Using the jinn and summoning them through supplications and amulets

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Fatwa number ( 10544 ):
Q: What is the phenomenon of spirit summoning, the principle which states: that it is possible to summon or conjure a spirit from the other world through a medium or a spiritual expert? - What is the religion's stance on this phenomenon and its validity, and I ask that the statement be supported by Qur'anic verses or Prophetic hadiths or stories?
A: That is what is known as using the jinn and summoning them through supplications and amulets performed by the summoner, and it is a type of sorcery and fortune-telling, and it is prohibited by the Shari'ah; because of what it generally contains of shirk (associating partners with Allah), lying, and claiming knowledge of the unseen, and the like. Allah the Exalted said:

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.

وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

[Al-Jinn 72:6]

And He said:

⁽¹²⁸⁾ And [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, some 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." ⁽¹²⁹⁾ And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنَ الإِنْسِ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمْ مِنَ الإِنْسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ (128) وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

[Al-An'am 6:128-129]

And al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:

When Allah decrees some order in the heaven, the angels flutter their wings indicating complete surrender to His saying which sounds like chains being dragged on rock. And when the state of fear disappears, they ask each other, "What has your Lord ordered? They say that He has said that which is true and just, and He is the Most High, the Most Great." (34.23). Then the stealthy listeners (devils) hear this order, and these stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other." (Sufyan, a sub-narrator demonstrated that by holding his hand upright and separating the fingers.) A stealthy listener hears a word which he will convey to that which is below him and the second will convey it to that which is below him till the last of them will convey it to the wizard or foreteller. Sometimes a flame (fire) may strike the devil before he can convey it, and sometimes he may convey it before the flame (fire) strikes him, whereupon the wizard adds to that word a hundred lies. The people will then say, 'Didn't he (i.e. magician) tell such-and-such a thing on such-and-such date?' So that magician is said to have told the truth because of the Statement which has been heard from the heavens."

إذا قضى الله الأمر في السماء ضربت الملائكة بأجنحتها خضعانًا لقوله، كأنه سلسلة على صفوان ينفذهم ذلك حَتَّى إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ فيسمعها مسترق السمع، ومسترق السمع هكذا بعضه فوق بعض - وصفه سفيان بكفه فحرفها وبدد بين أصابعه - فيسمع الكلمة فيلقيها إلى من تحته، ثم يلقيها الآخر إلى من تحته، حتى يلقيها على لسان الساحر أو الكاهن، فربما أدركه الشهاب قبل أن يلقيها، وربما ألقاها قبل أن يدركه، فيكذب معها مائة كذبة، فيقال: أليس قد قال لنا يوم كذا وكذا: كذا وكذا؟ فيصدق بتلك الكلمة التي سمعت من السماء

Sahih al-Bukhari 4800

. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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