Are there angels with black faces?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Shaykh, are there angels with black faces?
The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Are there angels with black faces?
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah. He asks, are there angels with black faces?
This is a question that should not be asked! It is a question of excessive inquiry and pretension! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And I will give you, my brother, a rule, and to all of you: "Do not ask about matters of the unseen; limit yourself to what you have heard and what has reached you from the revelation, and leave the rest." Do you understand?
Some people ask whether the angels are male and female, or only male, or only female! Is this a question?
Is this a question?! And what concern do you have with them?
The rule for the believer who wants to be at ease and to be polite with Allah and His Messenger is: "Not to ask about anything of the matters of the unseen, but to believe in them as they have come." Therefore, if there were any good in this question, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would have been the first to ask about it. So your question is good because we have benefited from this advice: do not ask about matters of the unseen. When a man asked Imam Malik ibn Anas (may Allah have mercy on him),[Taha 20:5] How did He rise above the Throne?
He became angry. How do you ask how He rose above the Throne? He said, "I do not see you as anything but an innovator," and ordered him to be taken out of the Messenger's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque. This is a question with no need for it. Yes, Yasar.
The questioner : Your Eminence, is there a hadith about Adam that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 3348 And is there a narration: Sahih Muslim 2894a?
The Shaykh : No, the hadith you mentioned is that Allah says to Adam on the Day of Resurrection:Sahih al-Bukhari 7483.
Shaykh, are there angels with black faces?
The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Are there angels with black faces?
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah. He asks, are there angels with black faces?
This is a question that should not be asked! It is a question of excessive inquiry and pretension! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The affectationists are ruined.
هلك المتنطّعونSome people ask whether the angels are male and female, or only male, or only female! Is this a question?
Is this a question?! And what concern do you have with them?
The rule for the believer who wants to be at ease and to be polite with Allah and His Messenger is: "Not to ask about anything of the matters of the unseen, but to believe in them as they have come." Therefore, if there were any good in this question, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would have been the first to ask about it. So your question is good because we have benefited from this advice: do not ask about matters of the unseen. When a man asked Imam Malik ibn Anas (may Allah have mercy on him),
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.
الرّحمن على العرش استوىHe became angry. How do you ask how He rose above the Throne? He said, "I do not see you as anything but an innovator," and ordered him to be taken out of the Messenger's (peace and blessings be upon him) mosque. This is a question with no need for it. Yes, Yasar.
The questioner : Your Eminence, is there a hadith about Adam that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam.' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa`daik', and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah will say: 'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam will say: 'O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?' Allah will reply: 'From every one thousand, take out nine-hundred-and ninety-nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed, every pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah." The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?" He said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one person will be from you and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog." The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He added, "I hope that you will be one-third of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He further said, "You (Muslims) (compared with non Muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared with theirs).
يا آدم أخرج بعث النّار، قال: وما بعث النّار؟ قال: من كلّ ألف تسعمائة وتسعة وتسعونNinety-nine out of each one hundred
من كلّ مائة تسعة وتسعونThe Shaykh : No, the hadith you mentioned is that Allah says to Adam on the Day of Resurrection: