1-I have heard that when a babys born a shaitan is also born and the shaitan stays with that person untill he dies is this true and what is the reference? 2-If the above is true then when the person dies then does the shaitan who was with the person also die aswell or does the shaitan go by someone else?
Answer
(Fatwa: 1182/978=/1430)
You are right. Every man is born with a jinn companion who accompanies him till death:
عن ابن مسعود قال: قال رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: ما منکم من أحد إلا وقد وکل بہ قرینہ من الجن وقرینہ من الملائکۃ، قالو: أوإیاک یا رسول اللہ، قال: وإیاي ولکن اللہ أعاننی علیہ فأسلم فلا یامرني إلا بخیر (مشکاۃ: 18)
We could not find whether this satan dies after the person or goes anywhere else, but it is reported from scholars that if a dead is buried after reciting the verse (مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَى) the satan companion is also buried with him.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
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