Is Iblees the father of all the jinn?

Is Iblees the father of all Jinn, evil and righteous ones, or a father
for onlythe evil Jinn?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The devils (shayaateen) are the kuffaar of the jinn. Allaah, may He be
exalted, says of the accursed Iblees (interpretation of the meaning):
"except Iblees (Satan). He was one of the jinn; he disobeyed the
Command of his Lord"
[al-Kahf 18:50].
Many scholars are of the view that Iblees is the father of all of the
jinn, both the believing and disbelieving ones amongthem. He is their
origin and they are his offspring. This view was narrated from Ibn
'Abbaas, Mujaahid, Qataadah, al-Hasan al-Basri and others.
See: Tafseer al-Tabari (1/507) and al-Durr al-Manthoor (5/402).
There is a hadeeth concerning that which isattributed to the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It was narrated by
al-Tabaraaniin al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (6/197) from Mu'aawiyah ibn al-Hakam
al-Sulami. But it is very weak (da'eef jiddan), as it was narrated
only by Talhah ibn Zayd al-Qurashi of whom 'Ali ibn al-Madeeni said:
He usedto fabricate hadeeth. See: Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb (5/16).
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah called Iblees the father of the jinn in
more than one place (see Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 4/346, 235), as did his
student Ibn al-Qayyim, then al-HaafizIbn Hajar in Fath
al-Baari(6/369).
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in
Majmoo' al-Fataawa (9/370-371): The shaytaan is the father of the jinn
according to a number of scholars. He isthe one who disobeyed his Lord
and was too proud to prostrate to Adam, so Allaah expelled him and
cast him away. End quote.
It says in Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (al-Jinn
wa'l-Shayaateen, question no. 2) :
Undoubtedly Iblees is the father of the jinn, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning) :
"And the jinn He created from a smokeless flame of fire"
[al-Rahmaan 55:15]
And He describes Iblees when he addressed the Lord of Glory (may He be
glorified and exalted) (interpretation of the meaning) :
" 'I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You
created from clay'"
[al-A'raaf 7:12]
And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Will you then take him (Iblees) and his offspringas protectors and
helpers rather than Me while they are enemies to you?"
[al-Kahf 18:50]
This evidence clearly indicates that Iblees has offspring and that the
jinn are his offspring, but how did that come about? This is
somethingof which we have no knowledge and it is something concerning
which it does not matterif we are ignorant, and knowing it does not
bring any benefit. And Allaah knows best.