• Alukah English HomepageSitemapRSS
  • Alukah English Homepage
  • Alukah Guestbook
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Make us your Homepage
  • Contact Us
Alukah in Arabic
Alukah is a rich, cultural website supervised by Dr. Khaled El-Jeraissy and Dr. Saad El-Hmed
 
Website of Dr. Sadd Bin Abdullah El-Hmed  Supervised By 
  • Homepage
  • Islamic Shariah
  • Thoughts and Knowledge
  • Society and Reform
  • Counsels
  • Muslims around the World
  • Library
 All Sections | Rearing and Parenting   Family   Children   Society  
  •  
    Steps Toward Divine Upbringing
    Hosam Kamal An-Najjar
  •  
    Tips for a Happy Married Life
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    Avoid failure succeeds
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    Do not despair of success in your business
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    The mental visualization of success
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    Stations: Scientific and practical
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    Success: Concept - Secrets - Reasons - metrics - rules
    Prof . Zaid Mohammed Al-Rommany
  •  
    Who is the best mother?
    Dr. Samiya `Atiyyah Nabyuwwah
  •  
    Heritage of my grandmother
    Hana` Rashad
  •  
    Marriage and the comfort of life
    Zayd ibn Muhammad Ar-Rummany
  •  
    How to be good to your children?
    Ahlam Ali
  •  
    Love for the sake of Allah in our family meetings
    Khalid ibn Muhammad Ash-Shihry
  •  
    The secret of a smile
    Hana` Rashad
  •  
    Order in Family
    Amin Ahsan Islahi
  •  
    Open the eyes of your child to books
    Almaz Burhan
  •  
    In some fatigue lies success
    Abeer An-Nahhas
Home / Islamic Shariah / Belief

What are the names of the two angels who will question the deceased?

‘Abdullah bin Hamoud al-Furaih

Published On: 19/8/2017 A.D. - 26/11/1438 H.   Visited: 12759 times     


Print Friendly Version Send to your friend Visitors CommentsPost a CommentFollow Comments



Full Text Increase Font SizeReset Font SizeDecrease Font Size
Share it


The Grave

What are the names of the two angels who will question the deceased?

At-Tirmidhy narrated in his Sunan the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “When the deceased (or he said: any one of you) is buried, two black and blue angels, one of whom is called Munkar and the other Nakeer come to him. They say, ‘What did you say about this man?’ And he says what he used to say, that he is the slave of Allah and His Messenger, ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.’ They say, ‘We knew that you would say this.’ Then his grave is expanded, seventy cubits wide, and it is filled with light. He says, ‘Let me go back to my family and tell them.’ They say, ‘Sleep like a bridegroom whom no one will wake but his most beloved,’ until Allah raises him up. But if he was a hypocrite he says, ‘I heard the people saying something and I said likewise, I do not know.’ So they say, ‘We knew that you would say that.’ Then it is said to the earth, ‘Squeeze him,’ so it squeezes him until his ribs interlock. And he will remain like that, being tormented, until Allah raises him up...”[1]

Benefit: in another Hadith the names of the two angels came as: Mubasshir and Bashir. In a Hadith: there are 4 of them and the names of the third and fourth are Nakoor and Rumman. All of them are weak Hadiths.

Another benefit: among the people of knowledge they called them Munkir and Nakeer (meaning “Denied”) because they are two names that are not given to the angels that Allah Almighty described with the qualities of praise so they make the previous Hadiths weak. The reason for these names: they were called by that not because their qualities are denied but because the deceased does not know them so denies them as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said to his angel guest:

{ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ }

“He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.” [Al Thariyat: 25]

 

(This is) because he did not know them

Munkar spoke to them, is correct as Al Suyuti says, may Allah be pleased with him.

Munkar was adjusted by opening the kaaf (a letter in Arabic similar to “k”, but “opening it” by putting an “a” in front of it)    So I do not know any discrepancy in it (the name)

After the trial there is the destiny and the situation in the grave, either in comfort (we ask Allah for his permission) or in punishment (we ask Allah Almighty for peace and tranquility).
 


[1] Ibn Hibban authenticated it (7/386) and Al Albany improved it, may Allah be pleased with them all



Print Friendly Version Send to your friend Visitors CommentsPost a CommentFollow Comments



Selected From Alukah.net

  • Two ways and two exits(Article - Thoughts and Knowledge)
  • His Beautiful Names(Book - Library)
  • cription Of The Holy Land And Its Names(Book - Library)
  • Description of the Kaaba and its names(Book - Library)
  • Description of the Holy Land and its names(Book - Library)
  • THE GRANDEUR OF THE NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE QURAN(Book - Library)
  • Stereotyping Muslim Names in German Textbooks draws ire(Article - Muslims Around the World)
  • The Fruits of Knowing and Understanding Allah's Names and Attributes(Article - Islamic Shariah)
  • Knowledge of Allah's Names and Attributes is Life to the Hearts(Article - Islamic Shariah)
  • Allah's Names(Article - Islamic Shariah)

 


Add your comment:
Name  
Email (Will not be shown to visitors)
Country
Comment Title
Comment

Please write: COMMENT in this box to verify that you are human

Enter the above code here:
Can't read? Try different words.
Our Authors
  • Those who disobey God and follow their sinful lusts..
  • One can attain real happiness
  • Islam clearly reveals to us more details about the one true ...
  • Allah the one true God is Creator, not created
  • Allah is only one, he has no children, partners or equals
  • Allah is eternal, he does not die or change
  • Islam leads to ultimate truth and success
  • Try to find out the truth abut Islam
Participate
Contribute
Spread the word
Tell a friend
All Rights Reserved © 1447H / 2026 to Alukah.Net
Site was last updated on : 15/12/1447H - at: 12:33