Message #17838

[N. Truth Seeker]

That's right.  Hadithists haven't explained that. 

Moreover, I was reading an article on Khaleej Times a few months ago and I came across two very illogical presumptions very much clashing with Quranic values.   First it said that jinn sometimes harm humans with the permission of Allah.  AstafhfarAllah.  Allah tells us in the Quran to guard ourselves from evil jinn.  But that article twisted it around to such abomination.   I need to seek refuge in Allah from the evil gossips of so-called Muslims.  If Allah decides to punish any of the humans for their wrong doing, He punishes the disobedient ones directly as He Wills.  He does not need to implement punishment through the jinn.

The second fiction is,  every single human has a ‘Qareen’ or a companion in the form of a Jinn. Even non-Muslims have a jinn companion as per Allah’s leave. The companion jinn may be good or evil, follow our religious beliefs or not. There is no way of knowing.   This was also mentioned in the same Khaleej Times article.

But where does the Noble Quran say such a thing so that for these people to fabricate their tales?  They have used Verses 50:27-29 to justify this notion.    But these Verses do not speak of any jinn qareen accompanying humans all the time.  I quote the Verses as follows:

“His companion (Qareen) will say: "Our Lord! I did not push him to transgress, (in disbelief, oppression, and evil deeds) but he was himself in error far astray.” Allah will say: "Dispute not in front of me, I had already, in advance, sent you the threat. The sentence that comes from me cannot be changed, and I am not unjust (to the least) to the slaves." (50:27-29).

I repeat, Verses 50:27-29 DO NOT allude to Jinn.  There are many similar Verses in the Noble Quran which demonstrate the company of the evil who will experience remorse and fear on the Day of Judgement.  In earthly life these people used to be companions and friends of each other.  On the Day they are raised, they will wrangle with each other, blame each other, and beg Allah for forgiveness.   Indeed, on that Day those brought before Allah will be a mix of humans and jinn as both are accountable for their deeds.  However, there's no Quranic assertion that it's mandatory for every human to have a jinn qareen (companion).   This comes from outside the Quran;  could be from Hadith or any other similar fabrication.   These extra-Quranic sources have zero compatibility with the Sole Criterion, The Noble Quran.

In accordance with the Authority of the Noble Quran - which is the only one we follow - those who accompany humans all the time in this earthly world are the recording angels as per the commandment of Allah.  These angels are named as كراماً كاتبين  or "honorable recorders."