| Answer: As I have mentioned in
my article, I approached Usman Sahib with a hope that he would turn out to
be a pious jinn; however, I found him to be otherwise. There is not doubt
that there are pious jinn as well, but I have a very strong feeling that
they don’t establish communication with men in the manner I tried. If the
Almighty arranges for them to serve some pious men in some special way, as
was done in the case of the Prophet Solomon (sws), then it is a different
case. My experience has taught me that because they are invisible and
because we know very little about them, there is a great danger that
whenever we will attempt to get in touch with their unseen world, we will be
deceived. Our test of this life is that we should believe in the unseen
realities of God, divine revelation (wahī) sent to the prophets, life
hereafter, angels etc. The very idea of making an effort to peep into the
unseen world, although perhaps an outcome of human curiosity, is extremely
dangerous. We should remain within our human limits of this seen world and
learn about the unseen one only through the Qur’ān and Sunnah. The unseen
realities discovered by science like x-rays etc. are different in that they
can be fully explained. What cannot be scientifically explained through a
clear cause and effect relationship should be considered a no go area, or
else Satan will get an opportunity to lead you astray.
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