daughters, while they have sons?”

“Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?”

“Indeed, it is out of their falsehood that they say, ‘Allah has begotten,’ and indeed they are liars.”

—up to His words, Most High—

“Indeed, we are those who stand in ranks, and indeed, we are those who glorify Allah.”

In the two Sahīh collections, Jābir ibn Samura reports that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Will you not form rows as the angels form rows before their Lord?” He said: “They complete the first row and stand closely together in the row.”

In the two Sahīh collections, Qatāda reports from Anas, from Mālik ibn Sa‘sa‘a, in the hadith of the Ascension, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—after mentioning his ascent to the seventh heaven—said:

“Then the Much-Frequented House was shown to me, and I asked Gabriel about it. He said: ‘This is the Much-Frequented House. Seventy thousand angels pray in it every day. Once they leave, they never return; that is their final visit.’”

Al-Bukhārī said: Hammām reported from Qatāda, from al-Hasan, from Abū Hurayra, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“When the reciter says ‘Āmīn,’ say ‘Āmīn,’ for whoever’s ‘Āmīn’ coincides with that of the angels will have his previous sins forgiven.”

In another narration in the two Sahīh collections:

“When he says ‘Āmīn,’ the angels in heaven say ‘Āmīn.’”

Also in the Sahīh, Abū Sālih reports from Abū Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“When the imam says, ‘Allah hears whoever praises Him,’ say, ‘O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs all praise,’ for whoever’s words coincide with those of the angels will have his previous sins forgiven.”

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