Sexy Jihad

After posting part one last week, here is the 2nd interview in the exorcism series:

Interview NO. 2
Location:
Cairo
Date: 9/8/88

Name: ` Abdul – Khaaaliq al- Attaar
Date Of Birth: 1920
Education: Law degree from Cairo University, 1950. Memorized
complete Qur’aan and studied sharee’ah at the College of Law.

Q. When and why did you begin to practice exorcism?
A. About forty years ago one of my sons was afflicted by the jinn-
although I did not know it at the time-and his sickness became a
major problem for me. I went to many psychiatrists, psychologists,
neurologists, brain specialists and a varitiey of medical doctors
for treatment. But after every visit to the medical specialists his
sickness became worse. Around that time I happened to be reading Ibn
Qayyim al- Jawziyyah’s book, Zaad al Ma’aad. In a chapter on the
treatment of the possessed, I noticed that the symptoms of
possession were the same as those shown by my son. The prescribed
treatment mentioned in the chapter was the recitation of some
Qur’anic verses and prophetic supplications. So I recited over my
son and he began to get better. His condition improved the more I
recited until he became completely well-by the permission of Allah.
From that moment I felt a great desire to increase my knowledge of
this science. Day and night I began to research the topic of the
world of jinn, the devils and the angels. I read many good books and
many terrible ones. However-by the grace of Allah- whenever I came
across new information, I would not adopt it until after I had
checked its authenticity based upon the Qur’aan and the Sunnah. What
was confirmed, I accepted and what was not, I rejected. The correct
information I recorded in my own notebooks until I had gathered many
such notebooks and a large quantity of material. I then read
extensively the writings of Imaam Ibn Taymeeyah (may Allah be
pleased with him) and his student Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim. Then I began
to organize the information in chapters which lead-by the mercy of
Allah-to my writing 30 books in the form of manuscripts about
Qur’anic medicine (at-Tibb al-Qur’aanee) and prophetic medicine (at-
Tibb an- Naawee). These books are ready for publication; however,
due to my limited resources, I have been unable to publish any of
them to date.

Q. What percentage of the cases you meet are actual cases of demonic
possession?
A. When I visit someone is brought to me who believes that he is
affected by magic, evil eye or the jinn, my first session is an
examination (fahs) and giving advice. The method of examination is
quite simple. Anyone afflicted by magic, evil eye or jinn attack
must show some symptoms of the affliction, which I call, ” Symptoms
of satanic bonding.” The symptoms have peculiarities like the
symptoms of any other sickness, such as influenza or rheumatism.
During the examination I, therefore, ask about the symptoms, which
may appear in both the waking state as well as during sleep.
Symptoms during sleep include nightmares, sleeplessness, broken
sleep, uneasiness the grinding of teeth, and dreams of Satan in the
form of carnivorous animals. Then I ask about symptoms while awake,
such as feelings of anxiety, forgetfulness, hopelessness, lethargy
and immobility.
Included among the signs are being easily angered, crying, and
staring aimlessly or avoiding the eyes of others. If the patient
displays such symptoms during his waking and sleeping states, I
recite upon him some Qur’anic verses. If he is possessed, the jinnee
may begin at this point to talk either with the voice of the person
or with another voice. Sometimes it will use foul language, curse
those present or strike and kick.
It may reveal why it possessed the person and when it did so. It may
also reveal if there are others present. Psychiatrists diagnosis
this as schizophrenia or dual personality. If a jinnee speaks
through a human telling its name, religion and condition, they call
it dual personality. If the jinnee does not speak but the person’s
personality goes through a major change, they call it schizophrenia.

Q. Are their other signs, like bad smells or an unnatural smile,
that are common to those possessed?
A. In reality, when a jinnee bonds with a human, there are
innumerable signs. Among them are laughter and crying for no reason.
These symptoms are well-known to the medical profession and are
explained as a result of over activity or under activity of certain
glands. We know in spiritual medicine that this is due to demons
playing with the glands, causing them to over-secrete or to decrease
their secretions, therefore causing changes in personality and swift
moods shifts. The processed person may also exhibit super natural
strength.

