2. They are a creation of Allah
I have only created jinn and
man that they may serve me.”
(Qur’aan surah 51: V 56)
3. They were created before
mankind
• “And the jinn, We created aforetime from
the smokeless flame o fire.” [al-Hijr 15:27]
4. Their essence of creation
“And the jinn He created from, a
smokeless flame of fire.” (C 55: V
15)
5. They are accountable
• “O assembly of jinns and mankind! Did
there not come to you Messengers from
amongst you, reciting unto you My
Verses…?” [al-An‟aam 6:130]
6. Types of Jinn
• Abu Tha‟labah al-Khushani said: “The
Messenger of Allah said: „The jinn are
of three types: a types that has wings, and
they fly through the air; a type that looks
like snakes and dogs; and a type that
stops for a rest then resumes its journey.”
(Reported by al-Tahhaawi in Mushkil al-Athaar, 4/95, and by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 22/214. Shaykh al-Albaani
said in al-Mishkaat (2/1206, no. 4148): al-Tahhaawi and Abu‟l-Shaykh reported it with a saheeh isnaad).
7. Snakes,dog
Stops for
Flying jinn rest and
moves on.
Jinn
8. • Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: The Apostle
of said: Some snakes are jinn; so when
anyone sees one of them in his house, he
should give it a warning three times. If it
return (after that), he should kill it, for it is a
devil.(Abu Daud)
9. Constant companion (qareen).
• Ibn Mas‟ood said: “The Messenger of
Allah said, „There is not one of you who
does not have a jinn appointed to be his
constant companion.‟ They said, „And you
too, O Messenger of Allah ?‟ He said,
„Me too, but Allah has helped me and he
has submitted, so that he only helps me to
do good.‟” (Reported by Muslim, 2814).
10. • This hadeeth contains a reference to the
warning against the fitnah (temptation,
trial) and whispers of the qareen (constant
companion from among the jinn). We
know that he is with us so we should
beware of him as much as possible.”
11. Jabir narrates that the Messenger of
Allah said, „Shaytan is present in all you
do. He is even present when you eat.
When you drop a morsel, he takes it. One
should clean it off and eat it and not leave
it for shaytan. When you finish you should
lick your fingers. No-one knows in which
part of his food the blessing lies.‟ Muslim
and at-Tirmidi
12. Satan has two horns
•
In Sahih Muslim, it is recorded from Ibn
Umar that the Prophet said,
“Do not seek to pray when the sun is rising
or when it is setting, verily it rises [and
sets] between the two horns of a devil..”
13. They cannot be seen by the
humans
“Verily he [Shaytaan] and his qabeeluhu
[his soldiers from the jinn or his tribe] see
you from where you cannot see them…”
[al-A‟raaf 7:27]
14. Food and drink of Jinn
• Ibn Mas‟ud said: “The Messenger of Allah said:
„Someone from among the jinn called me, and I went
with him and recited Qur‟aan for them.‟ He took us and
showed us the traces of where they had been and the
traces of their fires. They asked him for food and he said,
„You can have every bone on which the name of Allah
has been mentioned that comes into your possession, as
meat, and all the droppings as food for your animals.‟
The Prophet said, „So do not use [these things] for
cleaning yourselves [after relieving oneself], for they are
the food and provision of your brothers.‟” (Reported by Muslim, 450).
15. They can eat and sleep with you
Prophet Muhammad said: (When the person enters his home
and mentions the name of Allah while entering as well as
before eating, the Devil says to its friends: You can't spend the
night here neither can you have dinner. But if he enters, and
does not mention the name of Allah when entering, and before
eating, the Devil says: "You have obtained where to sleep and
something to eat) narrated by Muslim.
16. He eats with his left hand
Prophet :“ When one of you eats, he should eat with his right
hand. And when one of you drinks he should drink with his
right hand. Verily, Satan eats and drinks with his left hand”.
