What is the ruling on seeking the help of the jinn?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, one does not seek help from the jinn except in the case of the jinn and what is with him now? So it is a secret matter that he does not know about, and then he does not know that the jinni does not protect him unless he associates partners with Allah, unlike seeking protection from a man who is present and saying, “Protect me from so-and-so.”
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Is it obligatory for him to say, “I seek refuge in Allah, then in so-and-so”? If he said, for example, “I seek refuge in so-and-so” ...?
The Shaykh : It appears that there is nothing wrong with it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as it was mentioned to us previously that mentioning the cause alone, if it is a valid cause, there is no blame in it.
The Shaykh : No, one does not seek help from the jinn except in the case of the jinn and what is with him now? So it is a secret matter that he does not know about, and then he does not know that the jinni does not protect him unless he associates partners with Allah, unlike seeking protection from a man who is present and saying, “Protect me from so-and-so.”
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Is it obligatory for him to say, “I seek refuge in Allah, then in so-and-so”? If he said, for example, “I seek refuge in so-and-so” ...?
The Shaykh : It appears that there is nothing wrong with it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as it was mentioned to us previously that mentioning the cause alone, if it is a valid cause, there is no blame in it.