What is the ruling on praying behind one who seeks refuge with the Muslim jinn?
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The questioner:
The one who seeks refuge with the jinn and says, "I only seek refuge with the Muslim ones among them in what they are capable of," does one pray behind him?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge or seeking help is permissible with the absent one, even if he is alive. The absent one is not the one from whom help is sought. One only seeks help from the living, present one who is capable of what you want from him. There are three conditions: that he be alive, not dead; that he be present, not absent; and that he be capable of what you request from him, not incapable. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says, may Allah preserve you: What about the one who seeks refuge with the jinn and says he only seeks refuge with the Muslim ones? Does one pray behind him?
The Shaykh:
No. One who seeks help from the jinn is not to be prayed behind, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Because he is a mushrik.[Al-Jinn 72:6]. Yes. It is not permissible to seek refuge with other than Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), nor to seek help from other than Allah in what only Allah is capable of. As for the thing that the created being is capable of, seek help from him. So seek help from him in what he is capable of. And Allah is with the servant in his support, so let the servant be with his brother in his support. Yes.
The one who seeks refuge with the jinn and says, "I only seek refuge with the Muslim ones among them in what they are capable of," does one pray behind him?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge or seeking help is permissible with the absent one, even if he is alive. The absent one is not the one from whom help is sought. One only seeks help from the living, present one who is capable of what you want from him. There are three conditions: that he be alive, not dead; that he be present, not absent; and that he be capable of what you request from him, not incapable. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says, may Allah preserve you: What about the one who seeks refuge with the jinn and says he only seeks refuge with the Muslim ones? Does one pray behind him?
The Shaykh:
No. One who seeks help from the jinn is not to be prayed behind, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Because he is a mushrik.
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»، ما حكم الصلاة خلف مَن يستعيذ بالجن المسلم؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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