Do the jinn have a real effect on humans, and can male jinn dominate female humans and vice versa? How can one get rid of them, and by what methods can one treat a person suffering from such a condition?
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The questioner : You say in the first question: Do the jinn have a real effect on humans, as we hear of some male jinn dominating female humans and some female jinn dominating male humans? And how can one get rid of this, if it is a reality? And by what methods can one treat a person suffering from such a condition without resorting to forbidden means that contradict the oneness of Allah?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that the jinn have an effect on humans through harm that may reach the point of killing. They may harm them by throwing stones, or by frightening them, or by other things established by the Sunnah and indicated by reality. It is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted some of his Companions to go to their families during one of the expeditions, and I think it was the Expedition of the Trench. He was a young man who had recently married. When he reached his house, he found his wife at the door, so he rebuked her for that. She told him to come in. He entered and found a snake coiled on the bed. He had a spear with him, so he stabbed the snake with the spear until it died. In the moment that the snake died, the man died, so it is not known which died first, the snake or the man.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : When that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he forbade killing the jinn that are in houses, except the one that bites and the one with two humps. This is evidence that the jinn may transgress against humans and that they harm them, just as reality bears witness to this. Reports have become mass-transmitted and widespread that a person may go to a ruin and be thrown stones at, while he sees no human in that ruin. He may hear voices, or hear a rustling like the rustling of trees, or similar things that make him feel uneasy and cause him harm. Likewise, a jinni may enter the body of a human being, either out of love, with the intention of causing harm, or for some other reason.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is indicated by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:275] In this type of case, the jinni may speak from within the human's soul and address the one who recites verses of the Qur'an to him. It may also take a pledge from the reciter not to return to that, among many other matters about which reports have become widespread and are known among people. Therefore, the protection that prevents the evil of the jinn is for the person to seek refuge in Allah, or for the person to recite what the Sunnah has brought regarding what one takes refuge in from them, such as the Verse of the Throne. If a person recites the Verse of the Throne at night, a guardian from Allah remains with him, and no Shaytan approaches him until he becomes morning. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, the second question, you say.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that the jinn have an effect on humans through harm that may reach the point of killing. They may harm them by throwing stones, or by frightening them, or by other things established by the Sunnah and indicated by reality. It is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted some of his Companions to go to their families during one of the expeditions, and I think it was the Expedition of the Trench. He was a young man who had recently married. When he reached his house, he found his wife at the door, so he rebuked her for that. She told him to come in. He entered and found a snake coiled on the bed. He had a spear with him, so he stabbed the snake with the spear until it died. In the moment that the snake died, the man died, so it is not known which died first, the snake or the man.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : When that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he forbade killing the jinn that are in houses, except the one that bites and the one with two humps. This is evidence that the jinn may transgress against humans and that they harm them, just as reality bears witness to this. Reports have become mass-transmitted and widespread that a person may go to a ruin and be thrown stones at, while he sees no human in that ruin. He may hear voices, or hear a rustling like the rustling of trees, or similar things that make him feel uneasy and cause him harm. Likewise, a jinni may enter the body of a human being, either out of love, with the intention of causing harm, or for some other reason.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is indicated by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity
الذين يأكلون الربا لا يقومون إلا كما يقوم الذي يتخبطه الشيطان من المسThe questioner : Yes, the second question, you say.