O you transgressing sinner, slow down!
Imam abu Muslim and the Jinn
Abee Muhammad ibn Maasi said: ‘Aboo Muslim al-Kajji narrated to us:
“I went out and found that the hammam [a public bath] was open in the
early morning.
So I said to the person in-charge: ‘Has anyone entered yet?’
And he answered: ‘No.’
So I entered and immediately I opened the door, a speaker said to me:
‘Aboo Muslim aslim taslim [Abu Muslim submit and you will be saved].’ And then he
started reciting poetry saying:
لك الحمد إما على نعمة
‘For You [Allaah] is all the praise; either for the favours,
وإما على نقمة تدفع
Or for the afflictions you prevent;
تشاء فتفعل ما شئته
You Wish and You do as You will,
وتسمع من حيث لا سمع
And You hear what cannot be heard.’
And I said to the caretaker of the hammam: “didn’t you say that there is nobody in it!!?”
So he said: ‘that is a jinn, time after time he reaches out [communicates] to us and speaks by lines of poetry!’
Thus I said: ‘Have you memorized any of his poetry?’
He replied: ‘Yes.’
And he then read to us:
أيها المذنب المفرط مهلا
O you transgressing sinner: Slow down,
كم تمادى وتكسب الذنب جهلا
how long have you –ignorantly- extended and acquired sins;
كم وكم تسخط الجليل بفعل
How many of the actions have you done to
anger The Noble,
سمج وهو يحسن الصنع فعلا
Disgustingly while think he is doing good;
كيف تهدا جفون من ليس يدري
How can the eyelids close and be calm; of the one who does not know,
أرضي عنه من على العرش أم لا
Is The One Above the throne pleased with him or not.”
End of narration.
Shaykh Al-Albaanee said: ‘The chain of this story is authentic; all its
narrators are Thiqaah. ’
The major scholar and Haafidh (memorizer), the leader of narrators of his era, Abu Muslim Ibraahim ibn Abdullaah al-Basree al-Kajji, the author of ‘Sunan’ ; he passed away in the year 292. And he had met Abu Aasim al-Answaaree, and lived long. [200-292 H].
Source: Mukhtaswar al-‘Uluww al-‘Aliyy Al-Ghaffar , of Imaam
Adh-Dhahabee.
Benefits:
- Even the jinn affirm and believe in the Noble Attributes of Allaah like: His Will, His Hearing, His Knowledge, His Anger, His Pleasure, and most importantly Al-Istiwaa [Him being Above the throne].
Translated by Aboo Waheeda
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