Question:
In one of your previous answers re: Jinn Shaykh Gibril referred to an article on the Quranic Healing website. I read some articles on this site and noticed that they have articles by Bilal Phillips. I read the following passage and became confused because I thought that Shaytan couldn’t impersonate the Prophet SAW or saints.
http://www.quranichealing.com/blog/occult-activities-of-the-jinn/
One of the biggest manipulations of the Jinn is through visions. Through these visions the Jinns are more likely to lead people away from the worship of God then any other way. The countless numbers of visions of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary over the centuries has been a popular choice for the devils. It almost seems as if leading Christians astray is the most easiest trick for the Jinns!
Many Muslims claim to have seen visions of the Prophet Muhammed and even God! By doing this, Satan is able to lead astray the weak Muslims.
Answer:
There are two issues. The first is that in this reply: https://eshaykh.com/sufism/really-important-for-me/ we mentioned a certain URL which is different from the one you mentioned. If we cite a certain page it does not mean we endorse everything else that is on the same site.
Secondly, it is true that Shaytan “cannot impersonate” in the sense of fooling those whom Allah Most High protects. However, Shaytan does try all the time to fool and does fool those who remain under the empire of their ego. Their claim of seeing Prophet (upon him blesings and peace) is belied by their daily state. Sayyidina Ali al-Khawwas said there are 247,999 Maqams between the Murid and the Holy Prophet, and those who claim to see him have for the most part not even crossed the first one yet. The Naqshbandi Shaykh Hasan Hilmi al-Daghistani in his book Wasa’il al-Murid (Means of the Murid) mentions all this on pp. 55-56 and he cites al-Shaarani, Imam Rabbani, and al-Birkawi to that effect.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
