Is it permissible for the jinn to serve humans in some matters?
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Question:
Shaykh Salih mentioned that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that the jinn serve humans in certain matters. Is some of that permissible?
Answer:
They serve humans to mislead them, and it is not permissible for humans to rely on them.[Al-Jinn 72:6] Therefore, it is not permissible to rely on the jinn or to ask anything of the jinn. A person should not ask for help or aid from anyone except a living person who is present with him and capable of what is asked of him. As for one who is not so, it is not permissible to seek help from the absent or the dead; this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted. Nor is it permissible to seek help from the jinn, because the jinn mislead the children of Adam. The nature of the jinn is to strive to mislead the children of Adam, as He the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-An'am 6:128] [Al-An'am 6:128] Is it not the case that it is not permissible to rely on the jinn, nor to ask the jinn, nor to seek help from the jinn? If the absent among the children of Adam is not to be sought for help, how can the absent among the jinn, who mislead people, be sought for help? Yes.
Shaykh Salih mentioned that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that the jinn serve humans in certain matters. Is some of that permissible?
Answer:
They serve humans to mislead them, and it is not permissible for humans to rely on them.
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 رَهَقًاAnd [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ رَبَّنَاsome of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term, which you appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allah wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."
اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 34 من 36|أسئلة شرح كتاب التوحيد|السحر والشعوذة|هل يجوز أن يخدم الجن الإنس في بعض الأمور؟ — youtube.com
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