Tafsir Ibn Kathir -> Surah Al-Jinn -> The Jinns testify that among Them there are Believers, Disbelievers, Misguided and Guided |
Allah says that the Jinns said about themselves, ﴿وَأَنَّا مِنَّا الصَّـلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَلِكَ﴾ (There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary;) meaning, other than that. ﴿كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَداً﴾ (We are groups having different ways.) meaning, on numerous differing paths and having different thoughts and opinions. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and others have said, ﴿كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَداً﴾ (We are groups having different ways.) "This means among us are believers and among us are disbelievers.'' Ahmad bin Sulayman An-Najjad reported in his (book of) Amali that he heard Al-A`mash saying, "A Jinn came to us, so I said to him, `What is the most beloved food to your kind' He replied, `Rice.' So we brought them some rice and I saw the morsels being lifted but I did not see a hand lifting it. So I asked him, `Do you have these desires (religious innovations) among your kind as we have among ours' He replied, `Yes.' Then I said, `Who are the Rafidah among you' He said, `They are the worst of us.''' I presented this chain of narration to our Shaykh, Al-Hafiz Abi Al-Hajjaj Al-Mizzi and he said its chain is authentic to Al-A`mash.
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