What is the ruling on one who claims that the Muslim jinn serve him in his treatment?
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The questioner:
Another means of inquiry: A man I know prays all the prayers in the mosque, displays the Sunnah, and performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for people, but he claims that the Muslim jinn serve him. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
And it is
The questioner:
He says that he displays the Sunnah and maintains the prayers in the mosque, but he claims that the Muslim jinn serve him in his treatment?
The Shaykh:
This person is suspect, so one must be cautious of him. The jinn do not serve anyone unless he serves them. They do not have faith and do not know, even if they claim Islam. One must be cautious. One should only advise them, guide them, command them, forbid them, and say: "Fear Allah, do not harm the servants of Allah, and be upright upon the religion of Allah." As for making them his inner circle or asking them, no, it is not permissible. This is of the same kind as consulting fortune-tellers and diviners, because fortune-tellers and diviners claim things from the knowledge of the unseen, mislead people, and seek the help of the jinn. Likewise, all those who engage in wicked deeds and sorcery either lie or seek the help of the jinn. Either they lie and claim false things that have no truth, or they seek the help of the jinn and worship them by drawing near to them through sacrifices, vows, and the like.
Another means of inquiry: A man I know prays all the prayers in the mosque, displays the Sunnah, and performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for people, but he claims that the Muslim jinn serve him. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
And it is
The questioner:
He says that he displays the Sunnah and maintains the prayers in the mosque, but he claims that the Muslim jinn serve him in his treatment?
The Shaykh:
This person is suspect, so one must be cautious of him. The jinn do not serve anyone unless he serves them. They do not have faith and do not know, even if they claim Islam. One must be cautious. One should only advise them, guide them, command them, forbid them, and say: "Fear Allah, do not harm the servants of Allah, and be upright upon the religion of Allah." As for making them his inner circle or asking them, no, it is not permissible. This is of the same kind as consulting fortune-tellers and diviners, because fortune-tellers and diviners claim things from the knowledge of the unseen, mislead people, and seek the help of the jinn. Likewise, all those who engage in wicked deeds and sorcery either lie or seek the help of the jinn. Either they lie and claim false things that have no truth, or they seek the help of the jinn and worship them by drawing near to them through sacrifices, vows, and the like.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 104 ما حكم من يدعي أن الجن المسلمين يخدمونه في علاجه؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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