Mokhtar Stork
Prophet Muhammad is
reported to have asked A’ishah whether anyone had seen the Mugharribun. Not
knowing anything about the subject, she asked, “What does Mugharribun mean?”
Muhammad (s.a.w.) replied, “They are those in whom there is a strain of the
Jinn.” (Abu Dawud). What we are being introduced to is a strain or species of
Jinn.
Islamic
scholars have come up with several explanations based on assumptions and
references to Qur’anic verses and Ahadith in a general and literal context. One
said that if a person does not recite supplications (dua) at the time of having
sex, the Mugharribun will associate itself with the act of intercourse. These are assumption made by them.
Just image: do you believe that most Muslims remember to recite God’s name when
they are about to have sex? Most do so spontaneously out of lust and desire. If
what was said is true in the literal context, we should be having billions of
Mugharribun born out of Muslim wedlock. Think about it?
Let me offer you a more
realistic, practical perception in line with reality. On the Malay Archipelago
(Malaysia where I come from and in Indonesia), we have a community known as "Orang
Bunyan". These people are the result of inter-marriage between jinn
and humans. They are unseen to normal humans, only to those who are capable and
have been allowed to do so.
My wife's uncle was married to
one. You could hear the children laughing but if you went over, you only saw
her uncle. He ended up being blind because his Bunyan wife was jealous and did
not want him to have a human wife. He was finally rescued from his Bunyan wife
by my wife’s uncle, a well-known ustad in Singapore.
I knew a bomoh (a common
name generally used to depict a Malaysian spiritual healer) who had a
relationship with them and he took me to visit them. It was a fascinating
experience. We were in their world for an hour or so but were reported missing
at the police station in Pahang for seven days.
I firmly believe that the
‘Bunyan’ of the Malay Archipelago are the Mugharribun mentioned by Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w.) in Hadith. They are indeed the result of inter-marriage
between jinn and humans. [Mokhtar Stork: The Realm of Smokeless Fire.
Chapter 8 (The Mugharribun) and Chapter 9 (The Bunyan): book being completed].
