Story - 9, Moons Peak [FINISHED]- The Tree Hutt (chapter 9)

I FOUND SATCHEL sitting under the willow tree.
I could tell by the way hisjaws clenched and his eyes narrowing to the
side that he could sense I was there, but he refusedto look directly
at me.
I wasn't sure if I was invading his privacy, but turns out this tree
was as much as his safe haven asit was mine.
I guess we both shared that in common. I didn't want to pry so I
stayed silent, standing because I didn't want to ruin my Grams efforts
of buying this pretty dress for me.
I leaned against the tree and watched him watch the lake streaming by,
and by the looks of the gloomy grey color that claimed the sky - made
certain that it promised rain.
For a while he and I said nothing, and just as I thought the elephant
of silence was only going togrow thicker in the air.
I decided my presence wasn't welcome and was about to retreat, Satchel
gave me a side-long glance before I could, however, and I found myself
mesmerized by hiseyes again.
I broke the gaze a little abruptly and decided my feet were a better
advocate. He crooked a smile.
"If you came to just stare at me, the least you coulddo is allow me to
do the same." I pursed my lips toconceal my smile in hopes that he
didn't see that his joke made a dent. He chuckled.
"I really do wish you cut that out though." He said and went back to
staring out in to the water. My eyebrows furrowed.
"Cut what out?" He looked at me accusingly again, as if I'd said
something stupid.
"The staring. I'm not a zoo animal you know, and I'd appreciate if you
could stop making me feel like one."
"Oh. I'm sorry. Its just…" I struggled to explain, since I didn't want
to look like the supposed-stalker-weirdo-type that just stares
aimlessly at people.
I frowned at the mentionof 'animal' and I found myself thinking of the
animal that bit me.
"What were you doing inthe forest?" It was an abrupt subject change,
and I saw on his expression that I'd caught him off guard.
"Hmm?" I shook my head.
"The night I was attacked, what were you doing in the forest?" He
seemed contemplative like he was fishing for anexcuse. He shrugged.
"I told you, I heard someone screaming, and then ran into you." I
nodded absent mindedly.
"You didn't see the animal?" He shook his head. I was relieved when I
thought he was telling the truth, even if half of me was saying that
he wasn't telling all of it. I let it go.
"I'm sorry if I made you feel like a zoo animal, butI can't help it.
Your eyes are amazing." I shut my mouth and was astonished at how bold
I was sounding lately. He blinked.
"Er…" I could tell I had made him uncomfortable, just by his movements
and the fact that he was trying to avoid eye contact.
But then I felt the light pitter patter of raindropsand realized that
maybe he was just uncomfortable from the rain. I started to get
annoyed at the rain too, and the light pitter pattersoon turned into a
torrential downpour.
The leaves provided some temporary cover, but the stubborn surge made
no match for eitherof us, and we both were soaked in seconds.
He guided me up the treeinto the hut, until I was safe from the rain,
while he endured the harshness of it. I wasn't sure if this tree hut
could hold the both of us, with his height and stature, but I scooted
over so he could fit.
He had to dip his head even in a sitting position,but it provided the
cover we needed. I gathered my knees to my chest to keep from
shivering, and we waited it out until therain calmed.
I was aware of the confined space and the warmth of his arm compressed
with mine.
The white shirt he wore clung to his skin, while water dripped
carelessly off the edges of his hair.
We were so close to each other, his breath was almost meddled with
mine. I could make out his level breathing too, and I watched his eyes
roam my face, and restedon my lips.
My breathing was ampedup by his stare, however, and at that moment, I
was anticipating his kiss.
I wanted him to and by the looks on his face; I could tell he wanted
to too. I leaned in to give him an invitation, and just when I thought
he'd meet me half way. He squeezed his eyes shut, and retreated. I
frowned,and felt heat rise to my cheeks at the instant rejection.
"Why didn't you answer my letters?" He whispered. I frowned.
"Letters?" He seemed frustrated.
"I wrote to you every year, on the anniversary of your leaving. And it
was the same question I'd been asking myself forthe past eleven
years." My jaw must have dropped by now, I didn't recall any letters.
"Question? Satchel I don'tknow what you're talking about. Letters?
What letters?"
"Why did you leave? Was it because of me?" He said in a voice that was
barely audible. I shook my head.
"You know why I left. My Grams didn't see my step mother fit to take
care of me. Neither for my father, besides its not as if they seemed
to think my leaving, was of any importance. They were probably
screaming goodriddance." He shook his head.
"Your father mourned your leaving like he'd losta daughter to the
grave. Your step mother also." I frowned.
"I…what? No. They sent me to Grams because they couldn't deal with a
liability in their care. And even if that's true. Why didn't they
contact me? A call Satchel, not even a call, I may as well have been
dead for all they cared."
I felt my eyes sting with salt, and I hated to cry in front of
company. I neverwas the crying type.
"Your father called you every birthday, every holiday, and even just
to say hi, but he'd get the same response that you didn't want to talk
to him."
"He called?" He nodded.
"I was there when he asked to have you for theChristmas holidays. Your
Grams said you didn't want anything to do withhim and to stop calling.
He stopped contacting you after that."
"I didn't know." I looked up at him and the gentle swipe of thumb made
merealize I had been crying.His expression softened and his gaze
taunted my attention again.
"I've got a boyfriend." I blurted. And I felt his hand freeze on my
cheek.He lowered his gaze and let go.
"I should've known you were claimed already." He looked out of the
tree hut and found the downpour had settled. He jumped out and landed
gracefully on his feet.
"I guess you should be packing soon, your Grams says you are leaving
at the peak of dawn, you don't want to leave anything
importantbehind."
I nodded as he helped me down from the hut. His presence so close it
stirred that electric feeling I got when I was around him. I wasn't
surewhat to make of it just yet.
"I never really unpacked anyway; I wasn't planning on staying no more
than a day." He shrugged.
"Figures. Lucky for you, you have nothing to detach yourself from." I
forced a smile.
"I guess not." I found myself saying, but I didn'tknow who I was
trying toconvince. Him or me.
We both departed into different directions, and Ireluctantly found my
feetto walk home.

