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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Seeking the Help of the Jinn in Permissible Matters

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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held one of the shayatin and was about to tie it to one of the pillars of the mosque so the boys could play with it, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said
I remembered the supplication of my brother Sulaymanتذكرت دعوة أخي سليمان
and then released it, can we use this hadith as evidence for the prohibition of seeking the help of the jinn in permissible matters; because this is a characteristic of Sulayman (peace be upon him)?

The Shaykh:
The prohibition of what?

The questioner:
The prohibition of seeking help.

The Shaykh:
Seeking the help of the jinn in matters.

The questioner:
Permissible matters.

The Shaykh:
Regarding permissible matters, I told you that this is not something that should be opened up. The Shaykh qualified it by stating that the one who uses this must be fully knowledgeable about what is lawful and what is forbidden. This is a harsh condition, so it is better to close the door from the start, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [828 -858] حكم الاستعانة بالجن في الأمور المباحة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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