The Number of Angels Assigned to a Human Being
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, Abu Sa'im says: Are the angels assigned to a human being four or two?
Answer:
[Qaf 50:18]? Certainly, there are two: one on the right and one on the left. The one on the right records the good deeds, and the one on the left records the bad deeds. And as for the *mu'aqqibat* (those who follow), they are [Ar-Ra'd 13:11] these are the ones who follow. As for the *hāfiẓat* (guardians), they are two. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, Abu Sa'im says: Are the angels assigned to a human being four or two?
Answer:
Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌsuccessive [angels] before and behind him
مُعَقِّبَاتٌ مِّن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ
Source
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