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I too had a muted experience twice of some sort. When I recently started to pray after a long absence and ignornace, I had a feeling that I wasn't alone ( cue X-files theme), of course we aren't alone as Allah (swt) is all aware but something else was in my room ( no there weren't any lisas and sarahs :hiding:!) During the night I woke up and just as I was about to turn as I knew something was next to me I couldn't move , it was like someone keeling on my back with tremendous force. The similar symptoms as described by other members- paralysis of limbs and also vocal. Eventually the force diminished and I turned around. Suffice to say, I turned on the light and lo and behold- nothing. The next night I armed myself with an arsenal array of weaponry, constituting of a....... knife and fork

and I waited till the time of the previous nights episode, thinking "it" will happen again!!:heated:..........nothing except I heard my neighbours cat going in and out of the garden shed. At least now I knew, whose cat it was disposing of last nites supper:grumbling
The second time a few weeks after, was like something dragging me and this time I was armed with the greatest weaponry of all.... words of the noble Qu'ran and it ceased.
It could may have been a random jinn passing and thought
hello cheeky!!: and decided to become mischievous or could have been psychological. (Allah swt knows best) I started to read into the subject of Jinn etc and subhanallah their many ways to protect yourself from the unseen as prescribed in hadiths. Some of the books written give a fabulous insight in the world of the unseen. The point is, if we fear these, what about the fear of their creator?- OUR creator Allah (swt). Yes they exist (muslim, jew and christian faiths) and of course nothing happens without the will of Allah (swt) albeit a test. The way to combat evil inshallah is through strengthening our iman.
I know a brother who has been continuously attacked over a prolonged period of years and since he’s become married, become worse. Of course possession of jinn is realistic, whether you have un/intentionally harmed it or it has become fond of you etc. Exploitation of their powers and they too will be held accountable on the day of recompense. I could spend hours and hours discussing this subject but its getting late:uhwhat
We should always ask Allah (swt) for protection of the evil of our deeds and the evil that surrounds us.