Is it possible for a man to marry a jinn woman? And what is the ruling on it?
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The questioner : Is it possible for a Muslim who is sound in his creed and aware of his religion to marry one of the female jinn? If it is possible, is it lawful, forbidden, or disliked?
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on al-Bukhari when he was asked if al-Khidr is alive or dead. He said: "Whoever makes you depend on an absent person has not been fair to you." And what do I know about the jinn? What are the jinn? And a man marrying a jinn woman—may Allah have mercy on him, he laughed—what would be the state of such a thing, like the humans and the jinn, or if her water overpowers him?
The Shaykh: This reminds us of the biography of Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi the ignorant one, in the book al-Mizan by the Imam al-Dhahabi. After he biographies him regarding his deviation in his Sufism, he says: He used to say that the intermarriage of humans and jinn is impossible. It was said that he was seen one day with a bandage on his forehead. When asked about it, he said: "I had a disagreement with my jinn wife, and she hit me on the head with a stick, and it stunned me." So this bandage was because his jinn wife hit him. Imam Ibn al-Dhahabi considered this a hint at his lack of truthfulness. You don't see him saying, as the days go, that this is impossible; one was created from clay and the other from fire, so how can you now say that your jinn wife hit you with a stick? Hehehe.
The questioner : Is this story established?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best in any case.
The questioner : One of the Tabi'un used to supplicate to Allah to grant him a righteous wife from the jinn.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : It was reported that one of the Tabi'un used to supplicate to Allah on the minbar?
The Shaykh : [By Allah] I do not know, neither on the minbar nor on the ground.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on al-Bukhari when he was asked if al-Khidr is alive or dead. He said: "Whoever makes you depend on an absent person has not been fair to you." And what do I know about the jinn? What are the jinn? And a man marrying a jinn woman—may Allah have mercy on him, he laughed—what would be the state of such a thing, like the humans and the jinn, or if her water overpowers him?
The Shaykh: This reminds us of the biography of Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi the ignorant one, in the book al-Mizan by the Imam al-Dhahabi. After he biographies him regarding his deviation in his Sufism, he says: He used to say that the intermarriage of humans and jinn is impossible. It was said that he was seen one day with a bandage on his forehead. When asked about it, he said: "I had a disagreement with my jinn wife, and she hit me on the head with a stick, and it stunned me." So this bandage was because his jinn wife hit him. Imam Ibn al-Dhahabi considered this a hint at his lack of truthfulness. You don't see him saying, as the days go, that this is impossible; one was created from clay and the other from fire, so how can you now say that your jinn wife hit you with a stick? Hehehe.
The questioner : Is this story established?
The Shaykh : Allah knows best in any case.
The questioner : One of the Tabi'un used to supplicate to Allah to grant him a righteous wife from the jinn.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : It was reported that one of the Tabi'un used to supplicate to Allah on the minbar?
The Shaykh : [By Allah] I do not know, neither on the minbar nor on the ground.
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