Ibn Taymiyahs Essay on the Jinn (Demons)

Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips has rendered Ibn Taymiyahs treatise, Eedah ad-Dalalah fee Umoom ar-Risalah, from volume 19 of Majmoo al-Fatawa (A Collection of Religious Rulings) 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. Shaykh Ibn Taymiyahs treatise provides a very clear, concise, and authentic view of this intriguing subject based on the Quran, the Sunnah, the interpretation and experience of the Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and the early scholars of Islam. The translator 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 Taymiyahs views as both relevant and orthodox.