Do Djinns Harm People? Which Duas Should One Make In Order To Be Protected Against Their Harm

Do djinns harm people? Which duas should one make in order to be protected against their harm?

Existence of djinns is accepted in religious terms. However, not much is known about their nature. As djinns are creatures that cannot be perceived with sense organs, the only source of information about them is revalation. The Holy Qur’an and authentic hadiths mention about djinns.

No being could not harm anyone except by Allah’s permission (Baqarah, 2/102). Any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice ( Jinn, 72/13). But the verse which means “True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among jinns, but they increased them in folly.” points out that djinns may affect those who seek refuge in and surrender to them rather than taking refuge in Allah, by giving extreme anxiety or misgivings ( Jinn, 72/6).

Djinns are creatures with duty of servitude to Allah like humans but they have a different nature from humans by their creation. Djinns cannot harm anyone unless Allah permits it. They do not know about the unknown. Their difference from humans is to move quicker than humans and to be able to see humans although we cannot see them. Allah the Almighty commanded in surahs Falaq and Nas to take refuge in Allah “from the evil of the darkening (night)”, “from the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they blow in the knots” and “ from the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in one’s heart after one remembers Allah) .” Prophet Muhammad (saw) took refuge in Allah from the evil of everything and recited surahs Falaq and Nas and Ayat al-Kursi all the time throughout his life (Bukhari, Waqala, Fadhail al-Qur’an, 10; Tirmidhi, Tibb, 16).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA