Has any one read this chapter or the whole book. It is very interesting and scary at the same time. May Allah protect us all from all of this evil…
Can anyone provide me (sorry I am an ignorant fool) with their feedback on this chapter if they have read it and also about the credibility of Ibn Taymiyyah.
Jazak Allah
Excerpts from the chapter
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Sometimes the Jinn will take the form of those admired and stand at 'Arafat, and those who believe well of him will think that he actually stood in 'Arafat. Many others have also been actually carried by the devils to ‘Arafat and other sacred places. In such cases they pass the Meeqaat (boundaries that may not be crossed while on Hajj, around Makkah) without formally entering the state of Ihraam, or performing many of the obligatory rites of Hajj like making the Talbeeyah (chant of response to God’s call) or circulating the Ka’bah, and walking between the mounts of Safaa and Marwah.
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Ibn Taymeeyah mentioned the following [This begins a segment from vol.35 of Ibn Taymeeyah’s compendium, Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa.] historical incident concerning al-Hallaaj [Al-Husain ibn Mansoor al-Hallaj (858-922 CE) studied under the eminent Sufi teachers of his time (Tustaree, 'Amr Makee and Junaid) then broke with them and went out into this world to preach asceticism and mysticism in Khurasan, Ahwaz, Fars, India and Turkistan. On his return to Baghdad from Makkah in 908, many were attracted by his teachings, and disciples rapidly gathered around him. He taught that the five pillars of Islaam may be replaced by other works. He also taught about the existence of an uncreated Divine spirit (Rooh Naatiqah) which becomes united with the created spirit of the ascetic through desire of and submission to suffering.
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The leading scholars from all orthodox schools of Islamic law as well as the leading Shi’ite scholars and some of his former Sufi teachers declared him a heretic and he was subsequently executed due to his refusal to retract his claim to be the personification of God on earth.] and a group of his followers, “Some of them requested some sweets from al-Hallaaj, so he got up and went to a spot a short distance away, then returned with a plateful of sweets. It was later discovered that it had been stolen from a candy shop in Yemen and carried by a devil to that area.” Ibn Taymeeyah went on to say, “Incidents similar to this have happened to others who, like al-Hallaaj, also achieved the pinnacle of satanic states, and we know of quite a few such people in our time as well as other times. For instance, there is a person presently residing in Damascus whom the devil used to carry from the Saaliheeyah mountain to villages around Damascus. He would appear out of the air and enter the windows of houses in which people were gathered to witness his ‘miraculous entrance.’”
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The source for full chapter is
Re: Demonic Visions: A Chapter from Ibn Taymiyyah's "Essay on the Jinn"
^ did ibn taymiyah not mention the sources of these things that he mentioned????
Re: Demonic Visions: A Chapter from Ibn Taymiyyah's "Essay on the Jinn"
well not exactly...see i just read this particular chapter, that too on the net. the book may have a references section. some points have sources and then there are quranic sources. But there are no sources (atleast in the chapter) for some of the stories mentioned.
Re: Demonic Visions: A Chapter from Ibn Taymiyyah's "Essay on the Jinn"
Obviously, Ibn Tamiyya was no scientist.