Fathwa - Proof of The Jinn Entering a Person's Body

Question:
Is there any proof that supports the claim that jinn can possess human beings?
Answer:
Yes, there is proof in the Book and the Sunnah that jinn enter humans.
In the Qur'aan, Allaah Almighty Says:
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Those who eat Riba (usury and interest) will not stand (on the Day of
Resurrection) except likethe standing of a person beaten by Shaytaan
leading him to insanity[Al-Baqarah 2:275]
Ibn Kathir, may Allaah have mercy upon him, commented: "They will rise
from their graves like a person rises who ispossessed by theShaytaan."
Regarding proof from the Sunnah, the Messenger of AllaahSalallaahu
alayhi wasallamsaid,"Indeed, Shaytaan flows through the son of Adam
like the flow of his blood."(Al-Bukhaari no.2039 and Muslim no.2175)
InManqalat Ahl As-Sunnah wal-Jamma'ah, Al-Ash'arisaid that they
-meaningAhl As-Sunnah- say that the jinn enter into the body of the
possessed asproven by the precedingverse.
'Abdullaah, Imaam Ahmad's son, said, "I saidto my father that a group
of people claimedthat jinn don't enter intothe bodies of human beings.
He said, 'O my son, they are lying; don'tyou see that it is they who
are speaking upon their tongues."
In a number ofHadithsfrom the Messenger of AllaahSalallaahu alayhi
wasallaam, recorded by Imaam Ahmad and Al-Bayhaqi, it is reportedthat
he met a boy who was possessed. So the ProphetSalallaahu alayhi
wasallaambegan saying,"Come out, O enemy of Allaah. Come out, O enemy
of Allaah."(Ibn Majah no.3548)
In some versions he said,Come out, O enemy of Allaah. Come out, O
enemy of Allaah."(Ahmad 4/171, 172)
Then the boy healed andbecame normal.
Here we have mentioned one proof from the Qur'aan and two from the
Sunnah; what people witness everyday serves as tangible evidence, not
tomention that this is the view ofAhl As-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah.
Nevertheless, we do not deny that some people are insane due to some
other defect in their mind.