the female jinn who had afflicted him with seizures and said to her, “Come out.” She said, “I love him.” He replied, “But he does not love you.” She said, “I want to perform Hajj with him.” He replied, “But he does not wish to perform Hajj with you.” He then began admonishing her, but she refused to leave. So he struck the man upon his neck until Shaykh al-Islam’s hand became weary, whereupon she came out. Yet she said, “I am leaving out of deference to the shaykh.” He said, “No; leave in obedience to Allah and His Messenger.” So she left. When the man regained consciousness, he said, “What brought me into the presence of the shaykh?” He was told, “Did you not feel those blows?” He said, “No, by Allah, I did not feel them!”

See how the blows fall upon the possessing jinn while the possessed person feels nothing! No one can deny this matter at all, for to deny something known through direct perception is obstinacy and misguidance. Yet some people, especially among contemporary writers, have denied this matter.

The shaykh said: “Or if he hates His Messenger, or what he brought—by consensus.” He also said: “Or if he sets up intermediaries between himself and Allah, placing his reliance upon them, supplicating them, and asking them—by consensus.” End quote.

Whoever sets up intermediaries upon whom he relies besides Allah, or alongside Allah, or supplicates them or seeks their aid, is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims. Glory be to Allah! This is a matter upon which the Muslims are agreed, yet today there are many ordinary Muslims who invoke those in the graves, whom they claim to be righteous allies of Allah, seek their aid, and place their reliance upon them as well!

The author of al-Iqnaʿ said: “Or if he prostrates to an idol, the sun, or the moon, or utters a statement or commits an act that explicitly mocks the religion.” Thus, if he were to commit