This is a Sharia question, and as Sharia spreads in the West, we can expect more and more of the intellectual energy of the best minds of our generation to be spent on such questions. Plus, I know you were all wondering what the answer is to this most burning of questions.
“Can a Human Marry a Jinni?,” from OnIslam, March 19:
Nancy
2014/03/19
Can a man marry a jinni female?
On Islam Shari`ah ResearchersAnswerWa `alaykum as-Salamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear brother, thank you for your question that shows your interest in Islam.The question of whether a human may marry a jinni is a controversial one. There is no evidence from the Shari`ah that can be said to be authentic in that regard.
The majority of jurists are of the opinion that such a marriage is not lawful, but some jurists consider it to be lawful. The first opinion is the more correct to follow.
Allah Almighty says: “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.” (Ar-Rum 30: 21)
He Almighty also says, ”O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.“ (An-Nisaa’ 4: 1)
In these verses, mate and mates refer to spouses from the same kind, i.e., humankind.
Besides, there would be no offspring if a human and a jinni were to marry each other.
According to Mughni Al-Muhtaj by Al-Khateeb Asherbini, a Shafi`e scholar, there are two kinds of prohibitions to marriage: perpetual and non-perpetual. Of the perpetual prohibitions is marriage between humans and jinn; it is not lawful for a member of human kind to marry a jinni.
Allah Almighty says: ”O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind)….” (An-Nisaa’: 1). He Almighty also says: “It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature….” (Al-A`raf 7: 189)
An unauthentic hadith was reported on the authority of Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya to the effect that it is forbidden to marry the jinn.
According to Rad Al-Mehtar `ala Ad-Dur Al-Mukhtar by Ibn `Abdein, a Hanifi scholar, the jurists define marriage as “a contract that makes it lawful for a man to make love to a woman without there being a lawful prohibition to this marriage.” A lawful prohibition here refers to marriage to another man or to a hermaphrodite, a polytheist woman, a closely related woman, or a female jinn.
Contemplating the verses ”…. Marry women of your choice….” (An-Nisaa’ 4: 3) and “And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves….” (An-Nahl 16: 72), one can realize that it is only women of human kind that are lawful for men to marry. In addition, a jinn male may take the form of a female and vise versa.
Also according to Al-Ashbah, a book on juristic rules by Ibn Nujaym, marriage between a human and a jinni is not lawful, for they are of different worlds.
It was said that Al-Hassan Al-Basri was of the opinion that such a marriage is lawful so long as there are witnesses to it. But it was also reported that he did not believe it is lawful.
Anyway, the more correct opinion to follow in this regard is that it is not lawful for a human being to marry a jinni, for they are of different worlds.
In Al-Ashbah wa An-Nadha’r, Imam As-Suyuti, an eminent Shafi`i scholar, wrote: ”Answering the question ‘is it lawful for a human being to marry a jinni?’ Imad Ibn Yunus said, ‘Yes.’”
This question was also one of those that Sheikh Jamal Ad-Din Al-Esnawi posed to the supreme judge Sharaf Ad-Din Al-Barazi.
Sheikh Jamal asked the supreme judge “Is it lawful for a man to marry a female jinn? Contemplating Allah’s Words “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves ….” (Ar-Rum 30: 21) I find that from among yourselves refers to that one’s mate or spouse is to be from the same kind as one, and this is a blessing from Almighty Allah. But if we supposed that this might be lawful, as Ibn Unus said in Sharh Al-Wajeiz, would the man in this case have the right to oblige his jinn wife to stick to home or not? Suppose also that he would dislike to see her in a form other than the human one; would he have the right to prevent her from incarnating in other forms?
Also, would the conditions required in a valid marriage contract be required in this case, also? For instance, would the jinn’s guardian’s approval be required? Would their marriage be acceptable according to the jinn laws? Suppose that once, he did not recognize her, for she was incarnating in a form different from that he usually sees her in, but she told him it was she. Would he believe her and thus could he make love to her? Would he also be required to provide her with food that the jinn eat, such as bones and the like?”