Q. What is the percentage of real cases of possession among your
patients?
A. My shaykh and mentor, Imaaam Ibn Taymeeyah (may Allah have mercy
upon him), who died more than 700 years ago, said in al-Fataawaaa
the following, excellent statement, “If the veil were removed from
the people of this time [ Ibn Taymeeyah’s time, over 700 years ago],
we would find most of the people of this time are possessed by
demons.” If that was said 700 years ago, what can we say about this
age in which filth is widespread and the means of demonic possession
are abundant. This is a time of sport and play, disobedience and
corruption. The percentage of those possessions is very startling –
may Allah protect us all. Those spared demonic influence are very
few, while those under attack are many. Allah, the Almighty said in
Soorah an- Nisaa’.

“… rebellious devil, cursed by Allah, said, ` I will surely take a
definite portion of Your servants and mislead them. I will create in
them false desires and order them to slit the ears of cattle and to
deface the creation of Allah….’

They are many. And Almighty Allah’s statement:

“And Satan proved his idea true on them, and they all followed him
except a group of those who believed.

So in reality, the percentage of those under satanic influence in
the world today is extremely high. And there are a number of real
sickness, which the medical profession, past and present, in the
East and in the West, has been unable to cure, and the curelies only
in the Noble Qur’aan. The medical profession readily admits it has
not advanced over the years in its ability to cure problems such as
epilepsy, bewitchment, and schizophrenia. In reality, those touched
by Satan are so many and their percentage is rapidly increasing.
Yet, those involved in treating them according to the Qur’aan and
the Sunnah are so few that one cannot but fear for the future of
mankind if a solution is not found. By Allah’s blessing, I am
working on passing on knowledge of this science to many young
people. But resources to do this effectively are very limited.

Q. From your own experience, what are the main reasons why people
are possessed?
A. I have written a chapter in my book, Iqtiraan ash-Shaytaan bi al
Insaana, (Qur’aan, 4:118-119,) specifically for this question. There
are exactly six reasons: 1) extreme fear, 2) extreme anger, 3)
extreme jealousy, 4) devotion to lust, 5) human aggression against
devils, and 6) love of demons for humans. Human aggression could be
in the form of pouring hot water on the places where devils reside
or urinating in holes or cracks in the ground. The Prophet (PBUP)
prohibited us from urinating in the holes and cracks in the earth
because they are places where jinn reside. The love of demons for
humans is very, very common. When male jinn possess human’s females
and we communicate with them, they often readily admit that they are
in love with them. And when female jinn possess men, they often
express the same.

Q. What is the percentage of females among your patients?
A. They are about 70 percent of the cases. Percentage of possession
among women is greater than it is among men. And this percentage is
consistent with the texts of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah. On one
occasion, the Prophet (PBUH) visited a group of women and
said, “Give in charity, because I was shown that you made up most of
the inhabitants of the Fire.” When he asked why, he replied, “You
deny the good your husbands do when ever he makes a single
mistake.” (See Shaih Al- Bukhari, vol. 7, pp. 95-6, no. 125, and
Sahih Muslim, Vol. 2, pp. 431-2, no. 1982.

Q. You mentioned about male possessing human females and female jinn
possessing men. Is this always the case?
A. The Prophet (PBUH) used to seek refuge in Allah from what appears
at night and is hidden during the day, and what is hidden at night
and appears during the day. (`oothu billaahi tabaraka wa ta ` aalaa
min sharri maa yathharu bil-layli wa yamkunu bin-nahaaari wa min
sharri ma yathharu bin- nahaari wa yakmunu bil-layl. And he also
used to seek refuge in Allah from every [evil] which announces
itself and every [evil] hides. (Aoothhu billaahi min sharri kulli
mu’lin wa musirr. That which appears at night is that which speaks
and that which is hidden is that which does not. Thus, the speaking
or not speaking of a jinnee through the voice of the possessed is
found in the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) treated those possessed,
the jinnee did not speak with him or respond to him. The Prophet
(PBUH) struck the possessed person and said, “Get out, O enemy of
Allah, for I am the Messenger of Allah!” And the jinnee did not
reply to the Prophet (PBUH). But in the case of the jinnee who was
searching through food and was caught by Aboo Hurayrah, it spoke
with him. Also, the jinnee who possessed ` Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood
communicated with him. Likewise, the jinnee who was beaten by `Umar
bin al- Khattaab spoke with him. Another example is the female
jinnee who spoke to Imam Ibn Taymeeyah in the presence of his
student, Ibn al –Qayyim, saying, ” I love him.” It then said, “I
want to make hajj with him.” And Ibn Tameeyah replied, “But he does
not want to make hajj with you.” It said, ” Then I will leave him
for your sake.” Ibn Taymeeyah said, “No leave him in obedience to
Allah’s command.” This incident can be found in Ibn al-Qayyim’s
book., Zaad al-Ma’aad in the chapter on prophetic guidance for
treating the possessed. Likewise, during reign of ` Abbaasee
caliph, Mutawakkil, the caliph informed Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal that
one of his slave girls was possessed. Imaam Ahamd sent one of his
students with a pair of his wooden slippers and told him to tell the
jinnee, “It is not permissible for you to inhabit this woman’s body,
and Ahmad commands you to leave this woman’s body, and Ahmad
commands you to leave this woman’s body.” Al- Mutawakkil and others
present heard the woman speak in a gruff, male voice,
saying “Ahmad’s command is welcome. For Ahmad is one who has obeyed
Allah, and Allah has made everything obedient to him. If Ahmad
ordered us to leave `Iraaq, we would leave.” Today in many cases the
jinn do speak, but in many other cases they do not.

