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How does a jinn possess a Muslim human, even though it cannot do so with a disbeliever, while the verse says: "Indeed, My servants – you have no authority over them, except those who follow you of the deviators"?

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The reality of jinn entering the human body (possession) has been previously explained in earlier fatwas. The noble verse: ﴿Indeed, My servants – you have no authority over them, except for those who follow you of the misguided﴾ [Al-Hijr: 42], means that the authority mentioned is the authority of argumentation, as in the Almighty's saying on the tongue of Iblis: ﴿And I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me﴾ [Ibrahim: 22]. And it was said: he has no authority over their hearts. Sufyan ibn Uyaynah said: Its meaning is that you have no authority over them to cast them into a sin for which My forgiveness is insufficient. And the verse is not absolute, as righteous people are exposed to the whispers and harm of Satan.

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