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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on supplicating against another person for the jinn to take him

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Question:
What is the ruling on some of the common people, when they become angry with a person and invoke against him, saying, "The jinn have taken you" or "The jinn have seized you," which is an invocation against this person that the jinn take him? What is the ruling on that? And may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is not permissible to invoke with this. It is not permissible to say, "May the jinn take you," or "May Allah unleash the jinn upon you," or "May Allah unleash the devils upon you," or "May Allah destroy you." Invoke for your brother with good. And when he invokes, he should seek forgiveness from his Lord, repent to Allah, and seek pardon from his brother. It is not permissible to invoke with what harms your brother, such as "May Allah destroy you," or "May the jinn take you," or "May they destroy you," or "May they do such and such to you," and so on. All of this is not permissible. Or "May Allah cut off your support," or "May Allah misguide you," or "May Allah blind you." All of these require caution. And if it happens from a brother to his brother, he says, "Listen to me when I am angry. Listen to me, my brother. I made a mistake, and it is not permissible to be lax about this." As for if he says, "Take him, O jinn," or "Do such and such to him," this is an invocation to the jinn. This is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). I seek refuge in Allah. If he is invoking the jinn, saying, "Take him, do such and such to him, O jinn of the afternoon, O jinn of such and such, O jinn of such and such a place," this is an invocation to the jinn. This is from major shirk (associating partners with Allah). I seek refuge in Allah. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
Source لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مفتوح - ابن باز - ٢ — archive.org (7:57)

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