The Supernatural is thus not the World of Spirits and Lost
Souls, but the World of Jinn SPIRIT POSSESSION Another
widespread fallacy is the concept of spirit-possession, during
which a supposed spirit (of a dead person) occupies the human
body and the individual experiences fits and epilepsy. The
Shaytaan has used this false belief so strongly to corrupt
people's Aqeedah that some of those who believe in spirit
possession even commit acts of Shirk, like performing un-Islamic
rituals and offerings at the tombs, hanging amulets containing
words of disbelief, etc. to protect themselves from possession
and to seek treatment. It should be made known that most of
these cases are due to psychological illness, mistakenly
understood to be spirit-possession. The reason behind the
prevalence of this misconception, to some extent, is the
practice of some exorcists, who have made exorcism a way of
obtaining money from the common masses. They convince people
into believing that they have been possessed by spirits and earn
money in the name of treatment. However, real cases of
possession are very few and they are due to the Jinn, who occupy
the human body and not spirits. And Al-hamdulillah, Allah and
His Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) have rightly guided
us in this regard; anybody possessed by the Jinn can be cured by
the prescribed treatment mentioned in the Sunnah of Allah's
Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam), Insha'Allah. The
Reality : In light of what has preceded (about the soul and its
journey after death in the previous article), it can be
undoubtedly said that spirits of the dead do not return back to
the world after death. Thus, it is not possible that the spirits
can possess the human body. The only possible source, which
could be involved in possessing human body, is the Jinn. Shaikh
al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) states in Majmoo
al-Fatawa, "The existence of the Jinn is an established fact,
according to the Book, the Sunnah and the agreement of the early
scholars. Likewise, the penetration of a Jinni into a human body
is also an established fact, according to the consensus of
leading Sunni scholars. It is also a fact witnessed and
experienced by anyone who reflects on it. The Jinni enters the
one seized by fits and causes him to speak incomprehensible
words, unknown to himself; if the one seized by fits is struck a
blow sufficient to kill a camel, he does not feel it."
Evidence for Jinn Possession
Allah says: "Those who eat Riba (interest) will not stand (on
the Day of Judgment) except like the standing of a person beaten
by the Shaytaan leading him to insanity ('mass')." [Soorah
al-Baqarah (2): 275] In this verse, Allah compares the state of
those who eat Riba, on the Day of Judgment, with the one beaten
by the Shaytan leading him to insanity. The word used in this
verse for insanity is 'mass', which also means devil possession.
Since Allah has made the Qur'aan, the most truthful book, it can
never contain a false comparison. Therefore, this verse proves
the truthfulness of Jinn-possession. Al-Qurtubee writes in his
Tafseer of this verse: "This verse contains proof against those
who deny the possession by way of Jinn, claiming that it is a
result of natural causes, as well as those who claim that
Shaytaan does not enter humans nor does he touch them." Clear
Evidence of Jinn possession from the Sunnah are in a number of
authentic tradition, one of which is related by, Ya'la Ibn Murah
(radhiallahu anhu), who says: "I saw Allah's Messenger
(sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) do three things which no one
before or after me saw. I went with him on a trip. On the way,
we passed by a woman sitting at the roadside with a young boy.
She called out, 'O Messenger of Allah, this boy is afflicted
with a trial, and from him we have also been afflicted with a
trial. I don't know how many times per day he is seized by
fits.' He (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) said: 'Give him to me.'
So she lifted him up to the Prophet. He (sallallahu alaihe
wa-sallam) then placed the boy between himself and the middle of
the saddle, opened the boy's mouth and blew in it three times,
saying, 'In the name of Allah, I am the slave of Allah, get out,
enemy of Allah!' Then he gave the boy back to her and said:
'Meet us on our return at this same place and inform us how he
has fared.' We then went. On our return, we found her in the
same place with three sheep. When he said to her, 'How has your
son fared?' She replied: 'By the One who sent you with the
truth, we have not detected anything (unusual) in his behavior
up to this time…" [Musnad Ahmad (vol: 4, p. 170), and al-Haakim,
who declared it Saheeh]
This authentic narration describes how Allah's Messenger
(sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) commanded the Jinn possessing the
boy, to leave. Also, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihe
wa-sallam) is reported to have said: "Verily, Shaytaan flows in
the blood-streams of Adam's descendants." [Saheeh Muslim (vol:
3, no: 5404)]
Causes of Possession There could be three main reasons for
possession, as suggested by Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
(rahimahullah):
(a) The occasional possession of man by the Jinn may be due to
sensual desires on the part of the Jinn, passions or even love,
just as it may be among humans.