17. Dwellings of the Jinn
The jinn live on this earth as we do. They are mostly to be
found in ruins and unclean places like bathrooms, dunghills,
garbage dumps and graveyards. Hence the Prophet
taught us to take precautions when entering such places, by
reciting the adhkaar (prayers) prescribed by Islam. One of
these was reported by Anas ibn Maalik , who said: “When
the Messenger of Allah entered the toilet, he would say,
„Allaahumma innee a‟oodhu bika min al-khubuthi wa‟l-
khabaa‟ith (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil
ones, male and female).‟” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 142; and Muslim, 375). Al-Khattaabi
explained that khubuth is the plural of khabeeth (evil or dirty – masculine form), and khabaa‟ith is the plural of
khabeethah (evil or dirty – feminine form), and that what is meant is male and female shayaateen.
18. Dwellings of Jinn
•
Qatada related from 'Abdullah ibn Sarjas
who said, "The Messenger of Allah
forbade urination into a hole." Said
Qatadah, "What is disliked about urinating
into a hole?" Said he, "It is the residence
of the jinn.“ Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, Dawud,
al-Hakim and al-Baihaqi Ibn Khuzaimah
and Ibn as-Sakin classified it as sahih]
19. Some jinns are Muslims and
some are kaafirs
• Allah tells us that some of the jinn said
(interpretation of the meaning):
• “ „And some of us are Muslims, and of us
some are al-qaasitoon (disbelievers –
those who have deviated from the Right
Path). And whosoever has embraced
Islam, then such have sought the Right
Path. And as for the qaasitoon, they shall
be firewood for Hell.‟” [al-Jinn 72:14-15]
20. They have different levels of
Taqwa
• “[Some jinn said:] „There are among us
some that are righteous, and some the
contrary; we are groups, each having a
different way (religious sects, etc.)‟” [al-
Jinn 72:11]
21. Presence
Jabir bin 'Abdullah narrates that the
Prophet said, "Cover your utensils and
tie your water skins, and close your doors
and keep your children close to you at
night, as the Jinns spread out at such time
and snatch things away. When you go to
bed, put out your lights, for the mischief-
doer (i.e. the rat) may drag away the wick
of the candle and burn the dwellers of the
house." Ata said, "The devils." (instead of
the Jinns). Sahih Bukhari 4:533.
22. Walk
The Messenger of Allah said, None of
you should walk with just one sandal.
Shaytan walks with one sandal.‟(Muslim,
Abu Da ud, at-Tirmidi and ibn Majah all
mention it.)
23. Throne
• The throne of iblis is in the sea. Imam Ahmed
bin Hanbal relates that Jabir said that the
Prophet said, „Iblis places his throne on the
sea. Then he sends forth his armies. The
nearest of them to him in rank is the greatest in
sedition (corruption of a state).One of them
comes and says, “ I did such-and-such.”He says,
“You did not do anything.”Then another comes
and says, “I did not leave him until I split him
from his wife.” He brings him near-or clasps him-
and says, “You did well.”
24. Children of Jinn
• On the authority of Qataada that the
Prophet said:“The jinn have children in
the same way that the sons of Adam have
children, but theirs are more in number”(
ibn Abu Haatim and Abu al-Shaikh in al-
Udhma)
25. Jinns and fortune telling.
'Aa„ishah reported that when she
asked Allah's messenger about fortune-
tellers, he replied that they were nothing.
