Home
Discover Islam
Quran Recitations
Lectures
Fatwa
Articles
Fiqh
E-Books
Women
Boys & Girls 
Enter Question
View By Subject
Fatwa Of The Week
Selected Fatwa
Fatwa CenterKeeping away from a possessed person to avoid harm
Question
salam aleikum. I have heard from some sheikhs that its better to not be around people who have jinns inside them than to be around them, for once own security. Even if the person who dont have jinns listen everyday to sura al baqara and read the 3 sura in the night like our lovely prophet have teach us. is this true. and also i want to ask you in surat al baqara in aya 41 allah talk to the israel people and say something about that they should not sell his words. some people see this that allah mean its haram to sell the translation of the quran or the original quran. is this true. is it haram if one library near the mosque sell the quraan in translation in diffrent languages and the money they sell the quraan goes for charity to the mosque. thanks for your answer inshallah
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
If it is confirmed by trustworthy people who treat the people possessed by jinn that socializing with them [people possessed by jinn] may be harmful, then a Muslim should avoid the person who is possessed by jinn and be careful to avoid his harm, that is to take every permissible means (for prevention). Allaah Says (what means): {And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allaah is Most Merciful to you.}[Quran 4:29] Also, it is confirmed that the Prophet said: "There should be no harm nor reciprocal harm.” [Ahmad]
Indeed, the Prophet used to take the necessary means of protection although he was the best person who relied on Allaah and the best person who mentioned Allaah most. As-Saa’ib ibn Yazeed 
narrated that "the Prophet wove two armors on the day of Uhud.” [Ahmad]
As regards your second question regarding the verse in which Allaah Says (what means): {And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me.}[Quran 2:41]; then Al-Qurtubi 
summarized the meaning of the verse and said: “Although this verse was revealed about the Children of Israel, yet it applies to those who do the same act like them. If a person takes bribery in order to change a right or annul it, or he refuses to learn what is an obligation on him, or do what he knew that it is an obligation on him but he does not do it until he takes a fee for it, then he is included in the meaning of the verse.”
As regards selling the Mus-haf (the Arabic text of the Quran), then this is permissible according to the view of the majority of the scholars 
. However, it is not permissible at all to give the Mus-haf to a non-Muslim as we clarified in Fatwa 86200.
Nonetheless, a non-Muslim is permitted to read and touch the translation of the meaning of the Quran because it is not a Quran. It is for this reason that the jurists said: “It is not forbidden for a person in a state of sexual defilement, a menstruating woman and even a non-Muslim to read the translation of the meaning of the Quran.”
Since selling the Mus-haf is permissible, then selling the translation of the meaning of the Quran is permissible with greater reason. Therefore, it is permissible for a Muslim to benefit from what he obtained from the price of the Mus-hafs and books or donate it – if he so wishes – and this is not included in the previous verse.
Allaah Knows best.
Search Fatwa
Fatwa Subject
