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Sahih Muslim 3030a (Book 56, Hadith 32) #14571
Worshipping Jinns and the Revealed Verse

SUMMARY: This hadith is about a group of Jinn who were being worshipped by misguided people, but they embraced Islam and this verse was revealed.

Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported in connection with the words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious: " Those to whom they call upon, themselves seek the means or access to their Lord as to whoever of them becomes nearest" (xvii. 57) that it related to a party of Jinn who were being worshipped and they embraced Islam but those who worshipped them kept on worshipping them (though the Jinn whom the misguided people worshipped had become Muslims). It was then that this verse was revealed.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ‏}‏ قَالَ كَانَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ أَسْلَمُوا وَكَانُوا يُعْبَدُونَ فَبَقِيَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ عَلَى عِبَادَتِهِمْ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَ النَّفَرُ مِنَ الْجِنِّ

TOPICS
worship  *  people  *  islam  *  jinn

QUICK LESSONS:
Accepting of others’ beliefs; Not worshipping anyone other than Allah; Equality before God; Freedom to practice one's faith without judgement or persecution from others .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a group of jinn who were being worshipped by misguided people. However, these jinn embraced Islam and this verse was revealed in response to their conversion. The verse states that those whom the misguided people call upon are seeking access to their Lord as well. This teaches us that we should not worship anyone other than Allah as He is the only one worthy of worship and all other beings are His creation. We should also be accepting of others’ beliefs even if they differ from ours as everyone has the right to practice their faith freely without judgement or persecution from others.

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