How can the angels take the soul of a person in a house that contains images?
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The questioner : All right, regarding the image... the image is under the rank of...
The Shaykh : The answer will come to you.
The questioner : One... how can the angels take his soul when the images are present?
The Shaykh : Do you imagine that the angels are unable to take the soul from outside the house?
The questioner : From the window.
The Shaykh : And the inability to enter is not due to incapacity, for the gathering in which the devils of mankind are present is not one that the righteous of mankind cannot enter; rather, they can enter but do not, not out of inability but out of elevation. Likewise, the angels do not enter out of inability but out of elevation. Therefore, the angels that take souls are able to take the soul without mixing with the gathering in which those devils are present.
The Shaykh : The answer will come to you.
The questioner : One... how can the angels take his soul when the images are present?
The Shaykh : Do you imagine that the angels are unable to take the soul from outside the house?
The questioner : From the window.
The Shaykh : And the inability to enter is not due to incapacity, for the gathering in which the devils of mankind are present is not one that the righteous of mankind cannot enter; rather, they can enter but do not, not out of inability but out of elevation. Likewise, the angels do not enter out of inability but out of elevation. Therefore, the angels that take souls are able to take the soul without mixing with the gathering in which those devils are present.
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