinn that this guy did this to me and hes doing it to alot of other people and left it as that i wanted to kill him and we are allowed to kill them though i dont know much about that subject. I dont like telling people about it because i start to feel withdrawn from everyone and i lose any sense of normality. But we should think of the existence off the jinn as a normal thing and not get freaked out and put them in caregories like paranormal freaky or unseen yes its true but its still a normal thing, Allah created every single thing He created humans and He created the jinn thats it. When it comes to jinn possession the possesions can be minor or it can be as serious as leading the posessed to his death. The bottom line is in any case only the amount of good and bad that Allah wishes for you will certainly befall you. If Allah created every single thing in this world and the next then its only commen sense that we seek protection in the Creator who created the things that we may be afraid of but no we go to go every single person on this planet oh this happened to me that happened to what do i do? but we dont ask Allah. Look at the issues we are facing globally from the west and the non belivers in terms of hatred for islam misconceptions about islam associating terrorism with islam you think thier to blame? no the problems that are afflicting us from the outside have been created form the inside the problem is within and the solution also lies within. I remember this hadith when the prophet (pbuh) said a time will come when the non believers will gather around you for your desctruction and a man said o prophet of Allah (pbuh) why would they do this to us will we me small in number? the prophet (pbuh) said no you will be great in number but your iman will be weak and Allah will take away your fear from the hearts of your enemies. Allah says that he wil never change a condition of a people untill they change themselves. Brothers and sisters it dosnt matter if we dont a have knowledge of the size of a mountain about islam the minimum knowledge we need to start off is knowing how to correctly offer our 5 daily salahs thats it. If we pray our salah regularly, humbly and on time then we go out to seek knowledge then we will see how Allah brings that knowledge to us. Allah says if a person walks towards me then i will run towards him. Run, Allah will run towards you towards me towards us, Allah is not saying if a person runs towards me then i will run towards him He is saying if a person walks to me then i will run to him but we dont even wana walk towards Allah. Lets pray that Allah boosts the power of retaliation against the devil within us and take us on the straight path.

Im sorry if ive said too much and stated irrelevant things and im sorry if ive made any mistakes please feel free to correct me if i am wrong.

Assalamu Alaikum.
 
Masha'Allah brother Hamas. Thank you for your post; it makes a lot of sense. May Allah help the Muslim Ummah. Ameen
 
Whatever others can say, it is a part of the Muslim's faith to believe in the Jinns, as goes the Aayat: Allaah created not the Jinns and Insaans except to worship Him.

I have seen some other cases of Jinn posssession like you said sis, when you witness it, then you will be more than ever convinced. My friend who was doing her Masters was medically found "depressed" but in fact she got some extraordinary power like she managed duirng one of her 'fits' to pull a solid iron window from its frame without much efforts with one hand most probably. When she was 'cured' she told me she can't believe she has done it as it is impossible to do so with the hands.
 

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