SAEDNEWS: Every human being is believed to have a spiritual companion, known as a Qareen, who lives and grows alongside them in the world of the Jinn. The existence of such beings is affirmed in the Quran and narrations attributed to the Ahl al-Bayt (the Prophet’s Household).
According to Saednews, In ancient times, people believed that when a human being was born, another entity, identical to them in appearance and nature, was also created from the world of spirits and jinn. This entity was believed to grow alongside the person, and the two might occasionally encounter one another.
Legends about spiritual doubles in different countries, including our own, claim that whenever a baby is born, a jinn is born alongside it. This supernatural companion is said to resemble the human being in every respect, both physically and emotionally.
The resemblance is believed to be so strong that if a person's spiritual double experiences happiness or sadness, the human being feels the same emotions. The opposite is also believed to be true: when a person becomes happy or sad, their spiritual double experiences the same feelings. According to this belief, this is why people sometimes feel inexplicably happy or sad.
However, the concept of a spiritual double, as described in folklore, is not necessarily accurate. It may be more appropriately understood as a form of psychological dissociation or, in modern terminology, a projection of the self by the individual.
Some accounts claim that a spiritual double can fulfill the emotional needs of people who experience extreme loneliness, long for companionship, or need someone with whom to share their thoughts and feelings.
According to these beliefs, people approaching a state of severe mental disturbance may begin seeing their spiritual double and even having conversations with it.
According to the article's account, a person experiencing loneliness, depression, and despair may initially hear sounds resembling whispers or buzzing in their ears. The article attributes these sensations to involuntary activity in the brain's nerves and blood vessels and increased electrical activity.
This condition is said to worsen gradually, with intrusive thoughts and whispers becoming increasingly frequent and overwhelming, potentially affecting the person's behavior.
At this stage, people around the individual may begin distancing themselves. The person may withdraw into isolation, remain silent, and frequently stare at a particular point.
In the most severe stage described, the individual may be considered mentally unstable and begin talking to themselves as though another person were standing directly in front of them.
The article further claims that a jinn may enter the person's body, intensify their feelings of loneliness, and increase their hallucinations.
Note: These supernatural explanations are folklore and religious or cultural beliefs, not established medical facts. Hearing voices or experiencing hallucinations can have medical and psychological causes and deserves professional assessment.
The existence of jinn is acknowledged in the Holy Quran.
In religious culture, the terms Satan and jinn refer to hidden beings, whether conscious or otherwise.
According to Quranic verses, Satan is described as a harmful and mischievous being who seeks to create division and conflict among people.
These are presented as aspects of religious belief. However, claims that such beings necessarily torment human beings, possess bizarre physical features, have poisonous tails, or are malicious and vindictive creatures capable of setting entire houses on fire through something as simple as spilling hot water in an empty place are not established facts.
In summary, the existence of an unseen being called a jinn is accepted within Islamic belief. However, the idea that every human has a supernatural twin that causes harm, along with similar superstitions, is not supported by reliable evidence.
According to occult traditions, there are two types of spiritual doubles:
Lower Spiritual Double (Sufli): Believed to be of the jinn.
Higher Spiritual Double (Ulwi): Believed to be of angelic origin.
The lower spiritual double is supposedly created from fire because jinn are described in Islamic tradition as being created from smokeless fire (Surah Ar-Rahman, verse 15).
The angelic spiritual double, on the other hand, is believed to be created from light.
Both types are said to share the ability to assume different forms. However, according to these traditions, a jinn-based double may appear in the form of certain animals, whereas an angelic double, whose name is supposedly derived from the human being's name, may take various forms except those considered ritually impure, such as dogs and pigs.
According to a traditional classification, human life is divided into successive eight-year periods:
The Period of Play (La'b): The first eight years of life.
The Period of Amusement (Lahw): From ages 8 to 16.
The Period of Adornment (Zinat): From ages 16 to 24.
The Period of Pride and Competition (Tafakhur): From ages 24 to 32.
The Period of Accumulation and Abundance (Takathur): From ages 32 to 40, associated with the accumulation of knowledge.
