Warning Children with Jinn
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some fathers and mothers frighten their children with jinn so that the boy or girl does not go out of the house. He asks: Is this lying, and what is its ruling in the Shari'ah?
Answer:
This speech is lying. The speech is that the child may be affected and become fearful. This is harmful to the child. Yes. This harms the child; he becomes fearful and apprehensive of the jinn, and so on. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some fathers and mothers frighten their children with jinn so that the boy or girl does not go out of the house. He asks: Is this lying, and what is its ruling in the Shari'ah?
Answer:
This speech is lying. The speech is that the child may be affected and become fearful. This is harmful to the child. Yes. This harms the child; he becomes fearful and apprehensive of the jinn, and so on. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الرابع في أن حياة القلب وإشراقه مادة كل خير فيه — islamhouse.com (1:12:39)
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