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The Angel of Death
Allah announces in the Quran:
قُلْ یَتَوَفّٰىکُمْ مَّلَکُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِیْ وُکِّلَ بِکُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰی رَبِّکُمْ تُرْجَعُوْنَ (۱۱)
Say, “The angel of death, who has been appointed over you, takes your souls, then you will be returned to your Lord.”[1]
The scholar, al-Qurṭubī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes:
ʿIzrāīl is so huge that his head is in the heavens and his feet are on earth. He has a host of helper angels; Allah knows best their number. Narrations explain how the other angels are in awe of him, such that when the angels carrying the ʿArsh see him, they become filled with fear.[2]
The angel of death has a very long life. Imam al-Qurṭubī says he will be the final one to pass away (after all of creation in the heavens and the earth die, even after Jibrīl, Mīkāˈīl, and the angels carrying the ʿArsh). Allah will declare, یَامَلَکَ الْمَوْتِ مُتْ – “O angel of Death! You too now die.” The angel of death will then let out a powerful scream and pass away.[3]
Dear Islamic brothers! Allah has blessed the angel of death with great ability. A narration explains how Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم once asked him:
O angel of death! If an epidemic has spread across the earth with people dying in quick succession, and one person is dying in the
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- Virtue of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- The Angel of Death
- Satan’s death
- Intentions of listening to the speech
- An introduction to the angel of death
- The angel of death’s ability
- When the angel of death met Allah’s Messenger
- Who remembers death the most?
- Prepare for death
- Fear the day of return
- The angel of death can see everybody
- Nobody will remain
- The angel of death عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم and his four forms
- The throes of death
- Pious deed number 30
- Department for Handling Religious Literature
- Maintaining family ties
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- Announcement
- The 6 ṣalāt upon the Prophet and 2 duas recited in the sunnah-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 3. 70 doors of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000
- 5. Being close to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering study circle schedule – 2nd May 2024
- Remaining points on maintaining family ties
- The dua to recite after leaving the bathroom
- Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (Pious Deeds)
- How to do collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- The 56 daily Pious Deeds
- Record of Qufl-i-Madina
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
- The Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah’s prayer
