Do the two angels, one of whom prays, "O Allah, grant compensation to the one who spends," and the other prays, "O Allah, grant destruction to the one who withholds," descend upon the disbeliever? And what is meant by "the servant" in the hadith if they do not descend upon the disbeliever?

The agreed-upon Hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah is: "There is no day wherein servants awaken but that two angels descend, and one of them says: 'O Allah, grant compensation to the one who spends,' and the other says: 'O Allah, grant destruction to the one who withholds.'" The Hadith does not contain the word "servant" (singular) but rather "servants" (plural). The descent of the two angels occurs in two aspects, and they supplicate as mentioned. As for the meaning of the word "servants" (al-ʿibād) encompassing disbelievers, no scholar has explicitly stated this. However, Al-Nawawi mentioned that a disbeliever is rewarded in this world for their good deeds that do not require intention, such as charity and maintaining kinship ties. The destruction of wealth due to withholding from obligatory spending applies to the disbeliever all the more so, given that they are addressed by the ancillary rulings of the Sharia.