Praise be to Allaah.
Imaam Shaykh al-Islam said in his Fataawa after some introductory comments:
… For this reason, a group of the Mu'tazilah, such as al-Jabbaa'i, Abu
Bakr al-Raazi and others,denied that the jinn enter the body of the
epileptic, although they do not deny the existence of the jinn,
because that is not as clearly mentioned in the reports narrated from
the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as their
existence is mentioned. They were mistaken in this matter. Hence
al-Ash'ari mentioned in Maqaalaat Ahl al-Sunnahwa'l-Jamaa'ah that they
[Ahl al-Sunnah] believe that the jinn may enter the body of the
epileptic, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
'Those who eat Riba will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except
likethe standing of a person beaten by Shaytaan (Satan) leading him to
insanity…'
[al-Baqarah 2:275]
'Abd-Allaah ibn al-Imaam Ahmad said: I told my father that somepeople
claim that the jinn do not enter the body of a human. He said, O my
son, they are lying, for a jinn may speak with the tongue of a person
who is lying on his sick-bed. (Majmoo' Fataawa Shaykh al-Islam Ibn
Taymiyah, 19/12). He also said (may Allaah have mercy on him), in vol.
24 of his Fataawa (p.276, 277):
"The existence of the jinn is proven by the Book of Allaah and the
Sunnah of His Messenger(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
andby the consensus of the salaf and scholars of this ummah.
Similarly, the fact that the jinn can enter human bodies is also
proven by the consensus of the imaamsof Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
'Those who eat Riba will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except
likethe standing of a person beaten by Shaytaan (Satan) leading him to
insanity…'
[al-Baqarah 2:275]
In al-Saheeh it is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: 'The Shaytaan flows through the son of Adam
as his blood flows…
There is no one among the imaams of the Muslims who denies thatthe
jinn enter the body of the epileptic. Whoever denies that and claims
that Islam denies that is telling lies about the sharee'ah, for there
is no evidence in sharee'ah to say that thisis not the case…"
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