We were heading towards Koofah with ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ ... and he mentioned the hadeeth about the man with the deformity. ʿAli said: By Allah, I did not lie and I was not lied to - three times. Then ‘Ali said: My close friend told me that there are three brothers of the jinn; this is the oldest of them, the second has a lot of followers around him and the third is somewhat weak.
عَلِيٌّ فَوَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلا كُذِبْتُ ثَلاثًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَا إِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَخْبَرَنِي ثَلاثَةَ إِخْوَةٍ مِنَ الجِنِّ هَذَا أَكْبَرُهُمْ وَالثَّانِي لَهُ جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ وَالثَّالِثُ فِيهِ ضَعْفٌ