Q. Is possession a swift process or does it take along time, like
months or years?
A. Medical doctors say that epilepsy is a sudden, unknown change in
the electric discharges of the brain. They say that there are more
than 40 million electrical connections in the human brain, and it is
like a small electrical generating station. It produces electricity
and distributes it throughout the other parts of the body. According
to doctors, and epileptic fit occurs when there is a sudden surge in
the electric discharge of the brain. This over loads the circuit
and leads to dysfunction in the body parts and becomes manifest in
shaking, stiffness in the body parts, drooling and foaming at the
mouth and staring lasting for a brief moments. When we see such
conditions, we call the athaan in the epileptic’s right ear and call
the iqaamah in the left ear and – by Allah’s will-he becomes cured
and returns to his normal state. Although the medical profession,
ancient and modern, does not know the cause of the sudden increase
in the electrical discharges of the brain, the Prophet (PBUH)
indicated a cause. In a hadeeth reported by Iban `Abbas (may Allah
be pleased with him), a black woman came to the Prophet (PBUH) and
said, ” O Messenger of Allah, I am overcome with fits and take off
my clothes.” [and in another narration, “Verily, the evil jinnee
takes off my clothes.” In this hadeeth the Prophet (PBUH) confirmed
that it is the devil who causes people to fall down in fits. It has
been demonstrated that the cause is demonic from the many cases in
which we have called the athaan in the ears of those in epileptic
fits, and consequently the fits ceased. For the Prophet (PBUH) has
stated, ” When Satan hears the athaan, he turns and flees.” This is
in the case of complete possession ( sara ` kulle). There are other
types of possession in which humans are affected, like migraine
headaches (sudaa ` nisfee), insomnia (araq), depression,
introversion (intiwaa), or pains occurring in different parts of the
body at various times. The possessing demon who inhabits the human
brain is able to vary cerebral electric discharges-by the will of
Allah and due to reasons known only Allah- and affect the body parts
with a variety of ailments. For example, it may affect the man’s
tongue so that he cannot speak, his ears so that he cannot hear, his
eyes so that he cannot see, or his hands so they tremble and become
paralyzed. These are all various types of possessions.

Q. Have you ever experienced the jinn speaking in languages other
than that of the possessed person?
A. I have found many cases in which the jinn speak in languages or
other dialects common to other regions of the country.

Q. Do the jinn enter the human body from particular points, like the
mouth eyes or hand?
A. There are three types of jinn. One type consists of animals, such
as dogs, snakes, donkeys, and mules. These give birth to offspring
like themselves. A dog-jinnee gives birth to a dog-jinnee and a
snake-jinnee gives birth to a snake-jinnee. Another type flies in
the air, like the one mentioned in Soorah an-Namal: “An `ifreet
among the jinn said, `I will bring it to you before you can rise
from your position, for surely I am strong and trustworthy for that
purpose.’” (Qur’aan,27:39.) This verse mans that the jinn see us,
but we cannot see them. Air is with us everywhere. We sense it and
are certain about its existence, but we cannot see it. The jinn are
just like aie which is meaning of Almighty Allah’s statement in
Soorah ar-Rahmaan: “And He created the jinn from flame (maarij) of
fire.” (Qur’aan, 55:l5) Maarij is the hot air, which is above the
fire. Thus, the jinnee, which enters the human body, is not of the
type, which has a material form, like that of a human, donkey or
dog. This type has a fine, invisible, ethereal (hawaa’ee) body. And
it enters the body just like air does through the open orifices,
like the mouth, the nose and the anus. Even the pres of the skin
allow air to enter and thus become ports of entrance for the jinn.
If we drink water in the summer, the water spreads throughout the
body and passes out through the pores in the skin. Air also enters
and along with it the jinn of this kind. However, the jinn usually
live in the toilet areas use for defecation, urination and bathing.
This is based upon the Prophet’s statement,

“Surely, these hushoosh are inhabited.”

