What is the ruling on one who allows the jinn to descend upon his wife, who informs about hidden matters, and who gives money to the jinn?
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The Shaykh : This is Adam Muhammad Ali. What is the ruling on one who comes to give permission to the jinn? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, take the paper. What is the ruling on one who gives permission to the jinn to descend upon his wife and inform us of news through that woman? And what is the ruling on what this woman takes from the jinn as a reward for their descending upon her? Guests, I mean, how is it? They descend upon the woman as guests?
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Strange.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A guest, and what do you host them with?
The questioner : It is as if it is a chair he sits on.
The Shaykh : What do you host them with?
The questioner : If he wants to inform people about hidden matters.
The Shaykh : He says to the man: I want to send a guest to your wife.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So he says: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, some agree and some do not agree.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the husband agrees that the jinni descends upon his wife as a guest, what does she host him with?
The questioner : No, she does not host him.
The Shaykh : What does she host him with? Food and drink.
The questioner : No, she does not give him food or anything; rather, he descends upon her and informs of news.
The Shaykh : Ah, he possesses her, he enters her, I mean.
The questioner : No, he does not enter her.
The Shaykh : No, he says he sits on the chair, he sits on the chair.
The questioner : The jinn descends upon her, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He speaks through her tongue; he does not descend upon her; it is like a chair. So when people come with things, they place them near her, and the jinni takes them, then he leaves the house.
The Shaykh : But the jinni is separate from her.
The questioner : Yes, he is separate from her.
The Shaykh : Sitting on the chair.
The questioner : No, sitting on the woman.
The Shaykh : On the woman herself.
The questioner : The woman informs... her weight.
The Shaykh : It is as if it is a chair for him, glory be to Allah... No, no, on her head.
The questioner : No, she sees... and he sits on her; sometimes she says he sits on her legs, and sometimes he sits on her back.
The Shaykh : We have not heard of this.
The questioner : It is widespread in our lands.
The Shaykh : Strange, and the jinni informs her of distant things.
The questioner : People come to that woman and ask about things; for example, if one is sick, he asks about his illness, and if he has... I mean, something lost, he asks about it.
The Shaykh : And she informs him, glory be to Allah. Well, what is their connection to the woman?
The questioner : And the people who come, I mean, give this jinni things, a sum of money and dirhams.
The Shaykh : They give it to the woman.
The questioner : Yes, they place it near the woman, and the jinni takes it and gives it.
The Shaykh : The jinni.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Where does the jinni go with it?
The questioner : Yes, they take it away; we do not know.
The Shaykh : In any case, I say, why did the jinni come to this woman? Is there, for example, a means by which she slaughters for the jinn, or calls the jinn, or something similar? I mean, why did he come to this woman?
The questioner : Yes, sometimes some women become severely ill, I mean, for years it continues with them, and then some of them go to the jinn.
The Shaykh : The jinni has mercy on her and comes to her.
The questioner : She goes to the jinn and asks about her illness, and some of them say at that time: I mean, your illness is from the jinn; your husband must give permission for us to descend upon you, and so on.
The Shaykh : By Allah, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in seeking the help of the jinn with two conditions: that the means is not forbidden, and that one does not seek their help in a forbidden matter. That the means is not forbidden, such that one does not slaughter for them or associate them with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that one does not seek their help in a forbidden matter, for example, saying: I want you to destroy so-and-so's wealth, or burn so-and-so's wealth, or kill his animal, or something similar.
The questioner : The slaughtered animals.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : The slaughtered animals; they slaughter.
The Shaykh : They slaughter for the jinn.
The questioner : The jinn orders the person, and they slaughter.
The Shaykh : No, this is haram, shirk; it is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Strange.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A guest, and what do you host them with?
The questioner : It is as if it is a chair he sits on.
The Shaykh : What do you host them with?
The questioner : If he wants to inform people about hidden matters.
The Shaykh : He says to the man: I want to send a guest to your wife.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So he says: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, some agree and some do not agree.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the husband agrees that the jinni descends upon his wife as a guest, what does she host him with?
The questioner : No, she does not host him.
The Shaykh : What does she host him with? Food and drink.
The questioner : No, she does not give him food or anything; rather, he descends upon her and informs of news.
The Shaykh : Ah, he possesses her, he enters her, I mean.
The questioner : No, he does not enter her.
The Shaykh : No, he says he sits on the chair, he sits on the chair.
The questioner : The jinn descends upon her, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He speaks through her tongue; he does not descend upon her; it is like a chair. So when people come with things, they place them near her, and the jinni takes them, then he leaves the house.
The Shaykh : But the jinni is separate from her.
The questioner : Yes, he is separate from her.
The Shaykh : Sitting on the chair.
The questioner : No, sitting on the woman.
The Shaykh : On the woman herself.
The questioner : The woman informs... her weight.
The Shaykh : It is as if it is a chair for him, glory be to Allah... No, no, on her head.
The questioner : No, she sees... and he sits on her; sometimes she says he sits on her legs, and sometimes he sits on her back.
The Shaykh : We have not heard of this.
The questioner : It is widespread in our lands.
The Shaykh : Strange, and the jinni informs her of distant things.
The questioner : People come to that woman and ask about things; for example, if one is sick, he asks about his illness, and if he has... I mean, something lost, he asks about it.
The Shaykh : And she informs him, glory be to Allah. Well, what is their connection to the woman?
The questioner : And the people who come, I mean, give this jinni things, a sum of money and dirhams.
The Shaykh : They give it to the woman.
The questioner : Yes, they place it near the woman, and the jinni takes it and gives it.
The Shaykh : The jinni.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Where does the jinni go with it?
The questioner : Yes, they take it away; we do not know.
The Shaykh : In any case, I say, why did the jinni come to this woman? Is there, for example, a means by which she slaughters for the jinn, or calls the jinn, or something similar? I mean, why did he come to this woman?
The questioner : Yes, sometimes some women become severely ill, I mean, for years it continues with them, and then some of them go to the jinn.
The Shaykh : The jinni has mercy on her and comes to her.
The questioner : She goes to the jinn and asks about her illness, and some of them say at that time: I mean, your illness is from the jinn; your husband must give permission for us to descend upon you, and so on.
The Shaykh : By Allah, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in seeking the help of the jinn with two conditions: that the means is not forbidden, and that one does not seek their help in a forbidden matter. That the means is not forbidden, such that one does not slaughter for them or associate them with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that one does not seek their help in a forbidden matter, for example, saying: I want you to destroy so-and-so's wealth, or burn so-and-so's wealth, or kill his animal, or something similar.
The questioner : The slaughtered animals.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : The slaughtered animals; they slaughter.
The Shaykh : They slaughter for the jinn.
The questioner : The jinn orders the person, and they slaughter.
The Shaykh : No, this is haram, shirk; it is not permissible. Yes.