There are angels who are assigned to visit the righteous believers to give them beneficences of goodness

English Text By Jun 01, 2018

وهناك ملائكة موكّلون بزيارة المؤمنين الصالحين لينفحوهم بنفحات خير؛ كان رجلّ من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يسمّى “العرباض بن سارية” كبر سنه بعد وفاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فصار يشعر بضعف وانحطاط في جسمه فكان يتمنى الموت فيقول: “اللهم إنه كبر سني ورقَّ عظمي فاقبضني إليك غير مفتون”. فبينا هو ذات يوم في مسجد دمشق رأى شابًا جميل الشكل يلبس ثوبًا أخضر على ثوب أخضر فقال له: لا تقل هكذا، قال له: ماذا أقول؟ قال: قل “اللَّهُمَّ حسِّن العمل وبلِِّغ الأجل” فقال: جزاك الله خيرًا، يا ابن أخي من أنت (هو ظنه من البشر) فقال: أنا “رتائيل” الذي يسُلُّ الحزن من صدور المؤمنين.

فهذا الملك الذي ظهر للعرباض بن سارية صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بهذا الشكل البشري من ملائكة الرحمة الذين هم مأمورون بأن يدوروا في الأرض لزيارة المؤمنين الصالحين ليفرجوا كربًا أو يعلموا فائدة دينية أو ينشطوهم على طاعة الله. هذا من جملتهم ويقال لهم ملائكة الرحمة.

There are angels who are assigned to visit the righteous believers to give them beneficences of goodness. There was a companion of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, his name was al-^Irbad Ibn Saryah, he got older after the death of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. He started to feel weakness in his body and wished to die, he said one day: “O Allah I got older and my bones became fragile (weaker), so take my soul and make me die clear of the temptations.”

One day while he was in the mosque of Damascus, he saw a young man who had a green dress on, which he wore on top of another green dress that young man said to him: “Do not say that”. He said to him: “What shall I say?” He said: “Say: O Allah guide me to the good deeds until I die.” He said to him: “May Allah reward you; who are you, O the son of my brother <he thought that he was a human>.” He said: “I am Rata’il, the angel in charge of relieving sadness of the believers.”

So that angel who appeared to al-^Irbad Ibn Saryah in that human shape is among the Angels of Mercy, who roam the earth to visit the righteous believers to relieve their stress, or to teach them a beneficial knowledge; or to energize them to obey Allah. That angel was one of them, and they are called the Angels of Mercy.