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Observed Phenomenon<br />
The argument put forth by the proponents of the soul’s return is,<br />
‘Observable Phenomenon’, as Mufti Abdur Rahim Lajpuri said,<br />
“The Soul can and does come. Events and observations bear<br />
witness to this fact.” This ‘Observable Phenomenon’ may be in<br />
the form of a vision of a dead person, or the voice of a dead<br />
person, etc. Even though, such observations are unusual, the Jinn<br />
can easily accomplish them!<br />
The Jinn are a creation of Allah, created from smokeless fire. They<br />
live in communities of their own. Like human beings, they also<br />
have the ability to think and reflect. They are in general invisible<br />
to us, but have the power to lift heavy objects, travel long distance<br />
at very fast speeds and, possess animate and inanimate objects. 306<br />
Jinn are of two kinds – pious believers and foul disbelievers. The<br />
disbelieving Jinn are termed as Shayateen (sing. Shaytaan,<br />
meaning devil.) They help their human counterparts to create<br />
mischief in the land and spread Shirk. Since, ancestor worship,<br />
saint worship and grave worship have been one of the most<br />
effective ways of propagating Shirk, Shayateen pretend to be<br />
returned souls of the dead and deceive people into believing in<br />
the powers of the dead. They perform extraordinary feats, inform<br />
about lost or hidden articles and claim to inform the future. 307<br />
306 These devils (Shayateen) can be driven out by the recitation of<br />
‘Basmallah’ (i.e. Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem upon entering the<br />
house) and certain Qur’aanic verses, mentioned in the Sunnah,<br />
especially Ayat al-Kursi (i.e. a portion of Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 255)<br />
as mentioned Saheeh al-Bukharee] and Soorah al-Baqarah.<br />
307 How does the Shaytaan know about future events?<br />
The Messenger of Allah said: “When Allah decrees some order in<br />
the Heaven, the Angels flutter their wings indicating complete<br />
surrender to His saying which sounds like chains being dragged<br />
on rock. And when the state of fear disappears, they ask each other,<br />
‘What has your Lord ordered?’ They say that He has said that<br />
which is true and just, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.’”<br />
[Soorah Saba (34): 23] “Then, the stealthy listeners (devils) hear this<br />
order, and these stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other.<br />
(Sufyan, a sub-narrator demonstrated that by holding his hand<br />
upright and separating the fingers.) A stealthy listener hears a word,<br />
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