The World of the Jinn

The ability to possess and take over the minds and bodies of other creatures is also a power that the Jinn have utilized greatly over the centuries.  This however, is something that has been prohibited to them as it is a great oppression to possess another being.  Human possession is something that has always brought about great attention.  But the true knowledge of this subject is rare.  Over the last three decades the subject of possession has become very commercialized.  During the 70s, films such as The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby were used to educate people about possession.  However, because such institutions (the film industry) were heavily influenced by Christianity, knowledge of the subject was non-existent.  Rather than educate people about Jinn possession, films such as The Exorcist just tended to scare the living daylights out of us!

Only through Islam can we understand such a phenomenon.  We know as Muslims that Jinn possess people for many reasons.  Sometimes it is because the Jinn or its family has been hurt accidentally.  It could be because the Jinn has fallen in love with the person.  However, most of the time possession occurs because the Jinn is simply malicious and wicked.  For this reason we have been commanded to recite the Quran frequently in our houses as the Prophet said:

"Indeed, Satan flees from the house in which Surah Al-Baqarah (the 2nd chapter of the Quran) is recited." (Al-Tirmidhi)

If a person does become possessed, then the name of God has to be used in expelling the Jinn.  If we look at the practice of the Prophet and his companions, we find many invocations to exorcise the Jinn.  All of them invoke God to help the possessed person.  How contrary this is to many modern-day exorcists.  Many exorcists, often invoke the names of others besides God to exorcise the Jinn.  When the Jinn does leave, these people believe that their way was successful.  However, this is a ploy of the Jinn, as it knows that if it obeys the exorcist, then it has succeeded in making him worship others besides God.  The Jinn often returns when the exorcist leaves, as it knows that nothing except the words of God can stop it from oppressing others.

It is not only humans that are possessed, but also animals, trees, and other objects.  By doing this, the evil Jinn hope to make people worship others besides God.  The possession of idols is one way to do this.  Not so long ago the worldwide phenomenon of Hindu idols drinking milk shocked the world.  From Bombay to London, Delhi to California, countless idols were lapping up milk.  Ganesh the elephant god, Hanuman the monkey god, and even Shiva lingam, the male private organ(!), all seemed to guzzle down the milk as if there was no tomorrow! Unfortunately people were taken in by this and many flocked to feed the Hindu gods.  This feat was undoubtedly done by the Jinn as a classic attempt to make people worship false gods.

Occult Activities of the Jinn

Through their powers of flying and invisibility, the Jinn are the chief component in occult activities.  Voodoo, Black magic, Poltergeists, Witchcraft, and Mediums can all be explained through the world of the Jinn.  Likewise, so can the illusions and feats of magicians.  Because the Jinn can traverse huge distances over a matter of seconds, their value to magicians is great.  In return for helping them in their magic, the Jinn often ask the magicians to worship them and Satan.  Thus the magicians take the Jinn and Satan as lords besides God.  In our day, some of the feats performed by magicians and entertainers are without doubt from the assistance of the Jinn.  Making the Statue of Liberty disappear, flying across the Grand Canyon, and retrieving a ship from the Bermuda Triangle, have all been done by the Jewish magician David Copperfield.  There is no way that a man could do such things without the assistance of the Jinn.  It would not be surprising therefore, if David Copperfield had sold his soul to Satan himself, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.

One of the most frequent activities associated with the Jinn is fortune telling.  Before the advent of the Prophet Muhammad, fortune-tellers and soothsayers were widespread.  These people would use their associates from the Jinn to find out about the future.  The Jinn would go to the lowest heaven and listen to the Angels conversing amongst themselves about events of the Future that they heard from God.  The Jinn would then inform the fortune-tellers.  This is why before the time of the Prophet many fortune-tellers were very accurate in their predictions.  However, upon the Prophet's arrival the heavens were guarded intensely by the Angels, and any Jinn who tried to listen was attacked by meteors (shooting stars):