it does happen. Protection against that is attained byreciting Qur'aan
and adhkaar (dhikr) prescribedin sharee'ah.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
"Undoubtedly the jinn canhave 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 or indicated by real events. Itwas reported that the
Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah 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 campaignof 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 withthe spear until
it died, andat the same instant as thesnake 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 Allaah 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 malignant.
This indicates that the jinnmay attack humans, and that they may harm
them,as is known from real-life events. There are numerous reports
which indicate that a man may come to a deserted area, and a stone may
be thrown at him, but he does not see anybody, or he may hear voices
or a rustling sound like the rustling of trees, and other things that
may make him feel distressed and scared. 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. This isindicated in the aayah
(interpretation of the meaning):
'Those who eat Ribaa will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection)
except like the standing of a person beaten by Shaytaan (Satan)
leading him to insanity'[al-Baqarah 2:275]
In such cases, the jinn may speak from inside of that person and
address the one who is reading verses from the Qur'aan 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.
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