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The Aqeedah of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah |
Author : Shaykh Salih al-Uthaimeen
Source : Aqeedah Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah(1)
Translated by: Abu Ahmad |
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We believe in the Allah’s Angels and also that :
"They are but honoured slaves.
They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on
His Command."
Allah created them and they are fully occupied in
worshipping Him and are completely obedient to Him.
As Allah says:
"..those who are near Him
(i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him,
nor are they weary (of His worship). They (i.e. the
angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they
never slacken (to do so)."
Allah has kept them away from our vision, that’s why
we cannot see them. But in some instances Allah has
enabled some of His servants to see them. Like our
Prophet (saw) saw the Angel Jibreel (as) in his real
form, he had six hundred wings and he spanned the
whole horizon. Similarly Jibreel (as) appeared in
front of Mary in a human form and they spoke to each
other.
Likewise, one day in the gathering of the sahaaba
, Jibreel (as) came in the form of unfamiliar person
in front of the Prophet(saw), there were no signs
of travel on him, the clothes were exceptionally white
and the hair extremely black. He sat keeping his knees
opposite the knees of the Prophet (saw), and he kept
his hands on his thighs and started speaking to him
(saw). (After he departed), the prophet(saw) said
that he was Jibreel (as).
We believe that there are some angels who are entrusted
with some specific duties. And among them is the Jibreel
(as) to whom the task of revelation was assigned,
with which he descended and which he gave to the Prophet
or the Messenger of Allah whom Allah willed to receive.
And among them is Mikaa’eel, who is entrusted with
the task of rainfall and growth of crops. And there
is Israafeel, who will blow the horn on the day of
judgment when the people will fall unconscious and
again when they will be brought back to life.
And among them is malak-al-maut (angel of death),
who when death approaches is appointed to take possession
of the soul. And there is malak-al-jabaal who
is entrusted with the affairs of the mountains, and
there is an angel named Maalik, who is the incharge
of the Hell.
Similarly, there are some angels who protect and safeguard
the unborn babies in the wombs of mothers and some
are assigned to protect some men and some (angels)
write their (mens') books of deeds, and for this each
person is assigned two angels. As Allah says:
"(Remember!) that the two
receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being
), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to
note his or her actions) . Not a word does he (or
she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to
record it)."
And there are some angels (whom we call Munkar
and Nakeer) who question the dead. When someone
is taken to the grave after his death there come two
angels who question him about his Lord, his Deen and
his Prophet. Allah says in Holy Qur’an :
"Allah will keep firm those
who believe, with the word that stands firm in this
world (i.e. they will keep on worshipping Allah Alone
and none else), and in the Hereafter. And Allah will
cause to go astray those who are Zaalimoon (polytheists
and wrong-doers, etc.), and Allah does what He wills.
And there are some angels who are assigned the task
to take care of people of Jannah, as Allah
says:
"And angels shall enter unto
them from every gate (saying): "Salaamun 'Alaikum
(peace be upon you) for that you persevered in patience!
Excellent indeed is the final home!"
The prophet (saw) said:
"In the heavens there is
bait (house) al-Ma’moor in which enter
seventy thousand angels every day." In one
narration, they pray in it. "Those
who enter it once will never enter it again."[2]
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