The Indication of the Precedence of the Jinn over Humans in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (And I did not create the jinn and humans except to worship Me)

The questioner:
May Allah guide you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: The jinn are mentioned before the humans in the saying of Allah the Exalted: Is there any evidence in this for the superiority of the jinn over humans?

The Shaykh:
No, there is no evidence for that. However, they said that it indicates that the jinn are more numerous than humans, and for that reason Allah preceded them. Allah knows best.

The presenter:
In the name of Allah. Your Eminence, the father, he says.

The Shaykh:
Yes, and Allah knows best. No one should deny it and say that there are no jinn. The reason they were mentioned first is to establish the reality of their existence. The one who says there are no jinn is a liar, and this is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it, because he is denying Allah the Mighty and Majestic. As for the one who says there are jinn, but they do not enter into humans, or rather, what does it mean when it is said that a person is possessed (majnun) or that it enters a human? And His saying, Glorious and Exalted is He, ? This does not make him a disbeliever, but he is in error and makes a mistake. He is in error and makes a mistake because this is a subtle matter that may not be clear to some people, so he is not declared a disbeliever for that. However, the one who denies the existence of the jinn altogether and says they have no existence is considered a disbeliever because he is denying Allah and His Messenger. Yes.