Possessed By A Jinn

QUESTION:

When someone has been taken over [possessed] by a Jinn, who gets punished when any wrong actions [sins] are committed by the Jinn in their body, i.e. the person or the Jinn possessing them?

ANSWER:

If a person is possessed and does not have any control over his actions, then he will not be held accountable. However, the Jinn will be held accountable.

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏”‏ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلاَثَةٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رضى الله عنه عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم زَادَ فِيهِ ‏”‏ وَالْخَرِفِ ‏”‏ ‏.

سنن ابي داوود 4403))‏

ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!

ANSWERED BY:

Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali

Date: 30 Ramadhaan 1447 /20 March 2026

CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:

Mufti Yacoob Vally Saheb