Did the companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) become a Muslim, or did he escape from him?

Abu Layla : Are you repeating your question?

The Shaykh : Repeat your question so that it gets recorded.

The questioner : Okay, the Messenger (may Allah pray upon him and grant him peace), Satan followed him and left him to become a Muslim, and he was a Satan. How was he able to control him so that he would let him become a Muslim?

The Shaykh : Good, this question is more correct than the previous one. The Messenger (may Allah pray upon him and grant him peace) said: . The hadith is not explicit in the sense you are asking about, and you built your words around it when you said: How did he let him become a Muslim while he was a Satan? The hadith is not explicit in that, why? Because when the scholars mention the hadith: they narrate it in a general way; with the wording: , and with a second wording: , and there is a difference between: ; meaning: from his evil, , and , two narrations, and each of the two narrations indicates a meaning different from the other narration. So according to the narration: ; meaning: he became a Muslim, and here the problem arises and the answer will come to you. As for according to the narration: ; meaning: so I was saved from his evil and saved from his whispering, so it does not harm me, so there is no problem, is that clear up to here?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : As for according to the first narration: ; meaning: he became a Muslim; the answer here is from two aspects: The first aspect: Just as there are righteous and wicked (meaning not righteous) among humans, so among the jinn there are also both types: the righteous and the wicked; therefore Allah the Exalted said in the Qur'an in Surat al-Jinn So whoever among the jinn is righteous, he is a Muslim, just as whoever among humans is righteous, he is a Muslim, and whoever among the jinn is wicked and a transgressor, he is a Satan.

The questioner : What is the meaning of the word wicked?

The Shaykh : It means the opposite of righteous, I am not telling you, whoever is righteous or whoever is wicked; meaning not righteous, clear? Okay, so whoever is wicked; meaning not righteous among the jinn is called a Satan, and likewise whoever among humans is wicked, he is a Satan; therefore Allah the Exalted said in the Qur'an: ; meaning: the devils of the jinn inspire their brothers among the devils of humans. So there are Muslims among humans and Muslims among the jinn, and just as there are non-Muslims among humans, so there are non-Muslims among the jinn. The jinn who are not Muslims are called devils. Now we come -here- to the Satan of the Messenger; he is a jinni, a jinni; but Allah -Mighty and Majestic- helped His Prophet against him, so He admonished him, advised him, and reminded him, just as He did with the disbelievers of Quraysh; so some of them believed and some of them disbelieved, and He sent him to the jinn -as you know- in Surat al-Jinn So those who listened were guided, and they went to their people and warned them of the message of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so some of them believed and some of them disbelieved among the jinn. So this Satan who was for the Messenger (peace be upon him), our Lord -Mighty and Majestic- helped His Prophet against him, so he became a Muslim, and he became a Muslim, just as if he was previously among the devils of the jinn and then he became a Muslim, clear, and this is according to the narration: . As for according to the second narration: there is no problem in it.

The questioner : Is it possible for a person to see the jinn that followed him?

The Shaykh : No, it is not possible.