Articles, audio and video on the Jinn and the Shayateen (devils) — their reality, their plots and whisperings, and how to seek refuge in Allaah from them. Click a topic below:
Essential Reading & ListeningSeeking Refuge & Protection from ShaytanWhisperings (Waswasah) & DoubtsShaytan: His Enmity, Plots & StratagemsThe World of the JinnSorcery, Soothsayers & RuqyahOther Benefits
Essential Reading & Listening
- Protecting oneself from shaytaan and from harm through the Words of Remembrance found in the Authentic Sunnah [e-Book]
- Know your Enemy – Shaykh Muhammad Ramzaan [Audio|Ar-En] [Must Listen]
- The Aqeedah of the Salaf : The Whisperings of the Devils – Abu Muhammad al Maghribee [Audio Series]
- The Devil’s Deceptions (Talbis Iblis): By Imam Abu’l Faraj Ibn Al Jawzi [Book Reco]
- Most important books regarding the Stratagems of the Shaytaan and their cures – Permanent Committee
Seeking Refuge & Protection from Shaytan
- Combating Toolkit – The Weapons of the Believer in his War against Shaytan
- Shaytan will Flee From You – by Shaykh Ṣāleḥ ibn S’ad al Suḥaymī [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
- Al-Isti‘aadhah (Seeking Refuge) and its Proof – Usool al-Thalaatha | Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En] & Transcribed Notes
- Seeking Refuge with Allaah from Devils when entering Washroom – Dr. Slaeh As-Saleh [Audio|En]
- Supplication on Alighting at a Halt
- Protecting the Home by Recitation of the Qur’aan – Saheeh Ahadeeth
- Isti’adhah : Seeking Refuge with Allah : Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- Nightmares are from Shaytan – Ibn Baaz
- A Humiliation for the Shaytan – Sajda Sahu (Prostration of forgetfulness)
- What does Isti’adhah mean? – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Listening to The Quran for Protection from the Shaytan – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
- Dhikr and Sleep – Hadith
- Rememberance Allaah is a Fortified Fort and the Best Refuge from Shaytan – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Seeking refuge in Allaah from the evil of one’s soul and from the evil of Shaytan and his shirk – Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
- Reciting ten verses from Soorat-ul-Baqarah at night time – Shaykh Uthaymeen
- Turning one’s head during Salah to seek refuge (in Allah) from Shaytaan – Fatwas of Ibn Baz
- Bringing the Children Indoors and Closing Doors and Windows When Night Falls – Sahih Bukhari
- Announcing the Adhan upon seeing a Spirit or an Apparition from the Jinn – Imam Ibn Baaz
Whisperings (Waswasah) & Doubts
- Advice to those afflicted with Waswaas (whisperings) – Shaykh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhaylee
- Shaytan inspires with doubts like ‘Who Created Allaah ?’ – Shaykh al Albanee
- One of the Salaf asked his student: ‘What do you do when the devil whispers to you?’
- How the Shaytaan Finds His Way into Somebody’s Heart ? – Permanent Committee
- The Remedy for Whispering (of Shaytan) : Shaikh Ibn Baz
- Suffering from the whispering of Shaytan : Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
- Wiswas-related: He feels a drop leave his private part after Wudhû’ – ´Allâmah Sâlih bin Fawzân al-Fawzân
- Five benefits on Waswasah – by Ibn al Qayyim
- Did you break wind or was it Shaytân pulling a hair?
- The greatest Jihâd and the greatest warrior (satanic whispers and thoughts of Kufr) – Shaykh-ul-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah
- The Devil’s Inspiration – Tafseer Ibn Katheer
- Praise be to Allaah Who has diminished Shaytan’s evil thoughts to just a whisper – Daawood Adeeb
- When an evil thought comes to them from Shaytan .. – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Cure for obsessive Shaytaanic Waswasa (insinuations) in Wudhu and other Ibaadah – Fatwas of Nur `Ala Al-Darb
- Satan whispers : “You are doing that ostentatiously, to be seen of men and for a good reputation.” – Shaykh Uthaymeen
Shaytan: His Enmity, Plots & Stratagems
- Shaytaan is a Strong External Reason which causes Eemaan to Decrease – Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaak al-‘Abbaad
- O mankind! Verily, the promise of Allah is true. So, let not this present life deceive you – Dr Saleh as Saleh [Short Clip|En]
- Shaytan Strives to turn the Believers far away from Allaah’s Straight Path either through Extremism or Negligence
- Innovations are more beloved to shaytan than sinning – Abu Muhammad al Maghribee [Audio|En]
- Beware of procrastination, for it is one of devil’s strongest weapons – Ibn al Jawzi
- Prohibition of following the Manners of Satan and Disbelievers
- When a servant is hot tempered we play with him just as kids play with a ball ..
