Do jinn marry and have children?

Jinn have descendants

When the Quran tells the story of Iblis refusing to bow to Adam, it mentions his family line directly:

"His descendants" (dhurriyyatahu) shows that jinn have children. Another verse describes the companions of Paradise as untouched "by any human or jinn" before them (Quran 55:56), which scholars take as a sign that jinn have a married, physical life of their own kind. For more on Iblis's origin, see Is Iblis an angel or a jinn?

A world much like ours

From the Quran and hadith we learn that jinn:

• eat and drink, and have their own food;
• live in communities and tribes (Quran 7:27 mentions Satan's "tribe");
• are male and female, and are born and die;
• have free will, so some are Muslim and some are not (Quran 72:11–14). See Can jinn be Muslim?

Angels, by contrast, don't eat, marry or have children. That's one of the clearest differences between the two creations.

Can a human marry a jinn?

This comes up a lot online. Classical scholars discussed it, and most said such a marriage is not allowed or not valid. Their reasons include that marriage in the Quran is described between humans "from among yourselves" (Quran 30:21), that the two species are too different to live together, and that claims of such marriages are impossible to verify. A minority of earlier scholars debated it more openly, and Imam Malik is reported to have disliked it strongly. In practice, no mainstream scholar today encourages it.

If someone claims a jinn "spouse" is troubling them, that's a matter for a doctor and, alongside that, ruqyah from a trustworthy person, not a matter for a wedding. See What is ruqyah and can I do it myself?

Keep curiosity in proportion

It's natural to wonder about jinn family life, but the Quran gives us only what we need. Focus on the main lesson: jinn and humans were both created to worship Allah (Quran 51:56), and each will be judged.