# Did the companions really see the angel Jibril as a man? *Did the companions see Jibril in human form?* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/14/ - Date: 2021-02-09 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:10:12–1:12:41) - Status: a more recent answer exists: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/12/; general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4212s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/ **Topics:** Jinn, angels and the devil; Prophethood and miracles **Question as asked:** How do you explain the Prophet and the companions seeing Gabriel in human form? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says only the Prophet saw Jibril, in a trance-like vision; companions who thought a stranger was Jibril were assuming. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that when the Prophet sees Jibril it is in a trance-like state, a vision the Prophet is having alone. **Evidence, his words at 1:10:12:** “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” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4n4wD2jjps&t=4212s) ## Longer summary 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. ## Sources and names cited - Jibril ## Transcript (machine tier, 1:10:12–1:12:41) [1:10:11] 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 [1:10:46] 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 [1:11:24] 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 [1:12:04] 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 [1:12:40] [Laughter] what do you think of your opinion of bro [ __ ] versus i obviously nah jio i have much much love for bro [ __ ] um like i say you know there can be people that you disagree with uh when it comes to opinions but you just love them and bro [ __ ] is like that uh so i have uh love for bro [ __ ] now what do i think of him versus ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment l4n4wD2jjps/s/14. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/14/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.