Is there a ruling in the Sunnah or in the books of the scholars regarding a girl who disappears in a corner of the house for a night or two, as if she is with the jinn, and returns from the same corner?

The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, there is a girl who disappears in a corner of the house, as if she is with the jinn or something like that. She disappears for a night or two from her house and returns from the same corner. Has this come to you in the books of the Sunnah or other books of the scholars?

The Shaykh : The disappearance you are talking about, where does she disappear to?

The questioner : She disappears in the same house, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I understand that you have two types of disappearance: a disappearance in a corner of the house and another disappearance.

The questioner : No, it is a disappearance in a corner of the house.

The Shaykh : Only?

The questioner : Only, and after three nights she returns from the same house, from the same corner.

The Shaykh : And what do you mean by the word "disappears"? Does she not come back to be seen?

The questioner : She does not come back to be seen.

The Shaykh : The people of the house do not see her?

The questioner : The people of the house do not see her.

The Shaykh : Neither when she entered nor when she exited?

The questioner : Nor when she exited.

The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not have an answer for this.

The questioner : I mean, may Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : No, by Allah, I do not have knowledge of this. Is she of age?

The questioner : She is of age, my professor.

The Shaykh : How old, I mean?

The questioner : She is about eighteen years old, approximately eighteen.

The Shaykh : All right, when her family talks to her, what does she say?

The questioner : She says that there are jinn, not believing jinn, that is what she says. She imagines it is so.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, but if you are asked, "You are disappearing from the house, we do not see you for three days, two days, where are you?"

The questioner : She says she is in another world.

The Shaykh : In another world.

The questioner : Which is the world of the jinn.

The Shaykh : All right, what does she see there?

The questioner : She says she sees groups of jinn and other things.

The Shaykh : All right, is she a virgin?

The questioner : By Allah, this is a matter I did not ask about, my professor, regarding her family, even though one of the doctors in Shari'ah...

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, he deals with the jinn, so he was struck in his shoulder, we seek refuge in Allah from that. They wanted to bring him to her, but she refused. She said, "Let his wife come with oil." So it was as if she read or did something else from the recitations that are in herself, or she understands them, or he teaches them to her. And that woman returned to the doctor or professor of Shari'ah, so she anointed him and he was cured. It is amazing, I mean, a professor like this adheres to this methodology and believes in this, and this is a great calamity. Do you realize, my professor, or not?

The Shaykh : Yes, yes. All right, is she committed?

The questioner : She prays, my professor, and she wears the hijab and so on, and other things, but that does not mean that.

The Shaykh : Yes, but one takes comfort.

The questioner : I mean... the door of the jinn that we do not know, is that not so?

The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but a person takes comfort with some appearances, good or bad. By Allah, I do not have an answer.