(b) Majority of the possessions are the result of hatred and
revenge of the Jinn, because of some wrong done to him. For
example, when humans accidentally harm or hurt the Jinn by
urinating on them, by pouring hot water on them, or by killing
some of them, the Jinn think that they have been harmed
intentionally. Though humans may not realize what they have
done, the Jinn are by nature ignorant, very harsh and unstable
in their behavior, so they may revengefully punish humans much
more than they actually deserve.
(c) Possession sometimes also occurs as a result of plain evil
on the part of the Jinn, just as evil and mischief occurs among
humans for similar reasons. [See Majmoo al-Fatawa vol: 19, p.
39] "Jinn mostly gain control over those who have little
religious inclination and those whose hearts and tongues faith
has deserted. Those whose souls are desolate of the remembrance
of Allah and of the formulas of strengthening faith." EXORCISM
to Free a human from Jinn-Possession To exorcize the Jinn is
obligatory according to the principles of repelling oppression,
aiding the oppressed, enjoining righteousness and forbidding
evil, just as it is with human. [Shaikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdillah
al-Baaz, al-Mujtama' Magazine, no. 830, 18/8/87, p. 39-41] A
question was posed to Ibn Taymiyah (rahimahullah) regarding the
subject, he expressed the same view and added: "… In (exorcism)
there is also alleviation of grief and suffering of the
oppressed. Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) is
reported by Abu Hurayrah in Saheeh Muslim (vol: 4, no: 6250) to
have said: "Whoever relieves a believer of one of the tragedies
of life, Allah will relieve him of one of the calamities of the
Day of Resurrection…" Jaabir (radhiallahu anhu) also reported in
Saheeh Muslim (vol: 3, no: 5456) that when Allah's Messenger
(sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) was asked about incantation, he
replied: "Whoever among you is able to help his brother, he
should do so." However, help should be justly rendered according
to the methods prescribed by Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu
alaihe wa-sallam). For example, Islamically based prayers, words
and phrases should only be used in the way they were used by the
Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) and his Companions. When
commanding the Jinn to righteousness and prohibiting it from
evil, it should be done in the same way that man is ordered and
forbidden. Whatever is allowable in the case of humans is also
allowable in the case of Jinn." [As-Shiblee's Ahkaam al-Jaann,
chapter. 53, p.147-8] Pre-requisites of the Exorcist: Treatment
of fits due to Jinn possession requires two essential factors
from the possessed and the healer. (a) Turning truthfully to
Allah alone and having full conviction that the remembrance of
Allah and Qur'aanic recitation will effect the person and the
Jinn. The stronger the faith, the stronger will be the effect.
(b) Using correct means to drive the Jinn away, as taught by
Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam). For, surely
this type of treatment is, in fact, war against the Shaytaan and
the warrior will not be able to defeat his enemy unless he
fulfills two conditions; that his weapon is sound and sharp, and
that his arm is strong. Whenever either of these two conditions
is not met, a long sword will be of no value! [See Zaad
al-Maa'ad p. 67-69] "Such a person (who exorcizes the Jinn) is a
soldier of Allah, and since exorcism is among the greatest forms
of Jihad, he should beware not to help his enemy overcome him by
his own sins. If the circumstance is beyond his capacity, he
should remember that Allah does not burden a soul beyond its
capacity. He should not expose himself to tribulation by taking
on what he is unable to handle." [Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmoo
al-Fatawa] Methodology: The following are some ways of exorcism,
which have been deduced from the practice of Allah's Messenger
(sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) and the Sahabah (radhiallahu
anhum), any of them may be used to drive the Shaytaan away: (a)
If the possession is due to magic, then the most effective way
is to find and undo the charm used in bewitchment. (b) Address
the Jinn and inform him that their acts are either abominable or
tyrannical. (c) Cursing the Jinn (d) Reciting certain Qur'aanic
verses or prayers taught by Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihe
wa-sallam), like Ayat al-Kursee (Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 255),
Basmalah (verbal saying of: 'Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem'),
Ta'awwuth (saying "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed
Shaytaan), making Adhaan or Iqaamah, etc. (e) Beating: If the
above-mentioned steps fail to bring the desired results, then
the exorcist may strike the possessed individual in order to
inflict pain on the possessing spirit. These blows fall upon the
Jinn and the possessed human does not feel them
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