Ibn Taymiyah's Essay on the Jinn (Demons)

Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips has rendered Ibn Taymiyah’s treatise, Eedaah-ud-Dalaalah fee ‘Umoom-ir-Risaalah, from volume 19 of Majmoo‘-ul-Fataawa into very readable English. This abridged and annotated translation is significant in that it is perhaps the first book available in English exclusively on the topic of spirit-possession and exorcism in Islam.

Imaam Ibn Taymeeyah’s treatise provides a very clear, concise, and authentic view of this intriguing subject based on the Qur’aan, the Sunnah, the interpretation and experience of the Companions of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) and the early scholars of Islam.

Dr. Philips has also added an appendix consisting of an article written on the subject of spirit-possession and exorcism by one of the leading contemporary scholars of Saudi Arabia confirming Ibn Taymeeyah’s views as both relevant and orthodox.