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Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
وَاكْفِتُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ عِنْدَ الْعِشَاءِ ” . وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ ” عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ ” ” فَإِنَّ لِلْجِنِّ انْتِشَارًا وَخَطْفَةً ”
Gather your children when darkness spreads, or in the evening (according to Musaddad), for the jinn spread and kidnap. (Abū Dawūd 3733. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
On the authority of ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Laylah:
A man from his people from the Ansār went out to pray the ‘Ishā prayer with his people, but the jinn abducted him, so he went missing.
So his wife went to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, [who was the khalīfah at the time] and told him the story (i.e. that her husband went missing). Then ‘Umar asked his people about him, and they said: Yes, he went out to pray the ‘ishā prayer, but he went missing.
So he ordered her to wait for four years, so when four years passed, she came to him and informed him. He asked her people and they confirmed (this to be the case). So he ordered her to get married, so she got married.
Then her (first) husband returned and came to dispute this matter to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allāh be pleased with him. Then ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb , may Allāh be pleased with him, said: “One of you is absent for a long time and his family does not know (the state of) his life.” He said to him: “I have an excuse, O Commander of the Believers”. He said: “What is your excuse?”
He said, “I went out to pray the ishā prayer, but the jinn kidnapped me, and I remained among them for a long time. Then the mu’minūn (believing) jinn invaded them – or he said, Muslimūn (Sa’īd, one of the narrators, wasn’t sure) – so they fought them, overcame them, and they took some of them captives. So they took me amongst the captives, and they said, “We see you as a Muslim man, and it is not permissible for us to keep you captive.” So they gave me a choice between staying and going back to my family, so I chose to go back to my family. So they set off with me. At night, they would not speak to me, but during the day, there was a strong wind/sand storm that I (would) follow.”
‘Umar, may Allāh be pleased with him, said to him: “What was your food whilst you were with them?” He said: “Stolen food and anything on which the name of Allāh was not mentioned over.” He (i.e. Umar) said: What was your drink with them?” He said: “Al-Jadaf.” Qatadah said: Al-Jadaf is that drink which does not ferment. He said: So ‘Umar, may Allāh be pleased with him, gave him the choice between (taking back) the dowry or (taking back) his wife.
(Sunan al-Kubrā of al-Bayhaqī 8/61-62, #15570)
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