The hushoosh are the places used by humans to relieve and clean
themselves. Thus, Muslims are enjoined to recite the following
supplication before entering such places, “O Allah, I seek refuge in
you from the evil male and female jinn.” The jinn find it easiest to
enter from the anus so this is the most common entrance. However,
they also gain access from other orifices, including the eye.

Q. And how do they leave?
A. From the same places that they enter.

Q. In which part of the human body do the jinn dwell?
A. When the jinn enter the human body, they settle in the control
center of the body-brain. They concentrate in the brain and conceal
the human mind, making the person lose consciousness in a way
similar to hypnotism. Then they manifest themselves and take control
of the body through the brain. However, this does not mean that they
only concentrate in the brain; they may concentrate in other body
parts and organs, thereby leaving the brain.

Q. During exorcisms have you ever experienced any attempts by the
jinn to possess you?
A. I praise Allah and give thanks to Him in the way appropriate to
His glory. My shaykh, Ibn Taymeeyah (may Allah have mercy upon him)
said in his book, al-Fataawaa, “Applying this knowledge of spiritual
medicine and/or Qur’anic medicine is compulsory upon whoever learns
it. Because it is equivalent to relieving the troubled, helping the
oppressed, liberating the distressed and supporting the weak. It is
among the greatest branches of fighting in the path of Allah (jihaad
fee sabeelillaah).” He also said, “Those who work in this field are
feared by the jinn because they know that they [i.e., the exorcists]
do it as a means of pleasing Allah. Thus, Allah places in the soul
of the jinnee a fear of the exorcist.” I have never experienced a
jinnee attack while I was awake. However, if I go to sleep with out
making protective supplications, the jinn hurt me during my sleep
and make me restless. Whenever this happens, I awaken quickly and
recite the supplications of divine refuge (ta’awwuthaat) and
protection, and Allah protects me.

Q. Since you began exorcising people over 40 years ago, have any of
your family members been possessed?
A. I have not experienced it within my family. However, whenever
devils fail in their attack on the human soul, they will try an
external attack by setting his family against him, such as his wife,
child, mother, father or leader. But such attacks are comparatively
mild. If the exorcist has strong faith in Allah and is truthful and
pious, external attacks will also fail. I would like to advise those
who wish to work in this field to be careful. On one occasion when I
was exorcising a jinnee by the name of Jibreel, who had been
severely hurting a woman (and this was round the time that I began
exorcising), I said to it, “Jibreel, leave the woman and come into
my body. Give her a break. Perhaps Allah will give me the strength
and health to bear your presence.” Jibreel was silent for a moment,
then he said, “From where will I enter you? From which part can I?”
I took this as glad tidings from Allah that He was protecting me by
sending angels who would ward off the evil of the jinn. For Allah
has made a type of angel which is specifically for the protection of
humans, according to the text of the Qur’aan:

“Surely, every soul has a protector over it.” (Qur’aan, 86: 4.

“Each [person] has a succession of angels in front of him and behind
him, protecting him by Allah’s command.” (Qur’aan, 13:11)

“He is the Irresistible, high above His servants, and He sends
protectors over you……”(Qur’aan, 6:61)

When ever Allah sees His servants being sincere and in constant
worship, working in the service of mankind and Islam, He protects
the servant from the evil jinn by sending angels to protect him. I
thank Allah for protecting me and all who work in this field.