The supreme judge Sharaf Ad-Din Al-Barazi answered:
It is not lawful that members of human kind marry members of jinn kind. This is inferred from the following verses: “And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves ….” (An-Nahl 16: 72) and “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves ….” (Ar-Rum 30: 21)
The exegetes say about these verses that the words from among yourselves in both verses refer to human kind; they may be paraphrased from your own kind or from your own nature.
These verses are analogous to the verse “Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves….” (At-Tawbah 9: 128), for from amongst yourselves here refers also to human kind.
Besides, Allah Almighty refers in His Book to the women who are lawful for men to marry: “O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts ….” (Al-Ahzab 33: 50) [What was applied to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) according to this verse is also applied to Muslim men in general.] Mind that it is juristically known that this verse also indicates that single women who are not related to one may also be marriageable to one.
Allah Almighty also refers in His Book to the women who are prohibited in marriage to one. Notice all this is about marriage to women of human nature. This is because there is no marriage between human beings and jinn. (The words of Sharaf Ad-Din Al-Barazi end here.)
[Still according to As-Suyuti,] Sheikh Jamal Ad-Din Al-Esnawi commented:
This is Al-Barazi’s answer. If I was asked for my opinion in this, I would say that marriage between human beings and jinn is unlawful for many reasons.
First, Al-Kermani reported in his Masa’il that there was a hadith reported to the effect that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade marriage from the jinn.
Though this hadith is not authentically reported, yet its truthfulness is supported by the opinions of the scholars in that respect. For example, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Qatadah, Al-Hakam ibn Uyaynah, Ishaq ibn Rahawei, and `Uqbah Al-Assam were of the opinion that this marriage is not lawful. Also, Al-Jamal As-Sajstani, a Hanifi scholar, said in his book, Minyat Al-Mufti `an Al-Fatawa As-Sirajjiyyah: “Marriage between human kind and jinn is not lawful, for they are of different worlds.”
Second, the aims of marriage are to find tranquility, peace, and compassion with a partner close to one. All this would be lacking with jinn partners, for hatred for human kind is innate in their nature.
Third, there is nothing in the Shari`ah to the effect that it is permitted to marry members of the jinn. Allah Almighty says: “….Marry women of your choice ….” (An-Nisaa’ 4: 3) It is known that women refers to female members of human kind. This indicates that it is unlawful to marry other than women.
Fourth, it is not principally permitted for a free man to marry a slave woman, in order that they not may bring forth a slave child, which is not in the interest of the child. By comparison, marrying a female jinn may result in bringing forth a child having jinn characteristics, which is far worse than slavery. Hence, so long as it is not permitted for a free man to marry a slave woman, though both belong to the same kind (human kind), it is with greater reason not to permit marriage to jinn, for they are of different nature.
By analogy, we also find that it is prohibited to cross donkeys and horses, for this results in a hybrid different from horses, and this may, in turn, lead to the rarity of horses. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commented on those who do so by saying, “Those who do so are ignorant.” If so is the case with animals, it is with greater reason that it also be the case with marriage between humans and jinnis.
However, Abu `Uthman Sa`id ibn Al-`Abass Ar-Razi said in his book Al-Ilham wa Al-Waswasah that it was reported that some Yemeni people wrote to Imam Malik: “A male jinni has come to us and proposed to marry a young (human) woman saying, ‘I seek to stick to the right path by this proposal.’” Imam Malik answered, “I see that there is nothing wrong in doing so, but I dislike to expose this woman to a situation where she might be asked about her husband and she would answer, ‘It is a male jinni.’ This may lead to corruption among Muslims.”
