Thursday, October 10, 2013

“Then He AWJ will say: ‘Oh Jibril, there is no escape from death’. (The Prophet SAWS) said: ‘Then (Jibril) will fall down prostrating and beating his wings while saying: ‘Glory to you my Lord, Blessed and Elevated, Oh owner of perfection and honor; you are the Everlasting, and Jibril is of those who die and perish’. (The Prophet SAWS) said: ‘And his soul will be taken into the ring (Halqah) from which it was created…” [The only thing I could find about this narration without looking up the narrators myself is that Ibn Hajar weakened it]

In regards to the Tafsir for the Ayah in question, then it is according to at-Tabari:

The exegetes differed regarding who Allah intended to exclude in this Ayah- some of them said He intended Jibril, Mika’il, Israfil and Malak al-Mawt by it.

And others said- He intended the martyrs by that.

And others said- He intended to exclude the martyrs from the (blow of) fright, and to exclude Jibril, Malak al-Mawt, and the bearers of the Throne from (the blow of) death.

[This is in reference to the belief that there will be 3 sounds of the horn- the first meaning 'fright', the second meaning 'death', and the third meaning 'rising']

(Then the Hadith on authority of Abu Hurayrah about Jibril and the angels dying is mentioned and at-Tabari says):

"This opinion which is transmitted regarding that on authority of the Prophet SAWS is the most worthy of being correct since the Sa’qah here means ‘death’, and the martyrs, even if they are alive near Allah, as Allah informed us, then indeed they had tasted death before that. And He only intended to exclude at this point those who could be stricken by the blowing of the horn, not those who had died long before that; and that if it is possible that those intended are the ones who had already been destroyed, and who had tasted death before the time of the blowing of the horn, it would follow that those intended could not be those who had been destroyed, then tasted death before that since he is dead, and he could not be killed again if he is already dead."

And others said about that on authority of al-Hasan: 'Will Allah exempt (some) and not leave behind anyone from the inhabitants of the heavens or earth except those who tasted death?' Qatadah said: ‘Allah will indeed exempt (some), and Allah knows best to whom belong His exemption’.

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