a tall statured Sudanese tribe; they resembled them.”(270)

There is also the incident concerning Khalid b. al-Walid, which is famous and has been authenticated and accepted by the leading scholars of Hadith: when the idol called ‘Uzza was destroyed, a jinn came out of it in the form of a black woman. Khalid cut it into two with his sword. The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) said in connection with this: “They used to worship it inside the idol ‘Uzza; it can no longer be worshipped.”(271)

Also, is a narration from ‘Umar: he said: “While we were with God’s Messenger, 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.”(272) 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. We would only add this:

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(270) Musnad (Tahqiq: Ahmad Shakir) vi, 165 no: 4353; Suyuti, al-Khasa’is al-Kubra i, 343; ii, 361.
(271) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 362; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 287; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 738; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya iv, 316; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id vi, 176.
(272) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 363; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 287; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa v, 416-8.