In his book Akam Al-Murjan, Ash-Shabli, a Hanifi scholar, stated: Scholars are of two opinions regarding marriage between humans and jinn. One says it is unlawful and the other says it is lawful. The first view was adopted by a group of Hanbali scholars and was also reported in As-Seraji Fatwas. They cited as evidence in this respect Almighty Allah’s words “And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves….” (An-Nahl 16 72) and “And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect” (Ar-Rum 30: 21) They also cited as evidence in this regard a hadith to the effect that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited marriage to jinns. The second point of view in this regard was reported to have been adopted by Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Qatadah, and others.
Allah Almighty knows best.
mortimer says
Blockheaded stupidity.
Islamic ‘scholars’ are misnamed. They are more properly historians of Sharia law. They do little analysis or thinking, but merely pull out what other blockheaded Islamic ‘experts’ have said in a 50-generation chain of hearsay.
Islam is all based on hearsay, rather than independent research and analysis.
eib says
Excellent definition of debased history.
Too bad more historians haven’t heard it.
Fr. Basil says
I went to the site amriky.com, and found it was for sale.
Fr. Basil says
BTW, it shows the sexist view of whoever responded to the question in his assumption that “Nancy” was a masculine name, referring to her as “dear brother.”
logdon says
Perhaps he was thinking of a Nancy boy?
Defcon 4 says
Thankfully the major never married his Jinni, now we all know why!
voegelinian says
Paul Lynde was a closet Muslim! 🙂
Kalliope says
@Defcon 4 & notosharia
Tony Nelson did indeed marry his jinnīya:
“The Wedding” Season 5, Episode 11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I_Dream_of_Jeannie_episodes#Season_5_.281969.2F70.29_.E2.80.93_26_episodes
Defcon 4 says
@Kalliope
Well Major Nelson was a najjis kaffir. I suppose that marriage makes I Dream Of Jeannie haram in any islamic state now.
gravenimage says
Yes—Tony *does* marry Jeannie in the last season of “I Dream of Jeannie”.
He does so after he realizes how much he loves her.
How Haram is *that*?
Jay Boo says
Can a true prophet worship and quote satanic from jinn
or was Muhammad the Serpent Servant of Satan?
Brian C. Hoff says
In Norway than group of muslim call up the top scholar in Saudic Arabric about than total new question in Islam. They live above the artic circle where the doesnot set, once than while it might set for afew minutes. The fasting month was upton then they question how can they tell when to break the fast since the sun doesnot set. The scholar said they donot have to fast this time and untril the come up with than solution which they did. All of the finely mind in Islam religish and sciencist work on this question.
Tradewinds says
I recognize this as a Muslim troll by the continual misuse of “than” and other errors in writing English. Brian = Abdullah.
Aardvark says
I think Brian used to be known as DefenderofIslam.
Tradewinds says
You’re so right, Aardvark.
Softly Bob says
Actually Mohammed was an idiot and Allah despite his claim to be creator of the Universe did not know that the World was round and was unaware of the existence of the Polar regions.
If Muslims were really devout, those who live north of the Arctic Circle should still fast even when Ramadan occurs during summer. They should allow themselves to die of thirst and hunger because the Sun doesn’t set for weeks.
Not my problem. Allah should have thought of that when he made his stupid rules.
gravenimage says
“Brian C. Hoff” wrote:
In Norway than group of muslim call up the top scholar in Saudic Arabric about than total new question in Islam.
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Why should this be a “total new question in Islam”, “DefenderofIslam”? After all, we “filthy Infidels” have been aware of the phenomenon of the “midnight sun” in arctic regions for thousands of years.
Of course, this part of the world hadn’t been infested with Mohammedans until just recently…
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They live above the artic circle where the doesnot set, once than while it might set for afew minutes. The fasting month was upton then they question how can they tell when to break the fast since the sun doesnot set. The scholar said they donot have to fast this time and untril the come up with than solution which they did. All of the finely mind in Islam religish and sciencist work on this question.
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“All the finely mind in Islam religish and sciencist work on this question”—um…isn’t that *the problem*? Muslim “scholars” regularly turn their “minds” to ridiculous questions like this one and the one about marrying imaginary beings.
