Authored by: Dr. Raza Abdullah Pasha ḥafiẓahullāh
It is narrated from Abū Dharr (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَيَقُولُ: يَا عِبَادِي! لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَسْأَلَتَهُ، مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا عِنْدِي إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْبَحْرَ"
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Ḥadīth No. 17/8]
“Allah ﷻ says: O My servants! If the first and the last among you, and the humans and the jinn among you, were all to stand on a single plain and ask Me, and I were to give each person what they requested, it would not diminish what I possess any more than a needle dipped into the sea would diminish its water.”
That is to say, granting the needs of all jinn and humans does not cause the slightest reduction in Allah’s treasures.
❀ What is the Extent of the Jinns in Allah’s Ownership?
Answer:It is narrated from Abū Dharr (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَيَقُولُ: يَا عِبَادِي! لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَسْأَلَتَهُ، مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا عِنْدِي إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْبَحْرَ"
[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Ḥadīth No. 17/8]
“Allah ﷻ says: O My servants! If the first and the last among you, and the humans and the jinn among you, were all to stand on a single plain and ask Me, and I were to give each person what they requested, it would not diminish what I possess any more than a needle dipped into the sea would diminish its water.”
That is to say, granting the needs of all jinn and humans does not cause the slightest reduction in Allah’s treasures.
