Is it permissible for a human to marry a jinn woman?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for a human to marry
The Shaykh : It is not a question of whether it is permissible in the Shari'ah, or are you insisting on your question?
The questioner : No, you have understood the substance.
The Shaykh : I have understood the substance, and the substance I understood indicates that your question is incorrect, or is it correct?
The questioner : The substance you understood is not the substance I understood.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : You have not clarified to me the substance you understood.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I am telling you in clear Arabic, not in Al-Albani's gibberish. I told you, do you mean is it permissible in the Shari'ah, or is it possible for a human to marry a jinn?
The questioner : What has reached me is that it is possible for a marriage to occur, but I am asking whether it is permissible in the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : So this is the answer. You are insisting, you say you understood the substance, I did not understand the substance. Now I have understood the substance. I did not know that it is possible. From a text of the Qur'an? From a text of the Sunnah? Where did you know this from?
The questioner : By hearing. I heard Shaykh al-Sharqawi speak about this issue on a tape.
The Shaykh : so he said
The questioner : He spoke about the story of a man who wanted to marry a jinn woman. Also, one of the brothers informed me that Malik was asked about this issue.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : One of the brothers informed me; I did not see it with my own eyes, but he informed me that Malik was asked and he said, "No, so that the fornicatress does not come and say, 'I married a jinn.'"
The Shaykh : Malik, Imam Malik.
The questioner : That is how I was informed; I did not see it.
The Shaykh : I am now quoting to you what I read in the biography of the great Sufi, Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi. Do you know him?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : This was in Damascus. He used to say that it is not possible for a human to marry a jinn woman due to the difference in nature. One day he was seen with a bandage on his forehead, and he was asked about the reason. He answered that he had a disagreement with his jinn wife, and she threw a pot at him, hitting him on his forehead. So this bandage is for that reason.
al-Dhahabi accused him of lying because previously he used to say this is not possible due to the difference in nature, and now he says, "I am married to a jinn woman, and I had a disagreement with her, and she threw a pot at me."
So now, if the intention is for a human to marry a jinn woman, or a jinn to marry a human woman, either the intention is that they intermarry while the jinn or jinn woman remains in its natural form and has not taken the form of a human, because it is capable of doing so. If it is in the second sense, it is possible.
As for the other sense, the first one, it is not possible, because he was created from fire and our father Adam was created from clay. How can it be conceivable that intermarriage is possible between those who differ in the nature of creation, this one from fire and this one from clay?
Therefore, if we can reach a factual reality that intermarriage occurred between them, that would be after the jinn develops into a human or human woman.
As for remaining in the original state, this is not conceivable, given the absence of such intermarriage in the Book and the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : It is not a question of whether it is permissible in the Shari'ah, or are you insisting on your question?
The questioner : No, you have understood the substance.
The Shaykh : I have understood the substance, and the substance I understood indicates that your question is incorrect, or is it correct?
The questioner : The substance you understood is not the substance I understood.
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : You have not clarified to me the substance you understood.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I am telling you in clear Arabic, not in Al-Albani's gibberish. I told you, do you mean is it permissible in the Shari'ah, or is it possible for a human to marry a jinn?
The questioner : What has reached me is that it is possible for a marriage to occur, but I am asking whether it is permissible in the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : So this is the answer. You are insisting, you say you understood the substance, I did not understand the substance. Now I have understood the substance. I did not know that it is possible. From a text of the Qur'an? From a text of the Sunnah? Where did you know this from?
The questioner : By hearing. I heard Shaykh al-Sharqawi speak about this issue on a tape.
The Shaykh : so he said
The questioner : He spoke about the story of a man who wanted to marry a jinn woman. Also, one of the brothers informed me that Malik was asked about this issue.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : One of the brothers informed me; I did not see it with my own eyes, but he informed me that Malik was asked and he said, "No, so that the fornicatress does not come and say, 'I married a jinn.'"
The Shaykh : Malik, Imam Malik.
The questioner : That is how I was informed; I did not see it.
The Shaykh : I am now quoting to you what I read in the biography of the great Sufi, Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi. Do you know him?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : This was in Damascus. He used to say that it is not possible for a human to marry a jinn woman due to the difference in nature. One day he was seen with a bandage on his forehead, and he was asked about the reason. He answered that he had a disagreement with his jinn wife, and she threw a pot at him, hitting him on his forehead. So this bandage is for that reason.
al-Dhahabi accused him of lying because previously he used to say this is not possible due to the difference in nature, and now he says, "I am married to a jinn woman, and I had a disagreement with her, and she threw a pot at me."
So now, if the intention is for a human to marry a jinn woman, or a jinn to marry a human woman, either the intention is that they intermarry while the jinn or jinn woman remains in its natural form and has not taken the form of a human, because it is capable of doing so. If it is in the second sense, it is possible.
As for the other sense, the first one, it is not possible, because he was created from fire and our father Adam was created from clay. How can it be conceivable that intermarriage is possible between those who differ in the nature of creation, this one from fire and this one from clay?
Therefore, if we can reach a factual reality that intermarriage occurred between them, that would be after the jinn develops into a human or human woman.
As for remaining in the original state, this is not conceivable, given the absence of such intermarriage in the Book and the Sunnah.