Treatment of what one feels from jinn possession or waswas (whispers)
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I hope you will consider my topic with care. I am a young man, twenty-five years old. One day, specifically on the night of the Eid al-Fitr festival last year, while I was in bed with my wife, I was suddenly struck with terror. Then I heard a strange sound, like the sound of the wind, and suddenly that strange body possessed me at the level of my body. I felt heat and a yellowing of my ears, and my brain felt compressed, as if there were a cover over my head. I felt it like the possession of jinn, and Allah knows best, due to the intensity of the terror. Honorable Shaykh, I did not sleep all night, so I performed wudu (ablution) and prayed two rak'ahs, and I felt cold. My question is: Is this jinn, and what type is it? Because I underwent ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) several times in Algeria, and when I was certain, as Allah wills, I was not seized and nothing happened to me. Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good, about this matter?
Answer:
It is possible that this is from the actions of the foolish jinn, and it is possible that it is waswas (whispers) that occurred to you. If you find something like this, you say:Sunan Abi Dawud 3898Sahih (Al-Albani) You repeat it three times: In the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing can harm on earth or in the sky, He is [Ali 'Imran 3:5-6] the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, three times. You recite "Say: He is Allah, the One" against the healing of jinn and against the devils. This alone is sufficient for the healing of jinn who may harm people and confuse them. It may also be waswas that have overtaken you. So, in summary, for something like this, you hasten to say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. You repeat it: In the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing can harm on earth or in the sky, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, three times. You repeat it. You recite the Verse of the Throne. You recite "Say: He is Allah, the One," "Say: He is Allah, the One," and the Mu'awwidhat (the last three surahs) three times. You recite the Qur'an; because this is part of the treatment for the afflictions of jinn and the whispers of jinn. We ask Allah for health for us and for you. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I hope you will consider my topic with care. I am a young man, twenty-five years old. One day, specifically on the night of the Eid al-Fitr festival last year, while I was in bed with my wife, I was suddenly struck with terror. Then I heard a strange sound, like the sound of the wind, and suddenly that strange body possessed me at the level of my body. I felt heat and a yellowing of my ears, and my brain felt compressed, as if there were a cover over my head. I felt it like the possession of jinn, and Allah knows best, due to the intensity of the terror. Honorable Shaykh, I did not sleep all night, so I performed wudu (ablution) and prayed two rak'ahs, and I felt cold. My question is: Is this jinn, and what type is it? Because I underwent ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) several times in Algeria, and when I was certain, as Allah wills, I was not seized and nothing happened to me. Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good, about this matter?
Answer:
It is possible that this is from the actions of the foolish jinn, and it is possible that it is waswas (whispers) that occurred to you. If you find something like this, you say:
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what
أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما(5) Indeed, from Allah nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven. (6) It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ هُوَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (48:00)
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