Could there be a jinn in my home?
As-salamu alaykum. I’m a 21-year-old woman and I’ve been having some strange things happen in my house for a few months now. It started with this odd thing where whenever I’m alone or in the dark I suddenly smell a very strong, beautiful perfume right next to my face, even though nobody here wears anything like that (low-key want to find that perfume though). It feels like someone just walked past me. The scent is different sometimes, which makes it even weirder. I also keep hearing scratching in the walls, but this is a new house so it shouldn’t be pests. The noise is loud enough, yet whenever I try to show someone else they don’t hear it and when I look it seems to stop. I asked my sister to listen and she thought I was being dramatic. I honestly checked for rodents and there’s nothing. There’s more: I’ve been having nightmares I can’t remember clearly, but I always wake up anxious and unsettled like I watched a scary film in my sleep. My hair has been falling out a lot too - it’s in clumps and it’s frightening. At first I kept seeing things move from the corner of my eye or pass right by me when I was looking at my phone. They looked like dark shadows. It happened so often I couldn’t just call it coincidence. We always have Quran recitation playing on the TV while we sleep, so I’m not sure why this is happening. I was actually so nervous writing this that I had to turn the light on. I’m sharing this because I don’t know what to do next. Any dua suggestions, ruqyah tips, or practical steps from anyone who’s dealt with something similar would be really appreciated. JazakAllah khair.