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Did the companions really see the angel Jibril as a man?
muftis sahabah sahaba sahabi sahabiyyah sahabiyatDid the companions see Jibril in human form?
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machinesummary, machine-writtenMufti Abu Layth says only the Prophet saw Jibril, in a trance-like vision; companions who thought a stranger was Jibril were assuming.
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A chat question asks how to explain the Prophet and the companions seeing Jibril in human form. Mufti Abu Layth says that when the Prophet sees Jibril it is in a trance-like state, a vision the Prophet has alone. Mufti compares companions who thought a stranger was Jibril with people in India and Pakistan today who believe a stranger who saved a child was an angel in human form, and calls such beliefs folklore.
Question as read aloud · questioner not identifiedHow do you explain the Prophet and the companions seeing Gabriel in human form?
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Mufti Abu Layth says that when the Prophet sees Jibril it is in a trance-like state, a vision the Prophet is having alone.
“when the prophet sees jibril it's in this trance-like state people are not seeing it it's it's a vision that the prophet is having alone”
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right so what is going on how do you explain the prophet and the companions seeing gabriel in human form i don't you see the prophet seeing gabriel when the prophet sees jibril it's in this trance-like state people are not seeing it it's it's a vision that the prophet is having alone people may have assumed
that certain people uh sorry at certain times that person that came was a was an angel but this is not the case these were just their assumptions you know like how people today have this belief in many parts of the world like in india in pakistan uh but especially in india i think more so maybe in pakistan as well but people will feel that like let's say something was about to happen and some person a stranger came and saved somebody like let's say a child was
about to get hit by a car or something else and some person that you know out of the blue just comes and saves the child now people sometimes have this belief that that person wasn't truly a person that was an angel that had been sent and but he came in the form of a person so these kind of beliefs even exist today that people they interpret that oh this person was um you know he wasn't actually the person he was and some people sometimes believe death is like that like they feel that some person that may have been watching them
wasn't actually a person was the angel of death so but these things are not true these are more folklore but still in that sense some of the companions may have interpreted a stranger as oh maybe that was gibril but it wasn't that wasn't the case right what is going on
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