Praise be to Allah,
Gratefulness to Allah,
Glory to Him,
because with the provision of blessings, love, affection and kindness from Allah, Glory to Him
that once again all of us get to congregate by Allah, Glory to Him.
For nothing else other than solely to seek
part of the knowledge that is given
by Allah,
part of the knowledge that is bestowed by Allah, Glory to Him
And, God willing, tonight
we will continue once again
a little bit of some of the cases
that is involving, and related to
that which is known as or said to be
Realm of the Jinns.
And as a prologue tonight,
Certainly wherever it is, surely
it cannot be avoided,
that apart from the congregation
that is present, that we can physically see,
in all probability in our congregation now
there are also other beings, spiritual beings,
ghaib (unseen) beings,
that are possibly participating along with us.
So no need to worry, no need to fear,
because only they can see us but we cannot see them,
That's all, so don't dwell too much on it
Because sometimes,
these beings have evil intentions,
they are malicious, sometimes
they would follow us home.
If there are gatherings like this,
i.e. gatherings that reveal
their secrets.
There was a day, I had..
not "paid" per se, but called two of my students
to "vacuum" (cleanse) my house, truly I had no energy anymore to do so.
So they came and cleansed,
they came and "vacuumed", banished the beings far away, imprisoned in
Guatanamo Bay or wherever else. Alright.
So, tonight, God willing
we will face once again
with the Jinn issue.
And the analogy I mention is
that they are beings quite similar to us,
i.e. beings that created by Allah, Glory to Him.
Just that, the difference is that
we, Allah created from earth (clay) element,
spiritual element.
The earth element is our physicality, the spiritual element is our soul.
But Allah created the Jinn species without
a outer form,
without physicality but they are entirely spirit.
That is why in any case
or in most cases,
only the Jinns are able to possess mankind.
Because they can occupy our bodies
they can occupy our physicalities.
No matter how angry we would be at the Jinns, no matter how vengeful we'd get towards them,
we could never say "It's always you who does the possessing
tonight I want to possess you instead." Can we? No.
We can only afford to rely on (Allah) and ask for protection
from Allah, Glory to Him.
Protect ourselves, defend ourselves, guard ourselves
with the Ruqyah verses.
Which were sourced from the Quranic verses
and from the hadiths (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad,
peace be unto him.
As Allah had decreed in Surah (Chapter)
Al-Jinn (The Jinns) itself, see Surah Al-Jinn,
verse 6 (Qur'an Chapter 72, Verse 6)
where Allah, Glory to Him had decreed:
[prayer before reciting from the Quran] (I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan)
"And there were individuals from mankind
who sought refuge in individuals among the jinn,
but they [only] increased them in burden."
"Allah Almighty has spoken the truth."
"And there were individuals from mankind.."
Thus
indeed, so unfortunate
that some of mankind...
but Allah used the word 'rijal'
When Allah used the word 'rijal'
rijal in arabic means 'men'.
but when 'men' is used in Arabic it encompasses both genders
don't matter if it's men or women.
Thus, the meaning of this verse is
"It is indeed unfortunate
for a group of people, amongst men
and possibly amongst women
"who sought refuge in individuals among the jinn,"
They sought help,
they sought assistance,
from the leaders, from the kings,
from the governors, from the rulers, amongst the jinn.
So do not ever make the same mistake.
When we have a problem that's a test from Allah
When we have a crisis that's a test from Allah
When we have a trial that's a test from Allah
And we feel suffocated
We feel like there is no one to confide in
We feel like there is no one to talk about our problems
Never should we seek a solution from the jinn
We already have Allah, our Creator. We already have Allah, our God.
Who takes care of us, Who rules over us, ask Him for assistance ask Him for help. Pray to Him and beg Him.
For the One who creates the problems is Allah
and the One who has the solutions to the problems is Allah.
The jinns from whom we would seek help, have their own issues
They have their own problems to deal with and here we are seeking their help
We seek solutions from them.
Thus when such individuals, either men or women,
who use this erroneous path,
"so they [only] increased them in burden."
What will happen is
the jinn will be more arrogant,
the jinn will be more malevolent.
It would not bring any good
it would not bring any happiness for us.
Hence this is Allah's message to us in Verse 6
Do not ever seek help from another creation of God.
Jinns are creations of Allah.
They themselves seek help from Allah if they have any problem
how could we then seek help from the jinns?
But such is the behavior of some people
When they, their emotions, their desires
are already controlled by the jinns,
are already controlled by Iblis,
are already controlled by Satan,
they will resort to such practices.
i.e. a shortcut to solve
any problem in life.
Now... God willing, tonight
to some extent, we will look into
the types of Jinns.
Jinns share the same characteristics as mankind.
Some are arrogant.
Some want prestige.
Some want status.
Some want position.
Similar behaviors as people.
So when the jinns want the previously-mentioned materialism,
they give a certain name to their creed.
They give a certain name to their group.
They give certain names to their creed.. for example:
Of some of these jinns, or some of the unseen creatures,
there is a group with the characteristic of inhabiting the cemetery.
Either a new cemetery... by which I mean
a cemetery which is still in use.
If there is a passing, there (the new cemetery) would be the burial.
If there is a passing, there would be the burial.
As long the cemetery is being used, it is considered new.
No matter which race or religion, there would be this group of Jinns inhabiting the area.
They are present in muslim cemeteries.
In jewish cemeteries.
In chinese (taoist) cemetery.
In buddhist cemetery.
They would inhabit any cemetery of any race or religion.
More so, if that particular cemetery is no longer in use.
In other words, an old cemetery.
No more burial plots left to be used.
Thus it has ceased to be used.
