The Presence of the Angels and the Departure of the Devils
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I say: Is it true that if the angels are present in a place, the devils leave?
Answer:
There is no doubt; the angels and the devils never gather together. When the devil sees an angel, he flees, as it was said regarding Badr:[Al-Anfal 8:48] [Al-Anfal 8:48] meaning the angels came, the angels came with the Companions, so when he saw the angels, he fled and threw himself into the sea, may Allah curse him. So the angels never gather with the devils in a place. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I say: Is it true that if the angels are present in a place, the devils leave?
Answer:
There is no doubt; the angels and the devils never gather together. When the devil sees an angel, he flees, as it was said regarding Badr:
And [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said,
وَإِذْ زَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَا غَالِبَ لَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنِّي جَارٌ لَّكُمْ فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَتِ الْفِئَتَانِ نَكَصَ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ وَقَالَIndeed, I see what you do not see
إِنِّي أَرَىٰ مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (57:27)
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