What is the validity of the claim that eavesdropping on the jinn occurred in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, whereas after the sending of Muhammad it is impossible for them to eavesdrop?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We heard that eavesdropping on the jinn occurred in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and that now, after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they cannot listen. So how can the fortune-tellers inform about what happens and occurs?
Answer:
What you heard is not correct. Eavesdropping remains, but it has decreased and become rare compared to what it was in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Who told you that it ceased? There is nothing that indicates that it ceased completely. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We heard that eavesdropping on the jinn occurred in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and that now, after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they cannot listen. So how can the fortune-tellers inform about what happens and occurs?
Answer:
What you heard is not correct. Eavesdropping remains, but it has decreased and become rare compared to what it was in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Who told you that it ceased? There is nothing that indicates that it ceased completely. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [816 -858] ما صحة القول: إن استراق السمع كان في الجاهلية، أما بعد بعثة محمد فلا يمكنهم استراق السمع؟ — youtube.com
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