The Ruling on Seeking the Help of the Jinn
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The questioner: That is, may Allah grant you success, regarding the second question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Seeking the help of a Muslim jinn to know matters that are not strange, meaning matters that happened in the past, is this permissible, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh: Never.
The questioner: Is there any evidence for that, or a report, or something similar?
The Shaykh: Of course, the evidence is that these are fortune-tellers who connect with the jinn, yes. So your question is that you want to know through him, through this fortune-teller, and the fortune-teller through him, through the jinn, yes. And Allah says:[Al-Jinn 72:6] Yes, and therefore it is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Then how does this fortune-teller know that this jinn is truthful or lying, a believer or a disbeliever? We mix with humans, like our story for years, and we have a good opinion of them, then it turns out to be bad.
The questioner: Yes, disappointed, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Good, you see.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Seeking the help of a Muslim jinn to know matters that are not strange, meaning matters that happened in the past, is this permissible, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh: Never.
The questioner: Is there any evidence for that, or a report, or something similar?
The Shaykh: Of course, the evidence is that these are fortune-tellers who connect with the jinn, yes. So your question is that you want to know through him, through this fortune-teller, and the fortune-teller through him, through the jinn, yes. And Allah says:
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 رَهَقًاThe questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Then how does this fortune-teller know that this jinn is truthful or lying, a believer or a disbeliever? We mix with humans, like our story for years, and we have a good opinion of them, then it turns out to be bad.
The questioner: Yes, disappointed, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Good, you see.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1321 — d3watuna.com (14:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.