Qareen

قرين

Qareen

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Origin

In Islamic belief, every person is accompanied from birth by a Qareen — a personal jinn companion — and a recording angel. The Qareen knows every weakness, desire, and secret of its assigned human. The Prophet Muhammad stated that even he had a Qareen, but that his had submitted to Islam.

Appearance

Has no fixed appearance. It mirrors the human it accompanies. May rarely be perceived in dreams as a shadowed version of oneself.

Abilities

Intimately knows the human's soul and whispers toward their specific weaknesses. Can cause recurring negative thoughts and persistent temptation. Speaks in the voice of the human themselves.

Weaknesses & Wards

Weaknesses

  • mantra
    Recitation of Surah Al-Nas (Quran 114) — the surah explicitly about whispering companions

Wards

  • mantra
    Morning and evening dhikr (remembrance of God)
  • ritual
    Ablution (wudu) — the Qareen cannot approach the purified person
Sources
  1. [1]
    Sahih Muslim. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. c. 875 CE. Sahih Muslim. Hadith 2814 — the Qareen of the Prophetliterary
  2. [2]
    The Jinn in Islamic Belief. Dols, Michael W. 1992. Majnun: The Madman in Medieval Islamic Society. Oxford University Press.academic
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