Jinns

In Arabian and Muslim folklore jinns are ugly and evil demons having supernatural powers which they can bestow on persons having powers to call them up. In the Western world they are called genies.
Legend has it that King Solomon possessed a ring, probably a diamond, with which he called up jinns to help his armies in battle. The concept that this king employed the help of jinns may have originated from 1 Kings 6:7, "And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there, so there was neither hammer nor axe nor and tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building."

In Islam, jinns are fiery spirits (Qur'an 15:27) particularly associated with the desert. While they are disruptive of human life, they are considered worthy of being saved. A person dying in a state of great sin may be changed into a jinni in the period of a barzakh, separation or barrier.

The highest of the jinns is Iblis, formerly called Azazel, the prince of darkness, or the Devil. The jinns were thought by some to be spirits that are lower than angels because they are made of fire and are not immortal. They can take on human and animal shapes to influence men to do good or evil. They are quick to punish those indebted to them who do not follow their many rules.

In the "Arabian Nights" jinns or genies came from Aladdin's Lamp.

There are several myths concerning the home of the jinns. According to Persian mythology some of them live in a place called Jinnistan. Others say jinns live with other supernatural beings in the Kaf, mystical emerald mountains surrounding the earth


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I would like to see the Islamic reference for this, otherwise, it's not Islamic belief but Arabian folklore

I voted yes x 3. I also strongly believe in the evil eye.

no, no, yes I know what it is.

My husband says assalam alaykum (and something else i can't remember) when he enters his house. I asked him why and he said he's saying hi to the Jinns.

yes, no, yes

In case you're interested in a proper du'a for entering the house When returning home from Fortification of the Muslim online.

nope that's not what he says. He is saying hi to them. He leaves the Quran on the tape player while he is out too. Not sure if it's for them or not though.

My husband also does this 'saying hi' and leaving the Quran playing on the computer. I thought it was somewhat of a comfort thing, so I never questioned it.

Yes, yes, yes.

I always heard stories of jinns growing up. I think of them as spirits though, not necessarily good or bad.

When I walk into my apartment I do say salaam but I think it is more out of habit than for the jinn

yes yes yes

I don't believe in the bogeyman either!

No, No, Yes

Of course jnoun are real -- they're everywhere around us.

Some of them even like to post on the internet.

How about the Boggy Creek Monster? (sorry, couldnt resist )



LMFAO!

Yes, before No now Yes, Yes

I defintely believe in them.

I knew you were a big JINNIYA, Wife of Mahmoud. I will be very careful not to pour hot water down my kitchen sink so I do not wake you up at night.


LOL

a jinn is an ex-wife

That would be a JINNIYA Charles not a JINN ( male)

Ashtatan ashtoot...

ah thanks. now i know what was scribbled on the divorce decree

BOO

Yes, Yes, Yes.

My Husband told me many stories of his experience with Jinn's. He also has an uncle that can work with them. I believe they are real beyond the shadow of a doubt and that I have seen them, but I prefer not to be involved with them.

Here! Here! After hearing my husband's accounts of the buggers, I figured those aint the sort of neighbors Id like to have!

Well of course not, that would just be silly

See Jenn! I told you they are real






The Jinns who live in our hosue are all very nice.

Jinns are not always bad. They can be nice, mean or neutral. They also haunt places where horrible things happened... like the site of a murder or massacre. They are just undead. That does not mean they are bad....

There is a saying that when you become obsessed with something without reason, a Jinn has entered you for some reason. If your Jinns are happy in your house, your husband is keeping them calm by saying hi to them.

LOL..

Watch Out!



lololololol

LOL

Ditto.

Although, we can use stories of the jinns to scare the kids (11 yrs old). But, they are big scaredy cats! They get scared when the lights go out, when they hear the name Dracula, or when I hide behind the door and then jump out and scream while they are all quiet and watching cartoons. Bwaahhahahahhaaaaa! Bwawaaahahahaaaaa !!!

They like to play arcade games!!! YAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Meanie!

If it's Sura Al-Buqra - then yes, it dispels them.

Sura Al-Buqra - if read - is said to dispel jinn from a home/area.

I heard a story of an angry crowd throwing stones in Jordan - a group of nasty people led by one really nasty person. (doing something quite unjust.) Someone turned on a tape player with Sura Buqra playing on it. They threw stones at the tape player until it broke. Sure, they exist.

Put it in perspective:

If someone from today went back 1500 years to the Prophet's time, and told people there are animals called bacteria you can't see. There are millions that live all over your body, inside your body, and all over everything on the planet, and they make you sick - what would people say to you? What would they think?

They'd laugh at you - call you a fool - and say you're making things up. Just because you don't know how to see them (yet), doesn't mean they don't exist.

Whoa, major synchronicity there.

I was just reading up on djinns. http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=75

Not denying the possibility that something exists and believing in it are two different things, IMO. That's right -just because you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but neither does it mean that it does. Just because it turns out bacteria are real, what does that have to do with jinns?