Page-26 : The sustenance(الرزق) of the Jinns: Satans in different shapes and colours: Ghouls (غول)and Sa'li:( و السعالى)

The sustenance(الرزق) of the Jinns:                 

اخرج ابن جرير عن وهب ابن منبه انه سئل عن الجن هل يأكلون ويشربون ويموتون او يتناكحون؟ فقال هم اجناس فأما خاصة الجن منهم ريح لا يأكلون ولايشربون ومنهم اجناس يأكلون ويشربون ويتناكحون ويموتون وهى التى فيها السعالى والغول واشباه ذالك

Ibn Jarir narrated on the authority of Wahb Ibn Munabbih that he was asked about the jinn. Do they eat, drink, die, or get married? He said, “They are races. Especial Jinn among them are airy(In shape), (Wind like creatures)they do not eat and drink, and among them are races who eat, drink, get married,  and die and it is that in which the ghouls, female demons, and others like that are included.” (Ref.1)

Satans in different shapes and colours:

Ghouls and Sa'li:

  عن بشير ابن عمروقال ذكر الغيلان عند عمر فقال: إنه ليس شيئ يتحول عن خلقه الذى خلق عليه ولكن لهم سحرة   عن الشيبانى   كسحرتكم فإذا أحسستم من ذالك شيْا فأذنوا بالصلاة

On the authority of Ash-Shaybani, on the authority of Bashir Ibn Amr, who said that Al-Gailan (الغيلان  ) was mentioned to Umar. He said: There is nothing that transforms from the creation on which he was created, but they have magicians like your magicians. If you feel any of that, then give the call to prayer. (It means- announce Azan) (Ref.2)

Hafiz Nuruddin Ali Ibn Abi Bakr Al-Haithami reported a Hadith in his book- حدثنا محمد بن الليث الهدادى حدثنا أبو غسان حدثنا عبد السلام عن يونس عن الحسن عن سعد قال أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا تغولت لنا الغول  قال البزار لانعلمه يروى عن سعد إلا من هذا الوجه ولا نعلم سمع الحسن من سعد شيئا  قال أو إذا رأينا الغول ننادى  بالاذان

Muhammad Ibn Al-Layth Al-Hadadi told us, Abu Ghassan told us, Abdus -Salam told us, on the authority of Yunus, on the authority of Al-Hasan, on the authority of Saad, he said: “Allah’s Rasul (Sm.) commanded us that, if the ghouls invaded us, or if we saw the ghouls, we would announce Azan.” Al-Bazzar said: “ We do not know that  this Hadith is narrated from Sa`d except this way, and we do not know that Al-Hasan heard anything from Saa`d .”Habibur Rahan Al-Azami said in the footnote of his book

جنس من الجن والشياطين تترأى فى الفلاة وتغولت أى تلونت فى صورة شتى: الغول

“Ghoul is a kind of Jinn and Satans, who are seen in an uninhabited region. They reveal in colors in  different shapes.”(Ref.3)

Ibn Manzur said:

ولا غول ولكن السعالى ( بخارى5717) وفى الحديث : ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:لآ صفر ولاهامة   

He also said: هى جمع سعلاة قيل هم سحرة الجن  يعنى ان الغول لاتقدر ان تغول احدا وتضله ولكن فى الجن سحرة كسحرة الإنس لهم تلبيس وتخيل وقد ذكرها العرب فى شعرها وقال الاعشى "ونساء كانهن السعالى"     

And  (It is described ) in the Hadith: Allah’s Rasul (Sm.) said: There is no “Safar,” nor Hamah, nor a ghoul, But there are Sa’li, which is the plural of Sa’lah. It is said, they are the magicians of Jinn. It means –indeed the Ghoul doesn’t have the power to deceive anyone and mislead him, but among the Jinn, there are magicians like human magicians. They have the power to confuse and create an illusion (To human beings). The Arabs mentioned it in their poetry. Al-A’shi said (In his poem), “And women are as like as As-Sa’ali.” (Ref.4)

 Badruddin Al-Aini said :

قوله ولا صفر –كانت العرب تزعم ان فى البطن حية يقال لها الصفر تصيب الانسان إذا جاع وتؤذيه وأنها تعدى فأبطل الاسلام ذالك

“Allah’s Rasul’s (Sm.)Saying – “Wa- La-Safara” The Arabs used to think that there is a snake in the stomach called As-Safar, that infects a human being when he is hungry and harms him and that it is contagious., So,  Islam abolished that. (This disease is called As-Safar).”

He also said:                                                                                            

الهامة إسم طائر وهو المراد فى الحديث وذالك انهم كانوا يتشائمون بها وهى طائر الليل وقيل كانت العرب تزعم ان روح القتيل الذى لايدرك بثاره يصير هامة فيقول اسقونى اسقونى فإذا ادرك بثاره طارفنفاه الاسلام ونهاهم عنه  

“Al-Hamah is the name of a bird, and that is meant in the Hadith, and that is because they(Arabian people) used to consider it ominous, and it is the bird of night. It is said, that Arabs used to think, that the soul of the killed person, who didn’t get his revenge, becomes Hamah, then he says: make me drink, make me drink. When he gets his revenge, he flies away. Then Islam denied it and forbade them from that.”(Ref.5)

حديث ابى هريرة وفى اخره "فقلت ما بال الروث والعظم؟ قال هما طعام الجن وانه اتانى وفد جن نصيبين ونعم الجن فسالونى الزاد فدعوت الله لهم ان لايمروا بعظم ولاروثة الا وجدوا عليها طعاما

At the end of Hadith  reported by Abu Huraira(R.) - Then  I (Abu Hurairah) said, “What is the condition of dung and bone?” He (Sm) said, “They both are the food of the jinn. The delegate of jinn of (the city of) Nasibin came to me - and how nice those Jinns were! They asked me for food. I prayed (Supplicated) to Allah for them, that they never pass by a bone or dung but find food on them." ( Sahih Bukhari, Kitabu Manaqibil Ansar, Hadith no-3860).    

References:(المراجع)

1. لقط المرجان فى احكام الجان   ,Author-Jalauddin As-Soyuti,page no-25

2. At-Tamhid( (التمهيدAuthor-Ibnu Abdil Barr, Volume-3, Page -42-كتاب الصلاة

3. كشف الاستار عن زوائد البزار على الكتب الستة   , ِ Author -Hafiz Nuruddin Ali Ibn Abi Bakr Al-Haithami Volume-4 ,Hadith no-3129 باب اذا تغولت الغيلان- -Page no-34

4. ل Lisanul Arab- (لسان العرب), Volume-11, page- 336, writer- Abul Fadl  Jamaluddin Muhammad Ibn Mukarram Ibn Manzur Al-Afriqi Al-Misri, printed by دار صادر بيروت

5.Umdatul Qari, Author-Badruddin Abu Muhammad Mahmud Ibn Ahmad Al-A’ini , volume -11,Page -248 كتاب الطب –, باب ما جاء فى قول النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم فر من المجذوم

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