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Jinn, witchcraft , evil eye - The jinn

Who are the jinn? How did Allaah create them?
Praise be to Allaah.
The jinn are part of the creation of Allaah. He created them from fire
before He created Adam,as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And indeed, We createdman from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.
And the jinn, We createdaforetime from the smokeless flame of fire"
[al-Hijr 15:26-27]
Just as Adam had descendents, so Iblees had descendents too, as
Allaah says of Iblees (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? What an evil is
the exchange for the Zaalimoon (polytheists, and wrongdoers, etc)"
[al-Kahf 18:50]
Allaah created the jinn and mankind to worshipHim. Whoever obeys
Himwill enter Paradise and whoever disobeys Him will enter Hell:
"And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they
should worship Me (Alone).
I seek not any provision from them (i.e. provisionfor themselves or
for My creatures) nor do I ask that they should feed Me(i.e. feed
themselves or My creatures).
Verily, Allaah is the All Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong"
[al-Dhaariyaat 51:56 – interpretation]
All of the jinn, like mankind, are accountable. Among them there are
believers and kaafirs, those who obey Allaah and those who disobey
Him, as Allaah tells us that they said:
"'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary;
we are groups having different ways (religioussects)'"
[al-Jinn 72:11 – interpretation of the meaning]
The jinn will be rewarded or punished inthe Hereafter just like
mankind. Allaah tells us that they said:
"'And of us some are Muslims (who have submitted to Allaah, after
listening to this Qur'aan), and of us someare Al-Qaasitoon
(disbelievers those who have deviated from the Right Path)'. And
whosoever has embraced Islam (i.e. has become a Muslim by submitting
to Allaah), then such have sought the Right Path.'
And as for the Qaasitoon (disbelievers who deviated from the Right
Path), they shall be firewood for Hell"
[al-Jinn 72:14-15 – interpretation of the meaning]
The jinn and mankind will all be brought to account on the Day of
Resurrection before the Lord of the Worlds. Noneof them will be able
to postpone that or flee from it.
"O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the
zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you
will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allaah)!"
[al-Rahmaan 55:33 – interpretation of the meaning]
Whoever among the jinn or mankind tries to flee from the Reckoning
will never be able to do so, as Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
"There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and
(molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves
[al-Rahmaan 55:35]
When the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wasin
Makkah, a group of the jinn came to him; they heard the Qur'aan and
were moved by it:
"And (remember) when We sent towards you (Muhammad) a group (three to
ten persons) of the jinn, (quietly) listening to the Qur'aan. When
they stood in the presence thereof, they said: "Listen in silence!"
And when it was finished, they returned to their people, as warners"
[al-Ahqaaf 46:29 – interpretation of the meaning]
Some of the jinn believed when they heard the Qur'aan, as Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say (O Muhammad): 'It has been revealed to me that a group (from
threeto ten in number) of jinnlistened (to this Qur'aan). They said:
"Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur'aan)!
It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and weshall
never join (in worship) anything with our Lord (Allaah)"'"
[al-Jinn 72:1-2]
Both Adam and Iblees fell into sin, but Adam regretted it and
repented, and Allaah accepted his repentance:
"Then Adam received from his Lord Words. And his Lord pardoned him
(accepted his repentance). Verily, He isthe One Who forgives (accepts
repentance), the Most Merciful"
[al-Baqarah 2:37 – interpretation of the meaning]
But Iblees refused and was arrogant, so he was one of the disbelievers:
"And (remember) when We said to the angels: 'Prostrate yourselves
before Adam.' And they prostrated except Iblees (Satan), he refused
and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allaah)"
[al-Baqarah 2:34 – interpretation of the meaning]
Whoever disobeys Allaahout of pride and arrogance, among the jinn and
mankind, is following the Shaytaan and will be gathered with him in
the Fire of Hell if he does not repent, as Allaah said to Iblees:
"(Allaah) said: 'The truth is — and the truth I say
That I will fill Hell with you [Iblees (Satan)] and those of them
(mankind)that follow you, together'"
[Saad 38:84-85 – interpretation of the meaning]
The friends of the Most Merciful (Allaah), among the jinn and mankind,
co-operate in righteousness and piety, and the friends of the
Shaytaan, among the jinn and mankind, co-operate in sin and
transgression. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies — Shayaateen
(devils) among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned
speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so
willed, they would not have done it; so leave them alone with their
fabrications"
[al-An'aam 6:112]
The jinn used to have places near the heavens where they would sit to
eavesdrop (on the inhabitants of the heavens), but when Allaah sent
His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
theywere no longer allowed to do that. Whoever among them tries to
listen is burned with a flaming fire, as Allaah tells us that the jinn
said:
" 'And we have sought toreach the heaven; but found it filled with
stern guards and flaming fires.
And verily, we used to sitthere in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but
anywho listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush'"
[al-Jinn 72:8-9 – interpretation of the meaning]
The jinn are with us on this earth, but by the mercy of Allaah they
see us and we do not see them, as Allaah says of Iblees and his tribe
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, he and Qabeeluhu (his soldiers from the jinn or his tribe)
see you from where you cannot see them"
[al-A'raaf 7:27]
Whoever can see you when you cannot see him, and he is your enemy, is
more dangerous. So you must always beware of him and protect yourself
from the devils among the jinn and mankind.