Q. You mentioned earlier that your first session with a patient is
an examination. If it leads to the conclusion that the patient is
possessed, what is your next step?
A. I begin the treatment sessions (jalasaat at-`ilaaj). These
sittings vary in length and number depending upon the case involved.
The first of these sessions I call “purification of the heart” (”
tat-heer al-qalb”). The idea being that the faith of the person I am
about to treat must be clear and pure. There should not be in his
faith any paganism, evil, disbelief, hypocrisy or falsity. I
therefore clean the heart first so that when the verses of treatment
are read, they meet a pure heart. Otherwise, the verses will meet a
defiled, sick heart not capable of treatment. This is comparable to
planting a seed in infertile ground, It will not grow, but not due
to any defect in the seed. The ground was not prepared for
cultivation.
The third sitting I have named “purification of the
psyche” (”tazkiyah an-nafs”), for Qallah has created man with a
heart, mind, spirit/soul (rooh), psyche and a body. The treatments
are aimed at the first four elements. The soul (nafs) is a
combination of cravings (shahwah), instincts (ghareezah), emotions
(`aatifah) and inclinations (naz’ah). So, we purify the sick
patient’s psyche. If he smokes, drinks, gambles, lusts after women
or is corrupt in anyway, we purify it so that the psyche can help
the heart. I also try to purify the psyche of other sicknesses, like
anger, hatred, malice, jealousy, conceit, pride, arrogance,
intemperance, greed and stinginess. This session is no less
important than the second, for it is by the way of the evil psyche
that the possessing jinnee establishes itself. Consequently, this
level of treatment may require two, three, or four sittings until
the psyche of the patient is purified and contented. After this
treatment, the psyche does not whisper to itself and it will block
the whisperings of devils.
The fourth sitting concentrates on the mind, and I refer
to it as “cleaning the mind” (”tanqiyah al-`aql). In this session I
address how a person spends much of his time. If he reads useless
materials, like love stories, pornographic materials, detective
stories and newspaper articles, it only increase his remoteness from
Allah. I advise those who read such materials to give them up and
replace them with reading the Qur’aan and its exegesis, authentic
books of hadeeth, and books of law. I also encourage them to read
useful books in other fields, like mathematics, philosophy, physics,
engineering, etc.
The final treatment can be one session or as many as six
to twelve sessions. I call it “removing the spirit” (”takhlees ar-
rooh”). It consists of removing the evil sprit from its hold on the
human spirit. This is in accordance with a hadeeth recorded in the
Musnad of Ahmad in which a companion of the Prophet (PBUH) passed by
a mad person and recited over him a legal ruqyah for six day,
morning and evening. Also in the hadeeth of Aboo Sa’eed al –
Khudree, Ibn Mas’sood and others, it is recorded that the legal
ruqyah should be repeated twice per day for six days. If it produces
results, fine. If it does not, it means that something is incomplete
from the previous steps. Therefore, I go back over all of the
sessions and check the state of patient.
These sessions are followed by the prescription of
precautionary measures (tahaffuthaat). When a patient gets well,
doctors usually advise him to avoid certain foods in order to
prevent the reoccurrence of the sickness. I do the same. I advise
the patient to give up watching TV-especially useless programs, to
be consistent in performing his daily acts of worship, to get up at
night for voluntary prayer, to read certain Qur’anic verses daily,
to repeat the declaration of faith a hundred times daily, to seek
forgiveness from Allah, to pray fro the Prophet (PBUH).

Q. Do you use in your treatment physical techniques like tying
fingers or tying hair, burning incense, rubbing olive oil, salt or
beating?
A. There are no authentic narrations to support the use of salt
except in cases of scorpion stings. There is no basis fro using
either it, or other such things to treat jinn-possession. Likewise,
the uses of amulets (hijaab, ta’weeh and tameemah) which are worn
around different parts of the body are completely forbidden.
Regarding beating, it is authentically reported that the Prophet
(PBUH) utilized it, and Shaykh Ibn Taymeeyah also used a stick to
beat a patient possessed by a jinnee. However, I advise my young
bothers who are working in this field not to use beating at all,
because the use of beating has guidelines and conditions. We do not
beat the possessed human, but the jinnee which has possessed the
human. And this requires a high level of skill and discernment to be
able to accurately know whom the exorcist is hitting. For if he fits
the possessed person, it is prohibited in divine law, and it would
only increase the suffering in the patient. The details of this, I
cannot go into right now, because it would require a very long
sitting to explain exactly how to determine the appropriate time to
hit. At any rate, I do advise the beginners in this field no to use
beating. And even the beating used by many is too far violent and is
applied to very dangerous areas of the body. It should only be on
the behind, the shoulders or the extremities of the hands and feet.
As to hitting the face, eyes or head with sandals and sticks, it is
forbidden. However, if the exorcist has had much experience and
insight, and he is absolutely certain that it is the jinnee, which
is present, he may do as the Prophet (PBUH) did.