Of course, if this was the only issue with Islam then rational Kuffars would just have a chuckle over this every so often, just like the whole “angels dancing on the head of a pin” thing.
But the “the finely mind in Islam religish” are also concerned with proving the “religious” permissibility of mass-murdering Infidel civilians, raping nine-year-old girls, and stoning rape victims to death—and have found that all these things are perfectly Islamic. *Ugh*.
suleyman says
This all indicates Robert Spencer what an Ignorant person and
full of Abhorrence for Islam
Richard says
well said
duh_swami says
The ignorant people are those who believe jinn exist and interact with humans.
Islamisdeath says
I was accused of being a jinn by the turbaned checkout clerk at my local Target! The reason? I was happy because one of my children was coming home from school and I looked up as I emptied my basket with a smile on my face, and I was wearing a cross. He threatened my entire family with death and tried to get me to repeat the shahada. Calling me a jinn all the while!
Target took him off checkout and gave him an office job! If the tables had been turned I would have been fired on the spot.
Angemon says
Oh no, Robert Spencer published an answer to a question regarding islamic law given in an islamic website. Clearly, he’s ignorant and abhors islam!!!
(BTW, that’s sarcasm. I felt the need to point it out because, let’s face it, not only you believe djinns exist, you also believe marriage with a djinn is physically possible. There’s no way you have enough common sense to recognize sarcasm even if it spits in your eye. Must be because of all that islamic wool over it)
eib says
Robert Spencer knows more about Islam than you.
If you knew anything, you would at least argue something.
But your culture is not one of argument or reason.
You are out of your element here.
Tradewinds says
Hey Suley – Robert Spencer is the smartest person in the room. And, everyone should have “abhorrence” for Islam. It deserves to be abhorred, capische? I can’t think of anything I abhor more except Nazism. Actually wait – Islam and Nazism are basically the same.
gravenimage says
suleyman wrote:
This all indicates Robert Spencer what an Ignorant person and
full of Abhorrence for Islam
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Well, of course! What could possibly be more “ignorant” than poking fun at a belief in Djinn? Why, poking fun at a “scholarly” opinion on whether it is permissible to “marry” one of these beings!
Notice that suleyman doesn’t actually address any of the substance of the argument here—gee, I wonder why?
Cao Moo says
A lawful prohibition here refers to marriage to another man or to a hermaphrodite, a polytheist woman, a closely related woman, or a female jinn.
A closely related woman is prohibited? Which religion has more inbreeding in it’s countries and birth defects than a litany of poor taste west virginia jokes again?
Islamisdeath says
Guess you cant marry your sister or at least not your twin sister.
Petey says
And while were on the subject, wasn’t mohammed supposed to be the perfect example for all mankind to follow. He had no problems with nailing HIS relatives, His cousin, aunt, niece and daughter in law. So if muslims are suposed to mimick him how can they if their not allowed to by shariah law?
Norman Moffatt says
A Jinni can appear in a human or an animal, it’s a little wonder Muslims have sex with animals, they see the Jinni in them which gives the green light. The Qur’an is full of some really weird stuff.
boakai ngombu says
I once saw a woman placed on trial by the tribal council.
she got missing for two day and it took the tribe two days to find her. she was found nude and slightly drunk beneath a cotton tree.
she told the council that she had gone to bathe and me a jinn who drove her deep into the bush. he demanded her wealth. she said that she had nothing but the clothes she was wearing.
she asked for a drink. the jinn gave her some palmwine.
he then said he would have her body. and they had sex.
the council could not fine her for getting lost in the bush. the council could not charge her with adultery: the jinn had made her do it.
William Doohan says
I’ll have to remember this if I get drunk and screw something up. The Jinn made me do it! 😀 😀
{BoaKai, I know these things can be deadly serious in Muslim countries. I don’t mean to belittle the plight of people in your country. I am sympathetic. To Americans however, these things seem crazy.}
duh_swami says
‘How many angels can dance on the head of a pin’? Has anyone ever married a jinn? Has anyone had sex with a jinn? Is it even possible to have sex with a jinn, especially since no such thing exists in reality. Ten thousand words to analyze an absurdity. The stupidity involved in this is amazing, but amusing.
