Question 804 - The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 7

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Question 804

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them abundant peace, O Most Merciful of the merciful. To my master and the son of my master, peace be upon them both, Imam Ahmed Alhasan: peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. A group of Kurdish Shia, together with some Kurdish Shafiʿis of the Sunni school, object to the Shia generally on account of what is mentioned in their books-that the Kurds originated from the jinn. How sound is this claim in terms of the weakness or authenticity of the narrations? Some of those called religious authorities have forbidden marrying them or dealing with them in light of a narration attributed to Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him). In one narration it is said: ‘Al-Hasan ibn Mitʾal narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Jaʿfar ibn Bashir, from someone, from one who narrated to him, from Abu al-Rabiʿ al-Shami, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him), saying, “Among us is a people of Kurds who continually come to us to trade; we mix with them and transact with them.” He said, “O Abu al-Rabiʿ, do not mix with them, for the Kurds are among the jinn from whom Allah lifted the veil, so do not mix with them.”’ On the other hand, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Musa ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, who died in 381 AH, mentions in his book ʿIlal al-Sharaʾiʿ, volume two, page 527, concerning the same subject, in the chapter ‘The reason for which mixing with the Kurds is disliked,’ the following: ‘Saʿd ibn Abdullah narrated to us, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from one who narrated to him, from Abu al-Rabiʿ al-Shami, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him)-meaning Jaʿfar al-Sadiq-and said to him, “Among us is a people of Kurds who come to us for trade and we transact with them.” He said, “O Rabiʿ, do not mix with them, for the Kurds are a tribe of the jinn from whom Allah lifted the veil, so do not mix with them.”’ Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad al-Masʿudi, who died in 346 AH, says in his book Muruj al-Dhahab wa-Maʿadin al-Jawhar, volume two, page 123, regarding the origin of the Kurds: ‘Among the people are those who connect them to the bondmaids of Solomon son of David (peace be upon them both). When his kingdom was taken from him and the devil known as al-Jasad had intercourse with his bondmaids-while Allah protected the believing women from his having intercourse with them-the hypocritical women became pregnant by him. When Allah restored Solomon’s kingdom and those bondmaids who were pregnant by the devil gave birth, he said, “Drive them away to the mountains and valleys.” Their mothers raised them and they multiplied, and that was the beginning of the lineage of the Kurds.’ Sender: Abu Fatimah-from among the Kurds who have recognized the truth of the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them), and one of the supporters of the Yamani (peace be upon him)

Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 7; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 804; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V7-Q804. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