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| Fatwa By : |
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid |
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English |
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Islam Q&A |
| Addition Date |
07/09/2013 |
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Jinn
possession and the rulings on jinn possession
Can jinn possess humans? And if this is possible, then how will the person be
able to account for their actions, whilst they were possessed, on the Day of
Judgement?.
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Yes, it is possible for jinn to possess humans. Allah says in His Book
(Interpretation of the meaning):
“Those who eat Riba [usury] will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except
like the standing of a person beaten by Shaytan (Satan) leading him to
insanity” [Al-Baqarah 2:275]
See also the answers to questions no. 11447, 42073, 39214 and 1819.
Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The fact that a jinni may enter the body of a human is proven by the consensus
of the imams of Ahl-Usl-Sunnah wa’l-Jama’ah. Allah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
“Those who eat Riba [usury] will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except
like the standing of a person beaten by Shaytan (Satan) leading him to
insanity” [Al-Baqarah 2:275]
and in As-Sahih it is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) that “The shaytan flows through the son of Adam like blood.” End
quote.
Majmoo’ al-Fatawa (24/276, 277)
Secondly:
Possession is a kind of sickness. If a person who has this sickness is
rational, then he has the choice and he will be brought to account for his
words and actions. But if this sickness has overwhelmed him to the point that
he has lost his mind and free will, then he is like one who is insane and is
not accountable. Hence in Arabic the word mass (possession) is used to refer to
junoon (insanity). See Lisan al-‘Arab (6/217). But if he commits an act of
aggression against another when he is insane and destroys his property, for
example, then he must pay compensation for that.
See: Zad al-Ma’ad (4/66-71)
It says in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (16/106):
The fuqaha’ are unanimously agreed that insanity is like unconsciousness and
sleep, rather it is more severe in the loss of free will, and it makes whatever
he says invalid. For the one who is sleeping, all his verbal statements, such
as divorce, becoming Muslim, turning apostate, selling, buying, etc, are
invalid. So it is more appropriate that such statements be invalid in the case
of insanity, because the insane person has no power of reasoning or
discernment. They quoted as evidence for that the words of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him): “The Pen has been raised from three: the
sleeper until he awakens, the child until he reaches maturity and the insane
person until he comes back to his senses.” Narrated by the authors of Sunan
with a sahih isnad. The same applies to all verbal statements because of the
potential for harm. End quote.
In (16/107) it says:
With regard to the rights of people such as compensation and the like: these
are not waived, because he is not accountable for them, rather his guardian is
responsible for paying financial dues from the wealth of the insane person. If
he commits some crimes, he is accountable for them financially but not
physically. If he destroys a person’s property when he is in a state of
insanity, compensation must be paid, but if he kills someone there is no qisas
(retaliation), but the diyah must be paid.
And Allah knows best.
Islam Q&A
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