Belief in the Angels

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Imaan bil Malaa'ikah - You must believe in the existence of Angels meaning believing they exist, and are as Allah says:

‘Honoured servants of Allah who do not precede him in speech and they fulfil what Allah commands them to do.’ al-Qur’an, Surah al-Anbiyaa’ 21: 26

We are obliged to know about certain individual Angels: Jibreel (Gabriel), Mika’il, Israfeel (Who will blow the trumpet at the last hour), Munkar & Nakir (Who will question every soul in the grave), Ridwan, Malik (The angel of hellfire), Malik ul Mawt (the angel of death) and the Kiraman Katibeen (who record the deeds of a person). We must also believe that Jibreel is the Angel who conveyed the message to the Prophets including the Holy Qur’an to Muhammad (saw) . And Allah says,

“O you who believe; Believe in Allah, his Messenger and the book which He has revealed to His Messenger, step by step, as well as in the revelation which He sent down before,: for he who denies Allah, and His angels, and His revelations, and His apostles, and the Last Day, has indeed gone far astray.” al-Qur’an, Surah al-Nisaa’, 4:136

And Allah says,

“The Messenger, and the believers with him, believe in what has been revealed to him by his Lord: they all believe in Allah, and His angels, and His revelations, and His apostles, making no distinction between any of His apostles; and they say: We have heard, and we pay heed. Grant us your forgiveness, O our Lord, for with You is all journeys' end!” al-Qur’an, Surah al-Baqarah, 2: 285

It is reported upon the authority of Omar bin al-Khattab (ra) that when Jibreel (as) came to the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said in the form of a man and asked about Imaan, he (saw) responded that Imaan is:

“To believe in Allah, His Angels, His books, His Messengers, the Hereafter and that the Divine destiny of good and bad is with Allah.” Saheeh al-Bukhari, Kitaab ul-Imaan and Saheeh al-Muslim, Kitaab ul-Imaan

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1. Monotheism

You must believe Allah is One and Unique. He has no partner in His Essence, Names, Attributes, or Actions or right to be worshipped and obeyed exclusively.

2. Belief in Allah

You must believe in Allah ; meaning to believe that He is Existent and not Non-existent; He is Eternal, not originating in or subject to time or space; He is Everlastingly living and will never die; Dissimilar to and other than anything within time or spa

3. Belief in the Angels

You must believe in the existence of Angels

4. Belief in the divine books

You must believe in the divine books mentioned by name and that many books were revealed without being named in the Qur’an and Sunnah.

5. Belief in the Prophets and Messengers

It is obligatory to believe in the Prophets and Messengers, that is to believe that indeed Allah , sent the Prophets and Messengers to his slaves, to warn, to give the glad tidings and to give Da’wah to the truth, so whoever responds to them will have

6. Belief in the last day

You must believe in the Last Day and the Hereafter, when people will be raised alive from the dead to be judged then placed either: In the abode of eternal enjoyment - Jannah or in the abode of severe punishment - Jahannam.

7. Belief in Destiny

You must believe in the divine decree of Allah

8. Belief in fate

We must believe exclusively that Allah has the absolute power to predestine all fate (al-Qadhaa) and all destiny (al-Qadr). al-Qadhaa is the predestination of all our deeds, whether good or bad.