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• "O you who believe! save yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men
and stones; over it are angels stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah in what He
commands them, and do as they are commanded." - At-Tahrim (Prohibition) 66:6
• The Qur'an and Hadith describe Satan as a troublemaker, and reference a set of interesting exploits.
o He ties knots in hair when one is asleep.37
o He stays in the upper part of one's nose at night.38 World Religions 1: Islam
o He touches babies and makes them cry when they are born.39
o He tries to cast aspersions into prophecy.40
o He tries to eavesdrop (listen in order to steal knowledge of future events).41
o He urinates in the ears of those who fall asleep during prayers.4
o He enters into a person when they yawn. Yawning is from Satan (Al-Bukhari 43 4:54:509 and Allah
dislikes it (but he likes sneezing; Al-Bukhari 8:73:242, 245). All verses in this section are chronological and
are related to the inscribed period of time.

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13.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Why do Muslims believe that Allah created Hell?

2. According to the Qur’an, describe Hell:
3. According to the Hadiths, how many Muslims today, if all 1.8 million died, would go to Heaven?

4. Who are the majority of inhabitants going to Hell?

5. What are Jinn?

6. What are Jinn capable of doing?

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