Do some Sufi sects use the jinn to display their miracles?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it possible that some shaykhs see that some of the market sorcerers use the jinn devils for various purposes? How is this done? And what is the method of confronting this dangerous plane for the Muslim community?
Answer:
Yes, some of that may exist, as indicated by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and others regarding some of them, that they may fly in the air, walk on water, or inform about something absent. This is not from them, but rather from the devil with whom they dealt. The devils carry them in the air, carry them on the water, and bring them news from afar, on the condition that they submit to them, obey their commands, and associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said about their like:[Al-An'am 6:128-129].
The scholars have stated in their interpretation of this verse that the enjoyment of a human by a jinn is that the jinn serves the human with what he desires, and the enjoyment of a human by a jinn is that the human submits to it and humbles himself before it, and obeys it in what it desires, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in another verse:[Al-Jinn 72:6] This is a known matter.
Honorable Shaykh, is it possible that some shaykhs see that some of the market sorcerers use the jinn devils for various purposes? How is this done? And what is the method of confronting this dangerous plane for the Muslim community?
Answer:
Yes, some of that may exist, as indicated by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and others regarding some of them, that they may fly in the air, walk on water, or inform about something absent. This is not from them, but rather from the devil with whom they dealt. The devils carry them in the air, carry them on the water, and bring them news from afar, on the condition that they submit to them, obey their commands, and associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said about their like:
(128) And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term, which you appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allah wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing." (129) And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَThe scholars have stated in their interpretation of this verse that the enjoyment of a human by a jinn is that the jinn serves the human with what he desires, and the enjoyment of a human by a jinn is that the human submits to it and humbles himself before it, and obeys it in what it desires, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in another verse:
And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ الْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل بعض الفرق الصوفية تستخدم الجن لإظهار كرامتهم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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