She then mentioned that the fortune-tellers
sometimes told them things, which were
true. The Prophet said: "That is a bit of
truth which the Jinn steals and cackles in
the ear of his friend; but he mixes along
with it a hundred lies." (al-Bukhari, Muslim)
26. They don‟t know the future
• Then when we decreed death for him
(Solomon), nothing informed them (jinns)
of his death except a little worm of the
earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing a way
at his stick, so when he fell down, the jinns
saw clearly that if they had known the
unseen, they would not have stayed in the
humiliating torment. Surah 34: 12-14
27. Missiles
Ibn 'Abbaas said, "When the Prophet and a group
of his companions set out for the Ukaadh market, the
devils were blocked from hearing information in the
heavens. Meteors were let loose on them, so they
returned to their people. When their people asked what
happened, they told them. Some suggested that
something must have happened, so they spread out over
the earth seeking the cause. Some of them came across
the Prophet and his companions while they were in
Salaah and they heard the Qur'an. They said to
themselves that this must have been what blocked them
from listening. When they returned to their people they
told them, 'Verily we have heard a marvellous Qur'an. It
guides unto righteousness so we believed in it. And we
will never make partners with our Lord.' Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi and
Ahmad)
28. Meteors
• Allah the Almighty says in the Holy Qur‟an
• “and indeed we have adorned the
nearest heaven with lamps, and We
have made such lamps (as) missiles to
drive away the Shayatin” (C 67: V 05)
29. The Occult.
• Through their powers of flying and invisibility, the
Jinn are the chief component in occult activities.
Voodoo, Black magic, Poltergeists, Witchcraft
and Mediums can all be explained through the
world of the Jinn. Likewise, so can the illusions
and feats of magicians. Because the Jinn can
traverse huge distances over a matter of
seconds, their value to magicians is great. In
return for helping them in their magic, the Jinns
often ask for the magicians to sell their souls to
them and even to Iblis.
30. Can Jinn take different form?
• Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said: The
jinn may appear in human and animal
form, so they may appear as snakes and
scorpions etc, or in the form of camels,
cattle, sheep, horses, mules and donkeys,
or in the form of birds, or in the form of
humans, as the Shaytaan came to
Quraysh in the form of Suraaqah ibn
Maalik ibn Ju‟sham when they wanted to
set out for Badr.
Majmoo‟ al-Fataawa, 19/44.
31. Jinn taking human form
„Urwah ibn al-Zubayr said:
When Quraysh decided to march, mention was
made of what was between them and Bani Bakr
– i.e., war – and that almost made them change
their minds. Then Iblees appeared to them in the
form of Suraaqah ibn Ju‟sham al-Madlaji, who
was one of the nobles of Banu Kinaanah, and
said: “I will protect you against Kinaanah so that
Kinaanah will not be able to do you any harm.”
So they went ahead with their plan. This was also quoted by Ibn
Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa‟l-Nihaayah, 5/62.
32. Can Jinn possess humans?
• “Those who eat Riba will not stand (on the
Day of Resurrection) except like the
standing of a person beaten by Shaytaan
(Satan) leading him to insanity”[al-Baqarah 2:275]
• The jinn can enter humans and possess
them, causing them to go insane, either
because the human has harmed them and
they want to take revenge on him, or
because they are toying with him, or for
some other purpose that they are
seeking.
33. Death & after death
There is no doubt that the jinn do
inevitably die after all they fall into what
Allah says,
„All that dwells upon the earth perishes,
yet still abides the face of your Lord,
majestic splendid. So which of your Lord‟s
bounties will you two (jinn and men)
deny?‟(C 55: V 26-28)
34. Death
Prophet used to say: "I seek refuge
(with you) by your 'Izzat' (Might), None
has the right to be worshipped but You
Who does not die while Jinn and
human beings die". (al- Bukhari)
35. Reward & Punishment
But surely, We shall cause those who
disbelieve to taste a severe punishment,
and certainly, We shall requite (repay)
them the worst of what they used to do.
This is the recompense of the enemies of
Allah: the Fire. There in will be for them
the eternal home, a deserving for that they
used to deny Our ayah (signs, revelations,
etc.) (C 41: V 27-28)
36. How to protect yourselves from evil
Jinn
The Messenger said: “No
person seeks refuge with
anything like the Mu`awwidhatayn
(soorahs al-Falaq and an-Nas)”.
