The Forty Sacred Hadith

[Shereen]

<i>Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a. </i>



<b>THE SECOND PILLAR OF IMAN </b>


:::Belief in the Angels.


:::Belief that among Allah's creation are angels.


:::Real beings, not illusions or figments of human imagination.


:::Created from light.


A Muslim must believe specifically in <b>all the angels </b>named and/or described in the Qur'an and the Sunnah.


<b>Jibreel: </b>in charge of delivering revelation.


<b>Mika'il: </b>in charge of bringing the rain.


<b>Israfil: </b>the blower of the horn on Qiyama.


<b>Malik-ul-Maut: </b>the Angel of Death who takes people's souls at death.


<b>The Noble Recorders: </b>those who record people's actions.


<b>The Protectors (Al-Mu'aqqibat): </b>who keep people from death until its decreed time.


<b>Ridhwan</b>: in charge of Paradise.


<b>Malik</b>: in charge of Hell.


<b>Munkar and Nakir: </b>the questioners in the grave.


The Carriers of the Throne.


Those who record the future of the fetus.


Those who enter the Haram: 70,000 every day.


Those who move about, descending upon gatherings at which Allah and His Book are mentioned and studied.( subhan allah)