Who is Abu al-Mala'ikah and Who is Abu al-Jinn?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This is a question that came from France. He says: We know that the father of mankind is Adam, so who is the father of the angels and the father of the jinn? And which of the believers is better, a believing human or a believing jinn?
The Shaykh:
As for Abu al-Mala'ikah, I do not know about him. Who said that the angels have this thing? It is not mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, no, no. Do not ask about this. This is an act of over-exertion for which Allah has not sent down any authority. As for Abu al-Jinn, he is Iblis, and Abu al-Inas is Adam (peace be upon him). What is the rest of the question?
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. And which of the believers is better, a believing human or a believing jinn?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best, Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says:
The Shaykh:
The disagreement is only regarding which of the believers from among the humans is better. It is the angels about whom there is disagreement. As for comparing the believing jinn and the believing humans, I do not know. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This is a question that came from France. He says: We know that the father of mankind is Adam, so who is the father of the angels and the father of the jinn? And which of the believers is better, a believing human or a believing jinn?
The Shaykh:
As for Abu al-Mala'ikah, I do not know about him. Who said that the angels have this thing? It is not mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, no, no. Do not ask about this. This is an act of over-exertion for which Allah has not sent down any authority. As for Abu al-Jinn, he is Iblis, and Abu al-Inas is Adam (peace be upon him). What is the rest of the question?
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. And which of the believers is better, a believing human or a believing jinn?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best, Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says:
The Shaykh:
The disagreement is only regarding which of the believers from among the humans is better. It is the angels about whom there is disagreement. As for comparing the believing jinn and the believing humans, I do not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [788- 4717] من هو أبو الملائكة ومن هو أبو الجن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.