Hadith 124

From Abdul Malik who said, ‘The Jinn were not barred during the gap period between Isa-as and Muhammad-saww. When Allah-azwj Sent Muhammad-saww, they were barred from the sky of the world and the Jinn were pelted with the meteors, and they gathered to Iblees-la. He-la said, ‘An event has occurred in the earth, so get to know it! Inform us-la what is this occurrence’. So he-la sent this number to Tihama and to a side of Al Yemen, and they were noblest of the Jinn and their chiefs. They found the Prophet-saww praying the morning Salat at a date plantation. They listened to him-saww reciting the Quran. When they presented to him-saww, they said, ‘they said, ‘Listen! ’ So when it (recitation) ended, – meaning with that, he-saww was free from the morning Salat – they turned back towards their people, warning them [46: 29]. Momineen were not aware with them until it was Revealed: Say: ‘It is Revealed unto me that a number of the Jinn listened intently [72: 1]. It is said they were seven from the people of Nasibeyn’’. [135] (non-Shia source)