1d] Al-Malaa’ikah (Angels)

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they call out to one another,"Come to what you hunger for!" and they enfold them with their wings, stretching up to the lowest heaven. Their Lord asked then, and He knows better than them,"What are My slaves saying?" They say: "They are glorifying, magnifying,praising and extolling You." He asks, "Have they seen Me?" They say, "No, by Allaah, they have not seen You." He asks, "And how would it be if they saw Me?" They say, "They would be even more fervent and devoted in their praise and worship." He asks, "What are they asking me for?" They say,"They ask You for Paradise." He asks, "And have they seen it?" They say, "No, by Allaah, O Lord,they have not seen it." He asks, "And how would it be if they saw it?" They say: "They would be even more eager for it and theywould beseech You even more earnestly." He asks,"And what do they seek My protection from?" They say, "From the Fire of Hell." He asks, "Have they seen it?" They say,"No, by Allaah, they have
not seen it." He asks, "Andhow would it be if they saw it?" They say: "They would be even more afraid and anxious to escape it." Allah says:"You are My witnesses that I have forgiven them." One of the angels says: "So-and-so is not really one of them; he came (to the gathering) for some other reason." Allah says, "They were all in the gathering, and one of them will not be excluded (from forgiveness)."'" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 6408).
Some of them are responsible for the mountains. 'Aa'ishah (mayAllaah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him):"Have you ever faced any day more difficult than the day of Uhud?" He said:"I suffered at the hands ofyour people and the worst that I suffered was what I suffered at their hands on the day of 'Aqabah. That was when I went to call Ibn 'Abd Yaalayl ibn 'Abd al-Kalaal to Islam, and he did not respond. I left, feeling depressed and hardly knowing where I was going. I did not recover until I found myself in Qarn al-Tha'aalib. I raised my head and saw that I was being shaded by a cloud. I looked, and saw Jibreel in the cloud. He called me and said: 'Allah has heard what your people said and how theyresponded to you. He has sent the Angel of the Mountains so that you cantell him to do to them whatever you want.' The Angel of the Mountains called me and greeted me, then said: 'O Muhammad, tell me
what you want me to do. If youwant, I can crush them between two mountains.'" The Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said:"All I hope for is that Allahwill bring forth from their loins people who will worship Allah alone and not associate any partner with Him." (Reported by al-Buhaari, Fath, no. 3231).
Some of them visit the Much Frequented House (al-bayt al-ma'moor). In the lengthy hadeeth describing the Israa' and Mi'raaj (the Night Journey and the Ascent to Heaven), the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said:
"Then I was taken up to the Much-Frequented House: every day seventy thousand angels visit it and leave, never returningto it again, another [group] coming after them."
There are also angels standing in rows, who never get tired or sit down, and others who bow or prostrate, and never raise their heads, aswas reported by Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (Peace & Blessings ofAllaah be upon Him) said: 'I see what you do not seeand hear what you do nothear. The heaven makes anoise like groaning, and ithas the right to (or it is nosurprise), for there is no space in it the width of four fingers, but there is an angel there, placing hisforehead in sujood (prostration) to Allaah. By Allaah, if you knew what Iknow, you would laugh little and weep much, youwould not enjoy your relationships with womenand you would go out in the street praying to Allaah.'" (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 2312)
This is a summary of Islamic teachings concerning the noble angels of Allaah. We ask Allaah to make us believe in them and love them. May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad.
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From Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn 'Awf, who said: "I asked 'Aa'ishah the Mother of the Believers about what the Prophet (Peace& Blessings of Allaah be upon Him)/