Praise be to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his Companions,

and those who follow his guidance!

Some short and long articles were published in local newspapers and others in the month of Sha`ban of this year (1407 A.H.) regarding the declaration of some members of the Jinn who possessed Muslim women in Riyadh. They declared that they had become Muslims before me after they had declared this before brother `Abdullah ibn Mushrif Al­`Umary who lives in Riyadh. Al­ `Umary recited some Adhkar (invocations) on the Jinn­possessed lady and talked to the Jinn, reminding him of Allah (Exalted be He) and His Omnipotence as well as frightening him with the grievous sin of injustice. After the Jinn said that he is a Buddhist disbeliever, the shaykh called him to Islam and to come out of the woman whom he was possessing. Accordingly, the Jinn complied and declared his conversion to Islam before shaykh Al­`Umary. Then, shaykh Al­ `Umary and the guardians of the woman wanted to come to me with the woman to hear the Jinn member's conversion to Islam. When they were all present, I asked the Jinn about the reason for embracing Islam. He spoke on the tongue of the woman but in a manly voice. All this happened in the presence of the woman who was sitting in the chair next to me beside her brother, sister and shaykh Al­`Umary as well as some shayks who witnessed and heard the speech of the Jinn while openly declaring his conversion to Islam. He said he was a Buddhist from India. On my part, I advised him to observe Taqwa (fearing Allah as He should be feared) and to leave the body of this woman as he is making her suffer. The Jinn submitted to my order and said that he embraced Islam willingly. Therefore, I advised him

to call his people to Islam after Allah (Exalted be He) had guided him to the right path. He came out of the woman's body and his last word was "As­salamu `alaykum" (peace be upon you), then the woman spoke with her normal voice and felt comfortable and relaxed from the pain he was causing to her. After the lapse of a month or more, she visited me again with her brothers, maternal uncle, and sister and told me that she was very well, her condition was stable and the Jinn had never returned to her. When I asked her about how she felt when she was possessed by this Jinn, she said that she always had deviant ideas contradicting the Shari`ah, in addition to an inclination to the Buddhist religion, and a desire to read its books. However, after this Jinn was exercised from her, she no longer had such ideas, as she returned to her normal state away from such abominable ideas.

I was told that shaykh `Aly Al­Tantawy denied the occurrence of such matters, claiming that this is a kind of charlatanism and mere lies. He said that the speech that was mentioned on the tongue of the woman might have been recorded, not real. I asked for the tape in which the Jinn had declared that, and was confirmed that such opinions are really his. However, I could not imagine how he could think that what the woman said was recorded even though I, myself, asked the Jinn some questions and he replied. Then how could a person having the least degree of wisdom imagine that a recorded tape can be asked and give answers. This is one of the ugliest abominations and a way of permitting falsehood. He even said that the Jinn's conversion to Islam by a human opposes Allah's Saying in the story of Sulayman (Solomon) as He says:

Similarly, a multitude of the members of the Jinn converted to Islam as a result of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) Da`wah (calling to Islam) to them.

This is mentioned in the Surah of Al­Ahkaf and Surah of Al­Jinn.It is reported in the Two Sahih Bookson the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,