Jan says
The main reasons for stopping nohammedan males from marrying ‘jinn’ would seem to be that it’s impossible to *control* them in the way they do human females, and the husband would have to provide*bones* for the jinn to eat !
You really can’t make this stuff up … 🙂
Ron Crawford says
The question “how many angels can dance on the head of a pin” is often used as an example of absurdity, but that’s because we’ve ignored the purpose of the question. It was not intended to have a specific numeric answer, but rather “a finite number” or “an infinite number” — the first indicating angels are physical and constrained by space, the second indicating angels are not physical, and not so constrained.
But, I admit I used to have a jinn problem but switched to bourbon and am much better now.
citycat says
All numbers are finite so it must be the first one.
It is possible to have sex with an angel in a dream.
Islam_Macht_Frei says
Next up: “What about goats??? They’re so cute after all….”
Defcon 4 says
@Islam_Macht_Frei
LOL. I think another important matter would be whether
you should take them out to dinner and a movie before having
a romantic evening in the barn.
duh_swami says
Everything we think we know about jinn comes from Gabriel. But I suspect that Gabby made them up to impress Mahound. Haha, he sure was gullible, believed anything Gabby told him, remembered it all too. The only place I know of where marrying a jinn is legal and recognized, is the State of California USA where you can marry anyone or anything you want. But so far there has been no news about anyone marrying a jinn.
Jay Boo says
Assuming???
But of course no angels actually spoke to Muhammad he made up in order to impress his clan of murdering caravan raiders and excuse his vile behavior.
If an angel had spoken to Muhammad the angel would not have told him to RECITE but to REPENT.
St. Michael Defend Us says
I hope that this does not become another excuse for a muslim to murder his wife: “She tricked me! I found out I had married a Jinn!”
Gugisman says
Yep… All this psuedo-intellectual, holy discussion and tormented debate about, what? Marrying jennies!! Around here jennies are female asses. Fitting!
London Jim says
I can’t imagine that any self-respecting jinni would want to marry a mohotmadman anyway.
The Islamist says
A self respecting jin will not be a western GAY.
Islamisdeath says
Yeah western gays are awful any good muslim knows that after the boy turns 18 you gotta stop “doing” him and go find another male child. After all boys arent men therefore screwin boys isnt gay.
Defcon 4 says
I always wonder when islamic pederasty becomes homosexuality? Does the boy have to have pubic hair? Does he have to younger than 9 (or does that only apply to girls)? It’s all so confusing. Why couldn’t allah have been more specific?
Angemon says
The Islamist posted:
“A self respecting jin will not be a western GAY.”
Sir, may i kindly suggest you read Neil Gaiman’s American Gods?
(SPOILER: it has a gay scene with a muslim and a djinn.)
Angemon says
(SPOILER: an arab muslim, IIRC, and he’s the passive one).
eib says
Gay bad, pederast good.
Right?
Islam is profane.
Petey says
so the islamist is hating on the poor gays, yet we’re the haters, the ‘phobes’. These leftards are really staring to make me sick!
The Islamist says
Westerners give rights to a man to sodomize another man in the name of FREEEDOOOOOOOOM. Why muslims discuss about rights of marrying a Jin?
Islamisdeath says
The second sentence makes no sense so what besides you hate gays are you saying? Gays are at least real people jinn are imaginary beings conjured up in the insane mind of mohammed.
Angemon says
“discuss about rights of”? More like, “forbid”.
Am i right?
Rob Crawford says
The Taliban couldn’t keep watch on their camps because the jihadis would creep into the bushes and go at it like the ugliest rabbits in existence.
gravenimage says
The Islamist wrote:
Why muslims discuss about rights of marrying a Jin?
