I think of jinn in prayer and am afraid, and also when alone

when praying alone in the night, I feel fear, and think that jinns  would be there along with me, and because of this sometimes my concentration on prayer goes. Please do tell me how to overcome by this.

 

It is difficult to concentrate in salat from beginning to end as this takes time to achieve. However, one should work on this step by step and build on one’s gains.

Jinns are among the creatures Allah created. Allah created mankind, angels, jinn, animals, plants and other things. Jinns have some qualities like human beings. These qualities are intellect, discrimination, freedom and the power to choose between right and wrong, true and false and good and bad. Iblis is a member of the jinn-kind. He was the chief of all the human beings. Similarly, Adam is the father of all the jinns.

There are two types of jinns; believing and satanic ones in different forms and shapes. Surah Jinn proves that a group of jinns went to listen to the recitation of the Qur’an. After listening to the beautiful Qur’an they had accepted Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) as a prophet and messenger. Immediately they went to their tribe and people and invited them to accept the message of Islam. It is mentioned in a hadith reported in Abdur Razzaq from the authority of Salman (Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, ‘when a man is in a place, and the time of salat is close, he should do wudhu. If he does not find water, he should do tayammum. If he starts praying, two angels stand with him and if he gives Iqamah and Adhan a group of Allah prays performs with him such that one cannot see the actual number present.’

We come to know from the above that one should not have fear if there is presence of jinn, as they are believing jinns who are attending the prayer.