Belief in the Angels

Question In high school, some of the teachers tell us stories about the angels and about Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him), and they said that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, commanded Jibreel to take the soul of a woman (in death), so he went to her and …

Question Why does belief in the Books come after belief in the angels and before belief in the Messengers in the hadith of the Prophet: “To believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in predestination (al-qadar), both good and bad”? Answer   …

Question Belief I received poetry meaning,”O ALLAH WHEN YOU ARE CLOSER TO ME THAN MY JUGULAR VEIN, THAN WHY ANGELS ARE APPOINTED ON MY SHOULDERS! This like expression seems to me unwarranted in Belief- questioning the contrivance and plans of Allah. May please give scholarly opinion. Answer   Praise be …

Question Please tell us about the angels who are appointed to record a person’s deeds during his life. When the person dies, do the two angels who were appointed to watch him also die, or where do they end up after the person dies? Answer   Praise be to Allah. …

Question How can we reconcile between the verse {He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned} [al-Anbiya’ 21:23] and the verse {And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth successive generations.” They said, “Will You …