- Iblis said to Nooh : ‘There are five things that cause people to become destroyed’
- An Open Enemy – Dawud Adeeb [Audio|En]
- The Shayaateen are locked up, but not their soldeirs – Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
- Shaytan’s Three Angles of Attack – Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawzīyah, Al-Fawaa`id
- Enemies from the Jinn and Mankind – Shaykh Shehaab ibn Hassan Al-Banna [Audio|Ar-En]
- Shaytaan Promised to take as many of us Astray as he could – Shaykh Ahmad Umar Bazmool [Audio|Ar-En]
- The Deception of the Shaytaan of the Soofeeyah – Compiled & Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya
- Whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin – Surah Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- The Sermon of Iblis to the Disbelievers on the Day of Judgement – Tafseer Ibn Katheer
- Shaytaan eats, drinks, gives and takes with his left hand – Fatwas of Permanent Committee
- Meaning of the Ayah “…and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan” – Permanent Committee
- Shaytan sits in wait for the Son of Adam in all his paths – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Story of Barsisa, the worshipper – Imam Ibn al-Jawzi
- Iblis places his throne upon water – Sahih Muslim
- The TV is a Shaytaan : Abu Muhammad al-Maghribi [Audio|En]
- Shaytan says : “If you miss him now , you will never catch him again”
- Know Your Enemy – Shaytaan Spends the Night in Your Nose – Hadith
- Battle of Badr : Shaytan’s false promises to Mushrikeen – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Is it permissible for the Muslim to curse Shaytaan ? – Permanent Committee
- Shaytan & the Origins of Shirk – Shaykh al-Albaanee
- Iblees says : “You have done well” and embraces him – Saheeh Muslim
- What are the ways used by Satan to seduce man? – Permanent Committee
- Iblis said: “These ropes are the various lusts with which I strike on the children of Adam”
The World of the Jinn
- How Many Shayātīn Enter Your Home and Eat With You? by Shaykh ‘Abdurrazzāq al Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
- Is Umrah & Hajj an Obligation on Jinn? and Where do they Perform it? – Dr. Saleh As Saleh [Short Clip|En]
- “Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of” – Sahih Bukhari
- [Q/A] Did Iblis see Allah when he was amongst the Angels? – Shaykh Falaah [Audio|Ar-En]
- The Jinns stealing Information from the Sky before the the Messenger was sent and striking Them with flaming Fire after His Coming – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Khalid bin Al-Walid killing the Devil at the idol Al-Uzza – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- Do the Jinn know the Ghayb (unseen)? – Permanent Committee & Tafseer Ibn Katheer
- The Believing Jinn Help The Believers Even Though The Believers May Not Realize It – Shaykh Ibn Baz
- What the Jinn says about Raafidah – Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- The Jinn’s possession of human beings is an established fact and reality attests to it – Imam Ibn Baz
- Jinn Stealing the money and jewellery – Permanent Committee
- Among the Causes of the Transgression of the Jinns were that Humans sought Refuge with Them – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
- The ability of the Jinn to appear to some humans and befriend them – Fatwas of Nur Ala Al-Darb
Sorcery, Soothsayers & Ruqyah
- Ruling on Ruqyah Clinics and adopting doing Ruqyah as a Profession– Shaykh Salih Fawzaan & Sheikh Saaleh as-Suhaymee
- Bewitchment of the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam)
- Ruling on the so-called science of summoning spirits – Shaykh Ibn Baaz
- When ignorance becomes widespread, sorcerers, soothsayers, devils and so on increase and cooperate with one another
- Hanging supplications on the body as protection from the Jinn and devils – Fatwas of Nur `Ala Al-Darb
- Charlatanry : The Awliya’ of Allah and the Awliya’ of Satan – Permanent Committee
- Miracles (Karaamaat) of Awliyaa & extraordinary events of followers of Shaitan – Aqeedah Tahawiyyah – Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- Stories of sorcerers claiming treating the incurable diseases – Fatwas of Nur `Ala Al-Darb
- Ruling on seeking the help of sorcerers or soothsayers to kill or exorcise evil spirits – Ibn Baaz
- Qur’anic verses that repel Magic & witchcraft – Fatwas of Nur `Ala Al-Darb & AlIfta
Other Benefits
- How to Overpower One’s Own Soul to Do Good – Shaykh Ali al-Haddadi [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
- The Prohibition of sitting half in the sun and half in the shade – Hadith
- An Amazing story from al-Hassan al-Basri (rahimahullah)
- The Reward of Being Busy in the Service of Allah – Imam Ibn al Qayyim
- The Taaghoot are many, and their Heads are Five – Shaykh Ubayd al-Jaabiree
- Interpretation of seeing the dead in a dream in a disliked situation – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen