Some
people think that the issue of jinn, demons, and devils is one that
should remain on the periphery of knowledge. They believe in going over
this topic in the quickest of fashions and not giving it too much
thought. They think that the benefits of such a study are very limited,
and that being ignorant of this topic is not harmful at all. They say
‘seeing is believing’, but how often do we remind ourselves that what we
can’t see still exists?
Among
Muslims, the important tenet of belief in jinn and devils is often
forgotten. However, this is not an irrelevant matter. Humans today spend
billions of dollars, with which they could develop countries and end
poverty in the farthest reaches of the world, on research to discover
whether there is any possibility of life on nearby planets. Scientists
spend a great deal of their time and resources on this question. What
about living beings that are known to exist right here with us on our
earth? They live in our houses and they eat and drink with us. In fact,
they affect our thoughts and our hearts and even drive us to destroy our
own selves and to spill each other’s blood.
No
price can be put on the importance of the texts of the Qur’an and
authentic hadiths that have reached us, giving us knowledge of this
matter. Dr. ‘Umar al-Ashqar shows us how those texts
uncover for us the secrets of these fellow-creatures: the world of the
jinn. Adequate knowledge about their existence can help in our constant
struggle to resist their influence. It will also help us in reaching the
ultimate goal of creating the everlasting bond and closeness to Allah,
the Beneficent, that we all seek.
This Islamic Creed Series of books has been translated into English by Nasiruddin al-Khattab.
Author: Dr. ‘Umar al-Ashqar
Publisher: IIPH
Price: RM41.00
Code: FM13