Jinn, witchcraft , evil eye - Spiritual paths

Could you please let me know the status of tariqah - spiritual Paths- in Islam.
Praise be to Allaah.
If what is meant is summoning the spirits ofjinn or others, this is
not permitted, because it can only be achieved by means of shirk. If
what ismeant is nourishing the soul by believing in Allaah, His
Messengers, His angels, His Books, theLast Day and in the divine
decree, both good and bad, then this is what Islam requires of every
Muslim and asks him to nourish this belief. And Allaah knows best.

Jinn, witchcraft , evil eye - Interacting with the jinn

My husband has told me that in his country, manypeople including
shiekhshave gone to talk with the jinn. He told me that when someone
has an ailment they go to the jinn for help. I have told my husband
that I believe that this is Haraam, but he says that it is halaal
because the shiekhs do that. Could you please give me someevidence
(daleel) about this matter?.
Praise be to Allaah.
1 – Seeking the help of the jinn or turning to them to fulfil one's
desires to cause harm or bring benefit is shirk or associating others
in worship with Allaah, because it is a kind of mutual benefitting
whereby the jinni responds to the human'srequests and fulfils his
needs in return for the human's veneration of the jinni, turning to
him and asking for his help to do what he wants.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meanings):
"And on the Day when He will gather them (all) together (and say): 'O
you assembly of jinn! Many did you mislead of men,' and their Awliyaa'
(friends and helpers) amongst men will say: 'Our Lord! We benefited
one from the other, but now we have reached our appointed term which
You did appoint for us.' He will say: 'The Fire be your dwelling
place, you will dwell therein forever, except as Allaah may will.
Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing.'
And thus We do make the Zaalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers)
Awliyaa' (supporters and helpers)of one another (in committing
crimes), because of that which they used to earn"
[al-An'aam 6:128]
"And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the
males among the jinn, but they (jinn) increased them (mankind) in sin
and transgression"
[al-Jinn 72:6]
If a human seeks the help of a jinni to cause harm to another person,
or seeks his help for protection from the evil of a person whose evil
he fears, all of that is shirk.
Whoever is like this, his prayer and his fasting are both invalid,
because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"If you join others in worship with Allaah, (then) surely, (all) your
deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly beamong the losers"
[al-Zumar 39:65]
If a person is known for that, then the funeral prayer is not to be
offered for him if he dies, his funeral is not to be attended, and he
is not to be buried in the Muslim graveyard.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 1/407, 408
2 – The Standing Committee was asked a similar question, which said:
I would like to inform you that in Zambia thereis a Muslim men who
claims that he has jinn with him, and the people go to him and ask him
to heal their diseases, and this jinn prescribes medicine for them. Is
that permissible?
The answer is:
It is not permissible for that man to use the services of the jinn,
and it is not permissible for the people to go to him, seeking
treatment for their diseases through advice from the jinn, or to
fulfil any needs in thismanner.
Treating disease by means of human doctorsand by using
permissiblemedicines means that there is no need for that.This should
be enough to free us from the control of these charlatans.
It was narrated in a saheeh hadeeth that the Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to a
fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayers will not be
accepted for forty days." (Narrated by Muslim)
The four authors of al-Sunan, and al-Haakim in a saheeh hadeeth,
narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "Whoever goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he said has
disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad."
This man and his companions from among the jinn are to beregarded as
fortunetellers and soothsayers. It is not permissible to ask them
anything or to believe them.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 1/408, 409).
And Allaah knows best.