Is the worship of the jinn like the worship of humans?
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Question:
He says: Is the worship of the jinn like the worship of humans, Honorable Shaykh? In the verse:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:56]
Answer:
Yes, they all worship Allah in the manner He has commanded, Glorified and Exalted is He. They all pray, they all pay zakah, and they all single out Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for worship. Read what Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ahqaf 46:29] [Al-Ahqaf 46:29-31] through His Messenger. The jinn are obligated just like humans; they are commanded to follow the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because the message of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is general for both the jinn and humans. [Saba 34:28] Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says regarding the jinn: [Al-Jinn 72:1-3] to the end of the surah. So the jinn are obligated and commanded to follow the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
He says: Is the worship of the jinn like the worship of humans, Honorable Shaykh? In the verse:
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِAnswer:
Yes, they all worship Allah in the manner He has commanded, Glorified and Exalted is He. They all pray, they all pay zakah, and they all single out Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for worship. Read what Allah the Exalted said:
And [mention, O Muhammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur'an. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen quietly."
وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَا إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوا أَنصِتُواAnd when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners. (30) They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path. (31) O our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe
فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوْا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ قَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنزِلَ مِن بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ يَا قَوْمَنَا أَجِيبُوا دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ وَآمِنُواAnd We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا(1) Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an. (2) It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone. (3) And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son
قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4693] هل عبادة الجن كعبادة الإنس؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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