[an-Nasaa‟i]
37. Reciting at-Ta‟awwudh
• Seeking refuge with ALLAH from Shaytan.
ALLAH the Most High said, “And if there
comes to you from Satan an evil
suggestion, then seek refuge in ALLAH.
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.”
[41:36]
38. Recting special ayah for
protection
Reciting the words taught by Allah in the
Qur‟an “Say: „My Lord! I seek refuge with
You from the whisperings (suggestions) of
the shayaateen (devils). And I seek refuge
with You, my Lord, lest they may attend
(or come near) me.‟” [al-Mu‟minoon 23:97-
98]
39. Reciting Bismillah
• Prophet said, “To put a barrier that will
prevent the jinn from seeing the „awrah of
the sons of Aadam, let any one of you say
„Bismillaah‟ when entering the toilet.”
(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 551; Saheeh al-
Jaami‟, 3611).
40. Recitation of surah al-Baqarah.
• The Messenger , said, “The house in
which al-Baqarah is recited is not
approached by Shaytan.” [Muslim]
41. Reciting last 2 verses of
Baqarah
• It was narrated from al-Nu‟maan ibn
Basheer that the Prophet said: “Allah
inscribed a book two thousand years
before He created the heavens and the
earth, from which the last two aayahs of
Surat al-Baqarah were revealed. If they
are recited for three nights, no shaytaan
(devil)will remain in the house).
• (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2882. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami‟, 1799).
42. Kalimatut-tawheed 100 times
• Abu Hurayrah narrates that the Messenger of Allah
said: “Whoever says “Laa ilaaha ill-Allah wahdahu
laa shareeka lah, lahu‟l-mulk wa lahu‟l-hamd wa huwa
„ala kulli shay‟in qadeer” one hundred times in the day,
will have a reward equivalent to that of freeing ten
slaves, one hundred hasanahs (good deeds) will be
recorded for him, and one hundred sayi‟ahs (bad deeds)
will be erased from his record, and it will be protection for
him from the Shaytaan for that day, until evening comes.
No one could achieve any better than him except the
one who does more than he did.” (narrated by al-Bukhaari, 31119; Muslim, 2691
43. Aayatul Kursiy
• “A man from among the Companions of Muhammad met a man
from among the jinn. They wrestled, and the human knocked down
the jinn. The human said to him, „You look small and skinny to me,
and your forearms look like the front paws of a dog. Do all the jinn
look like this, or only you?‟ He said, „No, by Allah, among them I am
strong, but let us wrestle again, and if you defeat me I will teach you
something that will do you good.‟ The human said, „Fine.‟ He said,
„Recite, „Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the
Ever-living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists…‟
[Aayat al-Kursi – al-Baqarah 2:255. The human said, „Fine.‟ He said,
„You will never recite this in your house but the Shaytaan will come
out of it like a donkey breaking wind, and he will never come back in
until the next morning.‟” (Reported by al-Daarimi, 3247).
44. Lock the doors and cover the
utensils
The Prophet said: Shaytan
does not open a locked door
or untie a tied knot, or uncover
a vessel.(muwatta Imam
Maalik)
45. Abundance of Dhikr
• Remembering Allah often (dhikr)
• It was narrated from al-Haarith al-Ash‟ari that the
Prophet said: “Allah commanded Yahyaa ibn
Zakariyah (peace be upon him) five things to follow and
to enjoin upon the Children of Israel… and he
commanded them to remember Allah, and the likeness
of that is a man who was being pursued by the enemy,
until he reached a strong fortress in which he found
protection; similarly a man cannot find protection from
the Shaytaan except by remembering Allah…”
• (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2863; he said it is hasan saheeh. The hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Jaami‟, 1724
46. Listening to Aadhaan
• Abu Hurayrah narrating that the
Messenger of Allah said: “When the
Shaytaan hears the call to prayer, he runs
away fast.”‟”(Narrated by Muslim, 389).