Q. What is your opinion about recitation over oil and rubbing with
it?
A. These methods are not forbidden according to Islamic law. They
are permissible and have some basis in the religion. Before going to
sleep, the Prophet (PBUH) used to recite the quls in his palms, blow
in them, and then wipe his hands over whatever his hands could reach
of his body, beginning with his face. On the basis of this, the
companion Ibn `Abbaas, and also Ibn Taymeeyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ahamd
ibn Hanbal and other Muslim scholars permitted the recitation of
Qur’aan on pure olive oil. There are verses in Soorah an-Noor (24)
and Soorah at-Teen (95) which indicate that olive oil is blessed.
Qur’anic verses may also be read over other substances like musk,
oil, saffron, rose water, or drinking water. Subsequently, the
patient drinks or bathes with these. However, one who bathes with
such fluids must do so in a place where the fluids will not flow
into sewage pipes or other filthy places. The liquids used should be
collected in special container and thrown on the roadside.

Q. During treatment do you have to seek assistance to hold the
patient down?
A. Sometimes when a person is possessed, the jinnee causes him to
make unusual movements like punching, getting up and sitting down,
and breaking things. I may need help in holding down his legs and
arms, and then I begin to recite over him.

Q. Could you recount some of your more recent and usual cases?
A. I have treated many patients and man y students have recorded on
tape the conversations, actions words which are used in these
gatherings. Each case is on a 60-minute tape.

Q. Do disbelieving jinn possess Muslims?
A. The world of the jinn is similar to the world of man. There are
no rules in this matter. All possible permutations occur.

Q. Can more than one jinnee possess a person at the same time?
A. Some have come. However, I inform them that I only treat with the
Qur’aan, I do not treat them. Most Christian Egyptians who have come
to me have welcomed treatment with the Qur’aan and have experienced
successful cures-all praise belongs to Allah. And a number of them
have converted to Islam by the grace of Allah.

Q. How do jinn benefit from the possession?
A. Allah has created the jinn to live in isolated areas, deserts,
refuse dumps, graveyards, and animal pens. Jinn-animals eat feces
and jinn eat bones. The jinn are definitely on a level below humans,
as a result of Allah’s favors, which He gives to whomsoever He
wishes. Allah said in Soorah al-Israa’:
“We have honored the children of Adam, carried them on the land and
on the sea, provided them with good things and greatly preferred
them over much of what we have created.” (Qur’aan 17:70.)

Consequently, jinn accompany humans in order to enjoy some of that
favor with which Allah has honored men. They try to partake of the
good food, drink, clothes, sex and sleep. This good life tempts the
jinn into attacking humans.

Q. Do jinn take pleasure by having sex with humans?
A. There is a verse in Soorah al-An `aam in which our blessed,
Almighty Lord said.

“Our Lord, some of us took pleasure one from the other, and we have
reached the term which You appointed for us. (Qur’aan, 6:128.)

Actually, all the Qur’anic exegetes understand the pleasure taken
here to refer to the jinns misguidance of men and man’s worship of
the jinn. They consider the taking of pleasure to only mean
obedience and following. However, the Qur’aan should be interpreted
first by its own verses. This verse should be understood along with
the Almighty’s statement in Soorah Muhammad:

” Those who disbelieve take pleasure and eat as animals do, and the
Fire will be their home.” (Qur’aan 47:12.)

Do animals follow jinn or do jinn misguide animals? No. The taking
of pleasure here refers to the fulfillment of sexual desire. Thus,
the “pleasure” mentioned in Soorah al-An’aam can also include sexual
pleasure enjoyed by males and females. This is what happens when a
man or woman has a wet dream. And I have dealt with many cases where
male jinn were taking pleasure from women and female jinn were
taking pleasure from men.

Q. Do jinn possess believing Muslims who are conscientious in their
religious practices?
A. This only happens to those of weak faith. The jinn have no power
over the true believers. The Almighty said:

“You will have no authority over my servants, except those among the
misguided will follow you.” (Qur’aan 15:42.)

“He [i.e., Satan] said, `By Your power, I will surely mislead them
all, except Your sincere, chosen servants.” (Qur’aan 38:82-83.”