So we move on to what is considered 'new' cemetery.
This group of jinns will reside in either the new or (especially) the old cemetery.
P. Ramlee (a malaysian film legend) had shown us an example in the comedy film
"Pendekar Bujang Lapok"
When he was supposed to chant the mantra and invoke
His character was assigned to where? To the cemetery.
When he was just about the start, one of the jinns appeared.
The one with the trumpet, the 606 gang. [link to the clip in the description below]
They assign their own gang identity, Gang 606. Gang 607.
Gang 14... up to them.
And so, there is such a gang/group of jinns that inhabit such a location.
For what purpose... to strike fear and scare people.
Because in the hadith (traditions) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him),
he had mentioned numerous time the importance of visiting the graves of loved ones.
Visiting the graves of loved ones is one of the important practices of our religion.
Why is it important to visit the graves?
To attend a funeral...
To attend a burial ceremony...
Because it would encourage us to repent.
Because one day we would be in the same place.
We won't be living for a very long time. We won't live forever. One day we will die.
One day, Allah will call upon us
and in the similar place people will bury us, the grave... the cemetery.
Hence one of the Ways of the Prophet (sunnah) is to visit the grave, to motivate us to repent.
To remind mankind to remember Allah.
But these jinns, devils and Satan...
whenever mankind seek to find Allah, as this is one of the paths to Allah,
they will preemptively restrict and create a 'roadblock'...
so the extent that this cemetery which would have been a place to remind us to repent...
instead becomes a scary place.
Today, if we were told to go to the cemetery in the day, many would be brave enough to do so.
But if we were told to go at night...
not certain if it's doable.
If one is instructed to go in with an M16 and a pistol.. he would be like "eh..
if it's a person, no problem. Not possible to shoot a ghost"
Thus even when armed, it is not certain that one would be in the grave at night.
These jinns have been in our mythos
for a very long time.
The second group of jinns
are the ones that inhabit the caves.
In and around the mountains, the hills
there are cavities
that we refer to as caves or caverns.
There is this group of jinns that prefer to reside in caves or caverns.
Let us call this group the Cave Jinns, for example.
Like another P. Ramlee film, we use as an example
The part where the daughter of Haji Bakhil
she was the victim of black magic by Haji Labu
Thus the protaganist went into a cave seeking what?
A stone amulet from a shaman,
who lived in the cave.
Sometimes, there are jinns in caves.
There is another (P. Ramlee) film
"Nujum Pak Belalang".
When the thieves wanted to hide the treasure they had stolen from the palace
P. Ramlee the protagonist
impersonated a Spirit of the cave. [link to video clip in description]
Thus they were like "forgive us,
forgive us, Spirit of the cave."
Thus from such films, P. Ramlee is showing us the traditional beliefs
that such places, when it's dark
weird things would occur and sounds would be heard, and thus such places
being occupied, not by creation of God such as us, but
'Spirit of the cave' from amongst the jinns, devils and Satan.
The third group
are the group of such creatures
that accompany a certain type of the deceased.
The type of deceased meant here are not the ones already buried.
That's the cemetery gang.
What is meant here are the recently deceased.
Passed on recently.
That's why when there is death
among our siblings
death among our relatives
death among our family
As in if they died in not a pleasant place
not an ideal location.
Not passing on in the house,
Maybe died in the jungle.
Died in the fields.
Died in the oceans.
Before we seek help from others,
if we need to leave the body, if possible
cover the body.
Don't leave it uncovered and exposed.
Because if we were to leave the dead body for a significant period of time,
definitely there would be a member of this group of jinn that would be near the dead body.
Doesn't matter if it would just be near the body...
or it would occupy and possess it.
Next, there is the type of jinns
that characteristically inhabit
places that are bodies or sources of water. This type is the most in number.
Meaning, some inhabit the bays.
Some inhabit the pools or puddles.
Some inhabit the lakes.
Some inhabit the rivers.
Sometimes, even bigger body of water could be inhabited.
Such as the oceans.
And some scholars
have debated on the issues of landbased jinns and marinebased jinns.
they opined that the marinebased jinns are far greater.
They are more savage.
They are fiercer and more "gangster"
than their landbased counterparts.
We would likely face landbased jinns or marinebased ones?
Just the landbased ones, and that too we could barely afford to fight.
Much less if we were to face the marinebased ones.
With the status of kings of the seas.
Thus the same for the other groups.
The group that inhabits the mountains.
The group that inhabits the hills.
The group that inhabits the trees.
The group that inhabits the cavities of the earth.
The group that inhabits the wind.
The group that inhabits the clouds.
in other words, even among themselves
they prefer to set themselves apart from the other groups.
Like us, we would distinguish among ourselves by our towns.
I'm from Bayan Lepas, you're from Bayan Baru
Similarly, the jinns too would want
to be categorized according to the places they inhabit and
appraised specifically
on how they rule over certain area
or territories, in their colony.
That is from the perspective of the various groups of jinns.
So now that we understand these facts,
this shows that the number of jinns is far greater than the number of us humans.
They are indeed greater in number.
That is why there was a scholar who once said
"If it is destined that you can see the jinns as I can,
if i were to take a needle and throw it in the air...
For those who cannot see the jinns,
they would see the needle fall to the ground.
but what I see...
that you should inform is that
just how huge the number of jinns is
that if I were to throw a needle in the air,
it would fall on their backs."
It means, to get the needle fall to the ground without touching any jinn,
is too hard, too difficult due to their huge number.
Throwing something so narrow and fine
as a needle, and hard for it to fall to the ground
we can imagine the sheer number of the jinns
Far in comparison to the number of humans.
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