Darul Ifta Kauzariyya

Name of Angel AZARAEEL is proved authoritatively?

Qu-Id: Q0358
Madhab: Hanafi
Date: 01-01-1970
Question:
Is there any proof in aayath or hadees or asar(word of sahaba or Imam) that the name of the malakul mauth is azaraeel? With evidence.

Answer:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الجواب وبالله التوفيق والنجاح

Qur'an or Shaheeh Hadees didn't mention the name of malakul mauth (the angel of death) as "Azraeel"; but, it is referred in few narrations (خبر). With that many of Muffassirs say that:- The name of malakul mauth is "Azraeel".Rather than it, this topic is not related to Islamic principles. So there is no problem in calling malakul mauth "Azraeel".

والله أعلم بالصواب
Written by: Mohammad Arshad Najmi | Student Darul Ifta
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