Since epilepsy is caused by jinn, how do we explain the black woman
who came to theProphet (saaws) asking for him to invoke Allah for her
cure of her illnessof epilepsy and coming uncovered, but there was no
mention of jinn possession? Or is there a mistake in translation and
it wasn't really epilepsy?
Praise be to Allaah.
Epilepsy in most cases is caused by the jinn, and in some cases by
some defect in the body, brainor nerves, or mood swings, or some
weakness in the physicalstructure. All of these may cause loss of
consciousness or unbalanced behaviour. The black woman's epilepsy may
have been caused by the jinn, but there was no need to mention the
cause, which is why the narrators only mentioned what needs to be done
when epilepsy occurs, for whatever reason, of making du'aa' and
performing ruqyah, or bearing it with patience and seeking the reward
from Allaah.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr
The hadeeth about the black woman is narratedin Saheeh al-Bukhaari
(5652) and Saheeh Muslim (2576). In some versions of the hadeeth there
is an indication that her epilepsy was caused by the jinn. For
example, in a version narrated by al-Bazzaar, she said, "I am afraid
that the evil one may cause me to become uncovered." Al-Haafiz Ibn
Hajar said: "It may beunderstood from some of the different versions
of the hadeeth that what Umm Zafar was suffering from was the kind of
epilepsy caused by the jinn and not that which results from
dysfunction in the brain."
Fath al-Baari, hadeeth no. 5652.
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