What are the authentic, established texts that prove the existence of seizures caused by jinn, and is treating it by beating established by a Prophetic text, or is it from the fatwas of scholars?
The entry of a jinn into a human body and its causing of seizures is established by the consensus of the imams of Ahl al- wal-Jama'ah (Sunni Muslims). This is supported by the words of Allah Almighty: "Those who consume interest will not stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity." (Quran 2:275). It is also evidenced by the of the black woman in the Sahihayn (Bukhari and Muslim), and the testimonies of imams such as Sulaiman ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim regarding incidents of beating to expel a jinn without the afflicted person feeling pain. As for beating to expel a jinn, Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Taymiyyah referred to it through their experiences, and it is indicated by what is authentically reported in Sunan Ibn Majah about the Prophet (peace be upon him) striking the chests of the Companions to repel Satan.
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