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The life and dwelling places of the jinn

 

The life and dwelling places of the jinn
I have read your explanation on Jinn (Reference No: 2340 ).


Can you please explain further, such as Jinn’s Life style, Housing, Children, Family life, Prayers (i. e. is it like ours), Burial after death, is normal Haram and Halal things applicable?, Do they fight each other like human, Categories (i. e. like ours blacks, Europeans, this country that country etc), do they effected by natural things like Rain, Winds, Earthquakes etc...


 

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

The jinn are part of the creation of Allaah, and they are His
slaves who are accountable and subject to commands and prohibitions, just
like human beings. There are believers, disbelievers and evildoers among
them. Those of them who do good will enter Paradise and those who do evil
will deserve to be punished. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and
mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)”

[al-Dhaariyaat 51:56] 

And Allaah says concerning the jinn (interpretation of the
meaning): 

“‘There are among us some that are righteous,
and some the contrary; we are groups having different ways (religious
sects).’”

[al-Jinn 72:11] 

“And of us some are Muslims (who have
submitted to Allaah, after listening to this Qur’aan), and of us some are
Al‑Qaasitoon (disbelievers
those who have deviated from the Right Path). And whosoever has embraced
Islam (i.e. has become a Muslim by submitting to Allaah), then such have
sought the Right Path.

15. And as for the Qaasitoon (disbelievers
who deviated from the Right Path), they shall be firewood for Hell”

[al-Jinn 72:14, 15] 

With regard to their being accountable and subject to
commands and prohibitions, the scholars are unanimously agreed that they are
accountable. Some of the scholars suggested that the accountability to which
they are subject is exactly the same as that to which human beings are
subject, whilst others suggested that their accountability is in accordance
with their abilities and capabilities. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

They are enjoined concerning basic matters and minor issues
according to their nature; they are not like human beings in essence and
reality, so the commands and prohibitions to which they are subject are not
like those to which humans are subject, but they have in common with humans,
the fact that they are subject commands and prohibitions, and rulings on
what is permitted and what is forbidden. Concerning this I know of no
dispute among the Muslims. End quote. 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/233. 

With regard to their lives and dwelling places, they are like
all other creatures, they have their own lives, they get married and produce
offspring. Allaah says of Iblees (Interpretation of the meaning): 

“Will you then take him (Iblees) and his
offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me while they are enemies to
you?”

[al-Kahf 15:50] 

With regard to their dwellings, they often gather in ruins
and unclean places like toilets and garbage dumps. The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “These toilets are haunted
(inhabited by devils), so when anyone of you goes to the toilet let him say,
‘A’oodhu Billaahi min al-khubthi wa’l-khabaa’ith (I seek refuge
Allaah from the male and female devils).” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 6; classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Saheehah, 1070. 

With regard to the phrase al-khubthi wa’l-kabaa’ith
(translated above as “male and female devils”), it has been suggested that
al-khubth may mean evil and al-khabaa’ith may mean evil spirits, which
includes both male and female devils. 

There is no doubt that the jinn die, for they are included in
the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish”

[al-Rahmaan 55:26]

It should be noted that the world of the jinn is the world of
the unseen, and we do not know anything about it except that which Allaah
has told us in His Book or on the lips of His Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him). 

Based on this, we cannot say anything about them except that
which has been narrated in the texts of Islam; anything other than that is
hidden from us. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“And follow not (O man, i.e., say not, or do not, or
witness not) that of which you have no knowledge. Verily, the hearing, and
the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned (by
Allaah)”

[al-Isra’ 17:36] 

For more information on this topic, see the book ‘Aalim
al-Jinn wa’l-Shayateen by Dr ‘Umar Sulaymaan al-Ashqar. 

[Translator’s note: this book is available in English under
the title The World of the Jinn and Devils in the Light of the Qur’aan
and Sunnah, published as Vol. 3 of the Islamic Creed Series by the
International Islamic Publishing House, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.] 

It should be noted that Allaah has given us information about
the jinn and other creatures for our benefit, and what He has concealed from
us we do not need to know. If knowing that was essential for us, Allaah
would have told us. Hence we should not concern ourselves with such matters
or look into the mysteries of the jinn which can only be known through
revelation. 

What a person should ask about is his religion, its acts of
worship and beliefs, what he should do, and other important matters which
have been enjoined or forbidden, so that he can be a true slave of Allaah. 

In the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) we have a good example. They did not ask the Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about such matters in which
there is no benefit in knowing and no harm in not knowing. 

I ask Allaah to bless us with beneficial knowledge and enable
us to do righteous deeds. 

And Allaah knows best.

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