The true believers and sincere worshippers of Allah are protected by
Him, so the devils cannot possess them. ON the other hand, the
devils play with the worshippers of Satan who disobey Allah in the
same way that children play football.

Q. If that be the case, how do you explain the hadeeth of the woman
who was overcome by the fits, yet the companions bore witness that
she would be among the people of paradise?
A. Sara ` is of two types: fits caused by jinn and those caused by
biological reasons which Ibn al-Qayyim called sara ` min al-akhlaat.
Thus, seizures may be from jinn possession or they may be from a
chemical imbalance in the brain or the nervous system. Jinn –
possession is treated most effectively by the Qur’aan, because it is
a spirit treating another spirit. Demonic possession is like the
loss of sight or hearing. It may be a test from Allah. The Prophet
(PBUH) told the woman, “If you are patient, your reward is Paradise.”

Q. How do you explain a Christian priest’s successful exorcism of
patients?
A. The non-Muslim in this field works with the jinn. The jinn may
ease the pain for a week or months in order that the patient put his
trust in the disbelieving healer. If he were a Muslim patient, his
faith would be lost. For only the Qur’aan is the word of Allah and
only it can heal the spirit. The Prophet (PBUH) said,

” Whoever visits a fortuneteller, his prayers will not be accepted
for 40 days.”

And he also said:

“Whoever believes a fortuneteller is disbelieved in the religion
that Muhammad brought.

Q. How do you distinguish between someone who is suffering from
bewitchment and one suffering from the evil eye?
A. They are very similar, and they are both a product of the jinnee
attaching itself within a person. The distinction comes in the
treatment. The longest lasting and more difficult to cure is from
magic spells and the easiest to treat are seizures (sara’). As to
the Prophet’s bewitchment, some scholars have declared it false even
thought he narrations are highly accurate, without any discrepancy
in their chain of narrators or in their text. These scholars have
allowed their limited minds to determine the right and wrong in the
religion. This is an error on their part. There are different types
of magic: habal (dimwittedness), khabal (confusion) and abat
(stupidity). These all affect the mind of the bewitched person. Thre
is another kind called sihr aljawaarih wal-a’daa’ (magic of the
limbs and the organs) which does not affect the mind but affects
ones organs, like the hand or the genitals. The type which affected
the Prophet (PBUH) was the second type in which his mind was not
affected at all. For him to be affected is not strange because he
was a human being and affected by many sicknesses. He was wounded,
his incisor tooth was broken, he was cursed, made fun of, called a
fortuneteller, a magician and a madman. He was an example for us of
one who suffered as we do, but was patient and accepted his fate.
The hadeeth about the Prophets bewitchment in al- Bukhaaree and
Muslim reported by ` Aa’ ishah states that he used to think that he
had come to his wife when he did not. And in other books of
traditions it is mentioned that he would think he had done something
which he had not. That was merely forgetfulness, which all the
prophets were subject to, The Almighty said in Soorah Yoosuf:

“But Satan made him forget to remember his Lord, and he remained in
prison for a few [more] years.” (Qur’aan 12:42.)

And in Soorah al-Aaam:

“And if Satan causes you to forget, do not remain tin the company of
the transgressors after you have remembered.” (Qur’aan, 6:68.)

And in Soorah al-Khaf:

“None made me forget it except Satan, and amazingly it took its way
back to the sea.”(Qur’aan 18:63.)

The Prophet (PBUH) prayed a four unit prayer and concluded it with
salaams after the second unit. The companion, Thul-Yadayn said to
him, “Has the prayer been shortened or did you forget, O Messenger
of Allah?” Prophet (PBUH) said, ” The prayer has not been shortened
and I did not forget.” The companion told him that he only prayed
two units. The Prophet (PBUH) than asked the other companions if
what he said was correct, and they confirmed it. So the Prophet
(PBUH) got up and prayed with them two more units of prayer.
Consequently, forgetfulness can happen to prophets and this is not
considered a mental disorder (habal) in any sense of the term.

Q. What do you recite over those suffering possession, magic and the
evil eye?
A. There are incantations called ruqyah al- masroo and ruqyah al-
mareed. I have gathered the many narrations from the Prophet (PBUH)
and placed them under these headings in a large, unpublished volume,
which I have entitled Aasaa ` il Himaayah al – Insaan min Masaa’ ib
ash-Shaytaan. Time does not permit me to go through them at this
point.

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