Back to search

Do all angels pray with standing, bowing, and prostrating, including the bearers of the Throne? Do all angels send blessings upon the Prophet, those who teach people goodness, and human beings? Did all angels wash the Companion Hanzala? Are there angels assigned to the Prophet's grave, to the ocean's dictionary, and to trees? Is there a companion from the angels with every human and jinn who guides them to good? Are jinn assigned guardians and scribes who rotate among them? Are they questioned, blessed, and tormented in the grave? Does the exception from the trial and torment of the grave include them?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The Sharia states that the prostration of angels to Allah is an act of worship. Allah Almighty says: "Indeed, those who are with your Lord are not too proud to worship Him, and they glorify Him, and to Him they prostrate." And it was narrated in a Hadith from Abu Dharr that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, I see what you do not see and hear what you do not hear. The heaven groaned, and it had a right to groan, for there is no space of four fingers in it but there is an angel placing his forehead prostrating to Allah." This Hadith indicates that angels prostrate to Allah by placing their foreheads, even if it does not explicitly state that the prostration of all angels is in this manner.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy