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Can Souls of the Dead Possess the Living?

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Q: Is there any ruling that someone who committed suicide or accidental brutal death or anyone purposely killed him either ways, so their soul is roaming that place and makes hurdles to the passers and if it likes someone, it possesses the body. As this is a worldly talking that a person is been killed or died in accident or suicide…and he later possessed someones body….and troubles….so is this correct…. 

Bismillaah

A: This is all baseless.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.