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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is what the jinn are commanded to do the same as what the humans are commanded to do?

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Question : Is what the jinn are commanded to do the same as what the humans are commanded to do? That is, is their prayer like our prayer, their zakah like our zakah, their fasting like our fasting, and their Hajj like our Hajj?

Answer : There is also scholarly disagreement on this. Some said that if the jinn receive the rulings they are to perform from the humans, then it must be the same as what came to the humans, because we do not see in what came to the humans any specific distinction for the jinn; rather, we find that the rulings are one. Accordingly, what the humans are commanded to do is what the jinn are commanded to do, with no difference. Other scholars said that they differ.
Therefore, what the jinn are commanded to do is not equal to what the humans are commanded to do in limit and reality, because the nature of the jinn is not like the nature of the humans. If the humans differ in their rulings due to their differing circumstances—for example, the sick person prays sitting, the poor person has no zakah on him, and the one who cannot perform Hajj has no Hajj on him—then likewise, the jinn cannot be obligated except with what suits their condition. The general indications of this, such as
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
and the like, restrict the generality of their obligation with the Shari'ah of the humans. This is the position of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), who said that their difference from the humans in limit and reality necessitates that they not be equal in obligation, because the wisdom of Allah gives every obligated person what suits him, even among humans.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [472] هل ما يؤمر به الجن هو ما يؤمر به الإنس - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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