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Well, I don’t know, Islamist—why *do* Muslims “discuss about rights of marrying a Jin”? Seems pretty flaky to me…
awake says
All Muslim males should marry jinn, and I have it on inside information that the jinn actually resembles a stick of dynamite. Praise be to Allah, just light the fuse in a secluded area and hold tight with both hands until the wedded bliss ensues…
Champ ✿ says
Wow someone drank a lot of gin to come up with this silly myth …
“Can a man marry a jinn female?”
LOL!!! ..those spooky muslims! 😀
duh_swami says
I don’t think I would marry a jinni but I might consider dating one. I wonder if there is a jinn dating service anywhere? What do jinn eat? Do they smoke? I only date vegan none smokers. Do they have any money? Can I appear in public with a jinn without causing a public panic? I think I just talked myself out of dating jinni, I’m sticking with human women.
DJM says
“…there would be no offspring if a human and a jinni were to marry each other.”
Great. Expect a spate of honor killings where infertile men kill off their “jinn” wives for not producing offspring.
Isabellathecrusader says
Let all Muslim men marry their garbage disposals with the switch turned “on” and then let’s call it a day.
Islamisdeath says
I really like that one!
gravenimage says
Can a man marry a jinni female?
This is a Sharia question, and as Sharia spreads in the West, we can expect more and more of the intellectual energy of the best minds of our generation to be spent on such questions…
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While the West is trying to finally fully eradicate polio, develop more efficient agricultural practices to feed the world, map the human genome, and explore ever more remote areas of outer space, this is what Islamic “scholars” are spending their time on.
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Plus, I know you were all wondering what the answer is to this most burning of questions.
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Isn’t *everyone*?
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“Can a Human Marry a Jinni?,” from OnIslam, March 19:
Name of Questioner: Nancy
Dear brother, thank you for your question that shows your interest in Islam
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As other posters have already pointed out, it is noteworthy that the good Imam here just assumed that the question came from a “brother”, despite the name Nancy.
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The question of whether a human may marry a jinni is a controversial one…
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That line in and of itself is comedy gold…
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Contemplating the verses ”…. Marry women of your choice….” (An-Nisaa’ 4: 3) and ”And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves….“
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Why doesn’t this fine scholar quote the rest of the verse?:
“And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry women of your choice, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses…”
Which brings us to the next burning question: is it permissible to keep Jinni as possessions of the right-hand (i.e., sex slaves)? I’ll be eagerly awaiting pronouncements from the learned jurists…
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But if we supposed that this might be lawful, as Ibn Unus said in Sharh Al-Wajeiz, would the man in this case have the right to oblige his jinn wife to stick to home or not? Suppose also that he would dislike to see her in a form other than the human one; would he have the right to prevent her from incarnating in other forms?
Also, would the conditions required in a valid marriage contract be required in this case, also? For instance, would the jinn’s guardian’s approval be required? Would their marriage be acceptable according to the jinn laws? Suppose that once, he did not recognize her, for she was incarnating in a form different from that he usually sees her in, but she told him it was she. Would he believe her and thus could he make love to her? Would he also be required to provide her with food that the jinn eat, such as bones and the like?”
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Bwahahahahahahaha! You just can’t make this stuff up!
The main concern seems to be that it would be too hard to make sure that Jinns obey their Muslim husbands. And it might be difficult to “Honor Kill” a fire being…
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Besides, Allah Almighty refers in His Book to the women who are lawful for men to marry: “O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee…
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On more serious matters, this scholar is, of course, fine with hostage-taking, slavery, and sex slavery.
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By comparison, marrying a female jinn may result in bringing forth a child having jinn characteristics…
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Um—didn’t this erudite Imam contradict himself? Earlier in the same ruling, he wrote:
“Besides, there would be no offspring if a human and a jinni were to marry each other.”
It seems that neither logical consistency nor scientific knowledge are his strong suits. Who would have guessed? sarc/off
And this whole ruling gives an idea of the tedious, stultifying, and endlessly repetitive nature of Islamic “arguments”.
