Jinn Al Kaboos – sleep paralysis in Islam

As per Islam, Jinn Al Kaboos attacks you during sleeping and causes sleep paralysis (medical science).

• 10 Types of Jinns according to Islam

Who is Jinn Al Kaboos?

Palis باليس is a type of Jinn that lives in deserts and is known as a foot licker that attacks sleeping people and drains the blood from their bodies by licking the soles of their feet.

Palis has low intelligence, and it can be fooled easily. Jinn Al Kaboos is also from the Palis family.

Jinn Al Kaboos attacks during sleep

If you are asleep and feel that you are getting suffocated and someone or something is being pushed on you, which is not allowing you to breathe, and then all of a sudden, you wake up trying to catch your breath, you have been attacked by Jinn Al-Kaboos.

Medical science has claimed that such a phenomenon is known as “sleep paralysis,” while Islamic scholars argue it is an attack by Jinns.

Sleep paralysis in Islam

Whether it is Jinn Al Kaboos as per Islam or sleep paralysis as per medical science, this feeling is quite frightening, and you should seek spiritual or medical help.

• If you think some medical conditions cause this situation, make sure to seek medical assistance.
• If you believe that a Jinn causes sleep paralysis, make sure to take spiritual help (explained below).

Hadith related to Jinn Al Kaboos

There are so many Hadiths related to Jinns, but despite searching it many times, I couldn’t find any special Hadith that talks about Jinn Al Kaboos.

However, we should not forget the fact that the Holy Quran and Hadith were not revealed to give us knowledge about the types of Jinn. There are special people, studies, and knowledge centers related to Jinns.

If the Quran and Hadith do not contradict these studies, they are believed to be accurate.

How to avoid Jinn attacks while asleep?

There are indeed specific measures that we can take as per Islam to avoid the Jinn Al Kaboos attack while sleeping (sleep paralysis). The best way is to sleep according to the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Here is a list of Sunnah that we should perform before sleeping:

1. Sleep in the state of ablution (wudu).
2. Offer all the obligatory salah before sleep.
3. Clean and dust the bed before sleeping on it.
4. Recite سبحان الله 33 times.
5. Recite ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ‎ 33 times.
6. Recite اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر‎ 34 times.
7. Recite Surah Al-Mulk.
8. Recite the Surah Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falq and Al-Nas.
9. Sleep on your right side.