How can the jinn enter the body of a human being when they are created from fire?

The questioner : Can the jinn enter the body of a human being? And how can they enter the body of a human being when they were created from fire and the human being was created from clay?

The Shaykh : In brief, in accordance with the recommendation due to the large number of questions, it is possible for them to do so, but only after they develop into another form that enables them to do it. This occurred during the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him); in most narrations, it is reported that he expelled some of the jinn who were possessing some people. The Messenger (peace be upon him) would address them, and they would come out of the possessed person in the form of smoke. In this way, they can enter the body of a human being. This is among the matters of the unseen, which the mind cannot understand except through faith, either in the Qur'anic text or in tangible reality. The Qur'anic text in the Qur'an is: , is the possessed person. The possessed person is observed, and it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as we mentioned, that he expelled the devils from the possessed people. This happens in every time and place. Among the famous for this is Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him); it was well known that he would expel the devils from the possessed.