Males and Females Among the Angels
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Do the angels include males and females, or are they only males, or only females?
There is a rule for the believer who wants to be at ease and to put others at ease, and to be well-mannered with Allah and His Messenger: he should not ask about any of the matters of the unseen. We believe in them as they have come. So, if there had been any good in this question, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would have been the first to ask about it. And, if Allah wills, your question is good; because we benefited from this advice: matters of the unseen are not to be asked about. When a man said to Imam Malik ibn Anas (may Allah have mercy on him): [Ta-Ha:5] He became angry. How do you ask how He rose?And he said to him: I do not see you as anything but an innovator, and he ordered that he be taken out of the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque, from al-Masjid al-Nabawi.
There is a rule for the believer who wants to be at ease and to put others at ease, and to be well-mannered with Allah and His Messenger: he should not ask about any of the matters of the unseen. We believe in them as they have come. So, if there had been any good in this question, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would have been the first to ask about it. And, if Allah wills, your question is good; because we benefited from this advice: matters of the unseen are not to be asked about. When a man said to Imam Malik ibn Anas (may Allah have mercy on him):