All of this is baseless. He did not fight the jinn and no such thing happened at all. Rather this is false and is one of the lies and fabrications that people have invented. Abu’l-‘Abbaas Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) stated this clearly and said: “It is a lie which has no foundation. It is one of the false stories fabricated by the liars.”
The claims that ‘Ali fought against the Jinn are baseless lies
Question 10359
Is it true that Imaam ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) fought against the jinn? This is narrated in the book Ghazawaat al-Imaam ‘Ali, which says that he fought them until he sent them down to the seventh earth. What is your opinion of this book?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
Islamic history and biography
Virtues and Merits
Source:
Kitab Majmoo’ Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi’ah li Samahat al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allah ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), vol. 9, p. 277
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