Protection From The Jinn

In Hazm said: "The jinn are real, and they are creatures

created by Allah. Among them are kafirs (non-Muslims)

and believers. They can see us but we cannot see

them. They eat, have children and die. Allah says

(interpretation of the meanings):

'O you assembly of jinn and mankind!' [6:130]

'And the jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless

flame of fire' 15:27

'"'And of us some are Muslims (who have submitted to

Allah, after listening to this Quran), 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

Allah), then such have sought the right path.

And as for the Qaasitoon (disbelievers who deviated

from the right path), they shall be firewood for

Hell" 72:14-15)

Verily, he and Qabeeluhu (his soldiers from the jinn

or his tribe) see you from where you cannot see

them' I7:27]

With regard to the jinn harming humans, this is proven

to happen and it does happen. Protection against

that is attained by reciting Quran and adhkaar (dhikr/

remembrance of Allah) prescribed in sharee'ah (Islamic

law).

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him)

said:

"Undoubtedly the jinn can have a harmful effect on

humans, and they could even kill them.They may

harm a person by throwing stones at him, or by trying to

terrify him, and other things that are proven in the sunnah

(prophetic teachings) or indicated by real events. It was

reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah

be upon him) gave permission to one of his companions to

go to his wife during one of the military campaigns I think

it was the campaign of al-Khandaq as he was a young man

who had recently got married. When he reached his house,

he found his wife standing at the door, and he objected to

that. She said to him, 'Go inside, so he went inside and

found a snake curled up on the bed. He had a spear with

him, so he stabbed it with the spear until it died, and at the

same instant as the snake died the man also died. It was

not known which of them died first, the snake or the man.

When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him) heard of that, he forbade killing the harmless kinds of

snakes that are found in houses, apart from those which

are maimed or are streaked and malignantThis indicates that the jinn may attack humans, and that

they may harm them, as is known from real-life events and

a jinn may also enter the body of a human, either because

of love or with the intention of harming him, or for

some other reason. In such cases, the jinn may speak from

inside of that person and address the one who is reading

verses from the Quran over him; the reciter may take a

promise from the jinn never to come back, and other things

concerning which there are very many reports which are

widespread among the people.

So the protection which will prevent

the evil of the jinn is:

1. Seeking refuge with Allah from the jinn

"And if an evil whisper from shaytaan tries to turn you away

(0 Muhammad) (from doing good), then seek refuge in

Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower" [41:36)

"And if an evil whisper comes to you from shaytaan,

then seek refuge with Allah. Verily, He is All-Hearer,

All-Knower" [7:200]

It was narrated from Sulayman ibn Sard that two men were

trading insults in the presence of the Prophet (peace and

blessings of Allah be upon them), until the face of one of

them turned red. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah

be upon him) said, "I know a word which, if he were to say

it, what he is suffering from would go away: 'Aoodhu Billahi

min al-Shaytan il-rajeem (I seek refuge with Allah from the

accursed shaytan)." (al-Bukhaariand Muslim)

2. Reciting al-Mu'awwidhatayn (the last

two chapters of the Quran, al-Falaq and

al-Nas).

It was narrated that Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be

pleased with him) said:

"The Messenger of Allah

(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to

seek refuge with Allah from the jinn and from the evil eye

until the Mu'awwidhatayn were revealed, and when they

were revealed he started to recite them and not anything

else." (al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasaa'i, In Maajah)

3. Reciting ayat al-Kursiy

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلاَ يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلاَّ بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَلاَ يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the

Self-Sustaining.

Neither

drowsiness

overtakes

Him

nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens

and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede

with Him except by His permission? He knows what is

presently] before them and what will be after them, and

they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for

what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the

earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the

Most High, the Most Great.

Quran 2:255

4. Reciting Surat al-Baqarah

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of

Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

"Do not make your houses like graves, for the shaytan

runs away from a house in which Surat al-Baqarah is

recited." (Muslim)

5. The last verses of Surat al-Baqarah

It was narrated that Abu Mas'ood al-Ansari said: "The

Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him) said: Whoever recites the last two verses of Surat

al-Baqarah at night, that will suffice him." (al-Bukhaari,

Muslim)

It was narrated from al-Nu'man ibn Basheer (may Allah be

pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah inscribed a book two

thousand years before He created the heavens and the

earth, from which the last two ayahs of Surat al-Baqarah

were revealed. If they are recited for three nights, no

shaytan (devil) will remain in the house". (al-Tirmidhi).

6. Reciting "La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la

shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd

wa huwa 'ala kulli shayin qadeer

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of

Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him said:

"Whoever says

"La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la shareeka

lah, lahu'-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli

shayin 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 sayiahs (bad deeds) will be erased from his

record, and it will be protection for him from the shaytan

for that day, until evening comes. No one could achieve

any better than him except the one who does more than he

did." (al-Bukhaari, Muslim)

7. Remembering Allah often (dhikr)

It was narrated from al-Harith al-Ash'ari that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah

commanded Yahya ibn Zakariya (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

shaytan except by remembering Allah…." (al-Tirmidhi)

8. The adaan (call to prayer)

It was narrated that Suhayl ibn Abi Salih said: "My father

sent me to Bani Harithah, and there was with me a slave of

ours, or a companion of ours. Someone called out his name

from a garden, and the one who was with me looked into

the garden and did not see anything. I mentioned that to

my father, and he said, 'If I had known that this was going

to happen to you, I would not have sent you. But if you

hear a voice then make the call for prayer, for I heard Abu

Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating that the

Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him) said: "When the shaytan hears the call to prayer, he

runs away fast."'" (Muslim).

9. Reciting Quran offers protection

against the shaytan

"And when you (Muhammad) recite the Quran, We put

between you and those who believe not in the Hereafter,

an invisible veil (or screen their hearts, so they hear or

understand it not) 17:45

Allah Knows Best