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