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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The two litigants who climbed over the mihrab – the mihrab of Dawud – were they from the angels or from the humans?

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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the two litigants who climbed over the mihrab, the mihrab of Dawud, are they from the angels or from the humans?

Answer:
They are from the angels. Imagine that the mihrab of Dawud, meaning the place of prayer, the mihrab is not what we know now, the altar in the wall, no, the mihrab is the place of prayer, it is called a mihrab. So they wanted Dawud, so the two angels were sent to him, they climbed over his mihrab, they climbed over the wall, and he did not realize it until they were with him
and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversariesفَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ
[Sad 38:22]
and so on. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [373 -858] الخصمان اللذان تسورا المحراب -محراب داود- هل هم من الملائكة أم من البشر؟ — youtube.com

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