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Are There Any Prayers For Driving Away Jinn?

Answered by
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Published
3 July 2005

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Question

Are there any prayers for driving away Jinn?

Answer

Wa `alaykum as-Salam,

Imam al-Nawawi in al-Adhkar mentioned that Ibn al-Sunni narrated that a man came to the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace and said that his brother suffered from a kind of jinn possession. The Prophet told him to bring him to him then recited upon him the following:

- Sura al-Fatiha

- The first four verses of al-Baqara

- two verses from the middle (163-64)

- Ayat al-Kursi

- the last three verses of al-Baqara

- The first verse of Al `Imran

- Verse 18 of Al `Imran

- Verse 54 of al-A`raf

- Verse 116 of al-Mu’minun

- Verse 3 of al-Jinn

- The first 10 verses of al-Saaffaat

- The last 3 verses of al-Hashr

- The last three Suras of the Qur’an.

As for the letter supposedly dictated by the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, to our liege-lord `Ali for the protection of Abu Dujana, known as the hirz of Abu Dujana: it is a forgery according to Ibn al-Jawzi in the Mawdu`at, al-Dhahabi in Mizan al-I`tidal, Ibn Hajar in the Isaba, and al-Suyuti in al-La’ali’ al-Masnu`a, and Allah knows best.

Hajj Gibril

 

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