Sunday 19 January 2014

Angels Visiting a House


Abu Talhah (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Aishah (RA) said: Jibril (Gabriel) (PBUH) made a promise with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. There was a staff in the hand of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). He threw it from his hand and said, "Never does Allah back out of His Promise, nor do His messengers." Then he noticed a puppy under his bed and said, "O 'Aishah, when did this dog enter?" She said: "By Allah, I don't know." He then commanded that it should be turned out. No sooner than had they expelled it, Jibril came and the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to him, "You promised to visit me. I waited for you but you did not come." Whereupon he said: "The dog kept me from coming. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture." [Muslim]

Commentary

Angels here means angels of mercy whose visit is a blessing for homes.  But as the ahadith point out that if a house contains portraits or a dog then the angels do not enter the house.

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