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    Also, is a narration from ‘Umar: he said: “While we were with God’s Messenger (UWBP), a jinn called Hama came in the form of an old man carrying a staff; he accepted Islam. The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) instructed him in some of the short Suras of the Qur’an, which he listened to and then departed.”(*[1])Some scholars of Hadith have questioned this last incident, but the most important of them declared it to be authentic. In any event, it is unnecessary to describe this sort at length, for the examples of it are many.

    1. *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 363; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 287; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, v,416-8.