A jinn of two spans in height?
The renowned Islamic scholar Ibn Zubayr (RA) once saw a man. The man's height would be two spans. Do you understand two spans? Well, a measurement that can be obtained from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger by stretching five fingers. How many inches are in two spans? Mine is 16 inches. That would be between 15-20. That means it is not even two feet. However, the incident was thousands of years ago. According to a Hadith, the measurement of two spans of a person at that time was supposed to be much more than the two spans of a person today. How much more? It does not seem to be more than two to two and a half feet.
However,
he asked the man, 'What are you?'
He said, 'I am Izb.'
He said, 'What is Izb again?'
He said, 'I am a jinn.'
After hearing the jinn, he hit the jinn on the head with his whip in such a way that the poor Izb escaped alive.
One thing is proven from this incident that jinn are also afraid of humans in some areas. And being afraid of jinn and devils makes them stronger. Just think about it? A jinn in the form of a man, two feet tall, is introducing himself as a jinn in front of you! What would you have done?