The Difference Between the Jinn and the Shayatins
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Question:
The questioner asks a question that may contain some oddity, saying: What is the difference between the jinn and the shayatin (devils)?
Answer:
The jinn are a species of jinn; they are the second category of creation, just like humans. Allah the Exalted says:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:56] Humans and jinn are a species of creation that Allah created to worship Him, just as He created humans. The rebellious devils among them include Shaytan and the offspring of the rebels. Likewise, the devils among humans are similar. Devils can be from the jinn or from humans, so the human devil and the jinn devil are included among the devils, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-An'am 6:112] The intended meaning is that devils can be from both jinn and humans. They are the rebels who transgress the limits of Allah, and they are called devils. Shaytan, who is the father of the jinn, is their leader. Likewise, anyone from his offspring who rebels and transgresses the limits is a devil, while anyone who is upright upon the command of Allah is not among the devils, but among the believers, as Allah the Exalted said regarding the jinn: [Al-Jinn 72:11] The paths, when he approached. He also said regarding the jinn: [Al-Jinn 72:14] So whoever submits, these are those who have been guided to the right path. [Al-Jinn 72:15] Among them are the Muslim and the disbeliever, the innovator and the follower of the Sunnah, the Rafidi and the follower of the Sunnah, the communist, the Mu'tazili, and the Jahmi, just as there are such people among humans. Yes. Allah. We ask Allah for well-being. O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner asks a question that may contain some oddity, saying: What is the difference between the jinn and the shayatin (devils)?
Answer:
The jinn are a species of jinn; they are the second category of creation, just like humans. Allah the Exalted says:
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِAnd thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَAnd among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ كُنَّاAnd among us are Muslims [in submission to Allah], and among us are the unjust
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا الْقَاسِطُونَBut as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'
وَأَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 8777 - الفرق بين الجن والشياطين - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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