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While watching this video starting at timestamp 41:03, I heard aleem Dr. Omar Zaid mention that the Jinn live for 500 years. Since he is a notable revert aleem wıth extensive knowledge of previous scriptures as well as Islamic sources, I am sure this statement about Jinn is based on authentic sources, but I have never heard of this before.
What source(s) assert that Jin live for 500 years?
There isn't any authoritative source which mentions the average lifespan of a Jinn (see islamweb). Although it is generally believed that they have long lifespans. For example in the exegesis of 46:29-30, a story is recorded that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ met a jinn who had met Moses عليه السلام and other prophets. And in a report from Abdullah ibn Amr it is implied that jinn from the time of Solomon عليه السلام are still alive.
Every Human that gets born then another jinn gets born. Every human that were born from the time of Prophet Adam till now, the jinn that were born the same time are still alive because the jinns live until the day of judgement because Iblis asked Allah to live until the day of judgement the time he didn't listen to Allah and Allah accepted that so all jinns live until the day of judgement.
