Do the jinn take the form of humans and other visible creatures?

The Shaykh : The meaning of the previous verse, in light of what came in the Sunnah, such as this authentic hadith, is: in the forms in which Allah created them. As for the forms they assume, they may be seen in those forms, but that form does not reveal to the jinn the identity of the person wearing it; because he is one who changes his appearance and assumes another form. On this basis, the hadith of Abu Hurayrah and similar ones are understood; that is, this shaytan transformed into a person like the sons of Adam until the man—and he was Abu Hurayrah—was able to seize him and threaten him that he was a thief and that he would send him to the Messenger (peace be upon him). So he engaged in flattery with Abu Hurayrah, claiming to be poor and having a family, and asked him to release him. His heart was moved by him, and he released him. When morning came, Abu Hurayrah related the story to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: . And indeed, he returned to him two more times. The second time, his heart was also moved by him, and he released him. The third time, he said: I will not let you go; because the Messenger (peace be upon him) told me: You are a shaytan. He said to him: Let me go, and I will teach you a verse; if you recite it before you sleep, no human or jinn will harm you that night; the Verse of the Throne.
It appears that in the first instance, hearts were not like ours; they were, meaning, they believed easily. We are, as you see now, question after question, and discussion after discussion. So it entered his mind that this speech was true, so he left him, even though he knew that this was a shaytan, the clear enemy of man. How did it enter his mind? Like that. And when morning came and he met the Messenger (peace be upon him), and told him what had happened between him and the shaytan, he said: .
The point is: in their natural creation in which Allah created them. But if they take on some other forms, it is possible for them to be seen in those forms. But as I said: this vision does not determine the identity of the one seen before the human; he may appear in another form. Of this kind are the snakes that come out in the house; they may be from the jinn. Why? Because they take on the form of the jinn. For this reason, the hadiths came forbidding the Muslim from killing the jinn that comes out in the house except after warning it three times. And that was after the incident of that young man from the Ansar who had recently been married. He went out of his house and then returned to it, and found his wife at the door of the house. So jealousy took him—Allah is Great! Today they go out unveiled and displaying their adornment in the alleys and mix with men and young men, and there is no movement, no jealousy, and no feeling!! This is just that he saw her standing at the door of the house, he saw her. He took the arrow that was with him, or, yes, the spear, to stab her. She said: Wait, enter the house and look. So he entered the house and found a thick snake coiled up on her bed. And you know, women are, meaning, they were very afraid. So she left the house; she was not able to leave the house, nor was she able to flee as they do today, meaning, especially with such an excuse. She was standing at the door of the house, look.

The questioner : There was, meaning—our Shaykh—hair.

The Shaykh : There is nothing clear; it is not enough for her to appear at the door of the house.
The point is: So he entered and saw this scene, and what he did was nothing but stab her. The narrator of the hadith says: We do not know which of the two died faster, the other; the Ansari died and the snake died. Then the news reached the Messenger (peace be upon him), and he said: . This supports that the jinn transform and take shape. So the verse is interpreted in the meaning that does not conflict with these authentic events and incidents.
Now I return to benefit from you—also; sometimes I have phlegm...