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The jinn

الجن

The jinn in Islamic conception are a hidden, accountable creation; Ibn Kathir reports they inhabited the earth before mankind and that among them are disbelievers and believers 1.

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The jinn in Islamic conception are a hidden, accountable creation; Ibn Kathir reports they inhabited the earth before mankind, and that among them are disbelievers and Muslims 1.

In the sources

Ibn Kathir transmits that the jinn were on the earth before Adam's creation, and that Iblis was of them 1.

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

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  1. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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