The dwelling places, gatherings and haunts of the jinn The jinn inhabit the same earth on which we live, and they tend to gather in greater numbers in ruins and deserted places, and in dirty places such as bathrooms, garbage dumps and graveyards. Hence-as Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Many of the Shaykhs who are accompanied by the devils dwell in many of these places/ There are ahaadeeth which forbid praying in bathrooms, because of the najaasah in such places, and because they are the abode of the devils, and in graveyards because that is a means that leads to shirk. They often gather in places where they can cause mischief, such as marketplaces. Salmaan advised some of his companions, Do not if possible be the first person to enter the market place, or the last one to leave, because it is the battleground of the devils, and in it he sets up his banner. (Muslim 4/1906 n. 2451) The devils stay in the houses in which people live, but they may be expelled by saying Bismillah, remembering Allah (dhikr) and reciting Quran, especially Soorat al-Baqarah, including Ayat al-Kursi. The Messenger(peace be upon him) mentioned that that the devils spread out and increase when darkness falls, hence he commanded us to keep our children inside at dusk. This is a hadith that is agreed upon by Bukhari and Muslim. The devils flee from the Athan, and in Ramadan the Devils are chained up. The devils love to sit between the shade and the sun, hence the Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade sitting there. This is a saheeh hadith narrated in Al-Sunan and elsewhere
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