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By analogy, we also find that it is prohibited to cross donkeys and horses, for this results in a hybrid different from horses, and this may, in turn, lead to the rarity of horses.
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People have, of course, been breeding mules since ancient times. Has this ever led to a shortage of horses? Not so you’d notice…
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It was reported that some Yemeni people wrote to Imam Malik: “A male jinni has come to us and proposed to marry a young (human) woman saying, ‘I seek to stick to the right path by this proposal.’” Imam Malik answered, “I see that there is nothing wrong in doing so, but I dislike to expose this woman to a situation where she might be asked about her husband and she would answer, ‘It is a male jinni.’ This may lead to corruption among Muslims.”
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Yup—a Muslimah marrying a Jinn might lead to corruption among Muslims, just as though a Jew or Christian or other filthy Infidel was allowed to do so…
After all, Allah knows best…
Defcon 4 says
@Gravenimage
Funny stuff. In more sane times you might have made a good comedy writer.
So a male Djinn is considered a believer? Because I had thought muslimahs marrying the najjis kaffir was strictly verboten.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Defcon 4.
As to whether Djinn are considered believers, the texts seem pretty muddled on that.
In some instances, Islam is posited as being for both humans and Djinn; in others, the Djinn seem to be regarded as little more than evil spirits whose sole purpose is to bedevil mankind.
But that one case that turned up where this question was asked—the one in Yemen—the ruling was that such a union would lead to “corruption”, which would seem to imply that Djinn are little better than the “filthy Kuffar”.
There’s more stupidity here:
http://islamqa.info/en/8214
You’ll see that inquiring Muslim minds want to know.
My favorite line is this one, which reveals a great deal about the Muslim mindset:
“Are there Muslim jinn who serve the Muslims as they served Sulaymaan (peace be upon him)? If the shayaateen or jinn are able to serve humans, then why do the Muslim jinn not help the Muslim humans in their wars against the kuffaar…
voegelinian says
The article provides glimpses into “Jinnistics”, the Islamic science of jinn — sort of an obsessive-compulsive exegesis of garbled and arcane folklore about demonic spirits, further warped by an ultra-Pharisaic fanaticism slavishly anxious to respect what is deemed to be holy text.
Among the glimpses are the beliefs that jinns are essentially misanthropic (“for hatred for human kind is innate in their nature”); jinns and humans can interbreed (“marrying a female jinn may result in bringing forth a child having jinn characteristics”); jinns have their own laws (“[w]ould their marriage [between a human and a jinn] be acceptable according to the jinn laws?”); and jinns have their own special diet, including eating bones (“…food that the jinn eat, such as bones and the like…”).
voegelinian says
P.S.: My ancient Webster’s New International Dictionary (1913) has an entry for jinnestan — definition, “the ideal region where jinns reside”. Elsewhere, I have learned that Jinnestan is, in effect, an invisible nation (apparently located somewhere on Earth), since jinns are invisible (until they appear in forms to try to fool or seduce humans).
gravenimage says
Here’s more on Jinnestan:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tfm/tfm004.htm
Although the way these dastardly “Orientalists” treat the subject, you’d almost think they considered it mythological!
Richado says
“I Dream of Jeannie” – the 60s sitcom is all the proof they need. What’s wrong with them?
BlueRaven says
We should ask Reza boy “Can human marry a Jinni?” – I can’t imagine his answer will be different to any Islamic ‘scholars’. What a waste these people are. I had great laugh reading your comments. That makes this site very special.
Pecker says
What about mermaids? May muzzies marry mermaids?
voegelinian says
Mermuslimas.
gravenimage says
Pecker wrote:
What about mermaids? May muzzies marry mermaids?
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Not sure if any Muslim “scholar” has tackled that one, Pecker.
The question as to whether Muslims are allowed to *eat* mermaids has certainly come up, though—guess what? They’re Halal! (I only wish I was joking here—this is a real Fatwa).