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- The plural of Jinn is Jinnaat. Jinnaat are the creation of Allah made from fire.
- They are given the power to take whatever shape or form they wish.
- The mischievous and evil one's are called "Shaitaan".
- They are like human beings having wisdom and understanding.
- They have a soul and a bodily form.
- There are male and female Jinns.
- Jinns eat, drink and sleep.
- They also have children.
- Jinns are invisible creation of Allah. Not visible to the human eye.
- Among the Jinns there are Muslims, Mu’min (Believers) and Kaafirs (Disbelievers).
- Jinn and human were created for the worship of Allah. Allah says in the Holy Qur’an: "And I have created the Jinn and the men only for this that they may worship Me". (Surah Zariyat: 56)
- The Jinns do not live forever, even though they live for long periods of time. They eventually die.
- The Jinns used to work at the command of Hazrat Sulaiman (alaihis salaam). The Masjid-ul-Aqsa, Baitul Muqaddas, was built by the Jinns under the command of Hazrat Sulaiman (alaihis salaam).
- The Jinns also perform good deeds like man, they also have free will.
- The disbelievers among them will go to Hell and the Believers among them will live nearby Jannat. The Jinns will not live in Jannat, because Jannat is the estate of Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) and it will be distributed to his children (human). The Jinns will enter Jannat for visiting or site seeing due to their status as believers.
- He who disbelieves in the existence of the Jinns becomes a Kaafir.
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