1848 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever detests meeting Allah, Allah detests meeting him.” I asked, “Messenger of Allah, is it because we hate death? All of us dislike death.” He replied, “It is not that. Rather, when the believer is given the glad tidings of Allah’s mercy, His good pleasure, and His Garden, he longs to meet Allah and Allah longs to meet him. But when the disbeliever is informed of Allah’s punishment and His wrath, he loathes meeting Allah and Allah loathes meeting him.” Related by Muslim.

As for the second hadith, it is ʿĀʾishah’s report that the Prophet ﷺ spoke about the beginning of creation. He ﷺ said that the angels were created from light, and for that reason they are entirely good: they never disobey Allah, never pride themselves above worshipping Him, and never grow weary; they glorify Him night and day without pause. Thus the angels were created from light. Concerning the devils among the jinn, he said they were created from fire, which proves that the jinn are the progeny of the chief devil who refused to prostrate to Adam, claiming, “I am better than he: You created me from fire and You created him from clay.” All jinn, therefore, are fashioned from fire, and many of them are impulsive, frivolous, and aggressive toward anyone they can harm. Still, if you recite Āyat al-Kursī at night, Allah will appoint a guardian for you and no devil will approach you until dawn. Adam, by contrast, was created from what has already been mentioned—that is, from clay, from earth, from