According to this belief system, every person experiences various spiritual states during each stage of life, including:
Honor and dignity (Sharaf)
Spiritual ascent (Uruj)
Spiritual descent (Hubut)
Ascension (Su'ud)
Descent (Nuzul)
Joy (Farah)
Sorrow (Tarah)
According to occult traditions, a name is connected to the person it identifies and their essential nature.
The jinn-based and angelic spiritual doubles are believed to be governed by a person's name. Therefore, the spiritual double of someone who has reached the age of forty is supposedly more powerful than that of someone who is still passing through the stages of pride or adornment.
A person's spiritual double is also believed to reflect their moral nature and may become a source of goodness, particularly in the case of righteous and virtuous individuals.
This belief is sometimes used to explain why people occasionally experience an inexplicable sense of peace and comfort when visiting a spiritually respected or wise individual.
Furthermore, the nature of each person's spiritual double is believed to correspond to that person's temperament and physical constitution.
For example, traditional classifications describe people as having one of four temperaments:
Hot and moist
Cold and moist
Hot and dry
Cold and dry
According to these traditions, a person's spiritual doubles possess corresponding temperamental characteristics.
Some spiritual traditions maintain that certain spirits are naturally compatible with one another.
Examples include:
The spirit's compatibility with the imaginal body.
The compatibility of the angelic spiritual double with an assigned guardian called Atid.
The compatibility of the jinn-based spiritual double with an assigned guardian called Raqib.
The names Atid and Raqib are associated with Quranic verses 17 and 18 of Surah Qaf.
These verses describe two recording angels positioned on the right and left of a human being, recording their actions and words. No word is uttered without a watchful observer being present to record it.
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, in his book Ihya Ulum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), reportedly narrates the following account from Jabir ibn Abdullah:
When Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) descended to Earth, he said:
"O Lord, You have placed this enemy between me and myself. Unless You help me against him, I will not be able to endure him."
God replied:
"No child of yours shall be born without an angel being appointed to protect him."
Abu Ayyub ibn Yazid is also reported to have said:
"It has reached us that alongside the children of Adam, jinn are also born, and they grow alongside them."
According to occult beliefs, the influence of jinn can be divided into two categories:
Influence attributed to a person's spiritual double.
Influence attributed to other jinn that are not connected to the individual as a spiritual double.
It is believed that the spiritual doubles of people whose names are not considered divine or spiritually sacred may sometimes exercise negative or satanic influence over their owners.
However, when people with spiritually significant names are believed to experience jinn possession, these traditions attribute it to other jinn rather than to their own spiritual doubles.
According to occult traditions, interference by spirits and jinn may take several forms:
Sleep Disturbance: A person may allegedly lose the ability to sleep because of spiritual interference. Occult practitioners refer to this condition as Aqd al-Nawm, meaning the binding or restriction of sleep.
Marital and Sexual Difficulties: Another alleged form of interference involves preventing a person from experiencing marital intimacy. Practitioners of occult sciences describe this as Marbut, meaning being bound or restrained.
Blocked Romantic Attraction: This is believed to occur when a man loses attraction toward women or a woman loses attraction toward men. In occult terminology, this is sometimes called Bakht Bastagi, or the binding of one's fortune in matters of love and marriage.
Obstruction of Personal Affairs and Travel: According to these beliefs, spirits may be employed by an occult practitioner to obstruct someone's plans or prevent a desired outcome. They may also allegedly prevent someone who intends to leave a city or country from completing their journey. This is referred to as Aqd al-Tariq, meaning the binding or blocking of the path.
Retaliation by Jinn: Some traditions claim that jinn may interfere with people because of actions that unintentionally harm them. For example, pouring hot water in a place believed to be inhabited by jinn, their children, or their elders without mentioning God's name is believed by some to provoke retaliation.
Such accounts sometimes claim that the jinn may prevent the person from having children by causing a miscarriage during the earliest stages of pregnancy. In these traditions, a ritual known as Cheleh Bori is believed to be necessary to remove the alleged spiritual obstruction.
These claims about supernatural interference, infertility, miscarriage, and spiritual rituals are traditional occult beliefs rather than scientifically established explanations.
