Is Iblis the father of all Jinn (the righteous and the devils) or of devils only?
Devils are the disbelievers among jinn. Iblīs is the father of all jinn, their believers and disbelievers alike; he is their origin and their offspring. Many scholars have adopted this view, including Ibn ʿAbbās, Mujāhid, Qatādah, and Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī. Shaykh Al-Islām (Ibn Taymiyyah), his student Ibn Al-Qayyim, and Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar referred to Iblīs as "the father of thejinn." Furthermore, Shaykh Ibn Bāz indicated that Iblīs is the father of the jinn according to a number of scholars. Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn stated that Iblīs is the father of the jinn, based on Allah’s Almighty saying: "And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire" (Qur’an 55:15); His saying about Iblīs: "You created me from fire" (Qur’an 7:12); and His saying: "Will you then take him and his offspring as protectors instead of Me?" (Qur’an 18:50).
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