Editing Azrael (section)

=== In Hadiths ===
According to one Muslim tradition, 40 days before the death of a person approaches, God drops a leaf from a tree below the heavenly throne, on which Azrael reads the name of the person he must take with him.<ref name=":2" /> [[Al-Qurtubi]] narrated commentary from classical scholar, Ibn Zhafar al-Wa'izh, that Azrael, has a shape resembling a blue colored ram, has numerous eyes in numerous places, and according to {{ill|Ikrimah Mawlâ Ibn 'Abbâs|id|Ikrimah Maula Ibnu Abbas |ar|عكرمة البربري}}, a [[tabi'un|tabiʾ]] scholar,{{#tag:ref|According to the narrator, Ikrimah, he saw this narration from [[Israʼiliyyat|non-canonical source]] which he named the "scroll of [[Seth]]".<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life" />|group="Notes"}} the size of Azrael were so huge that "if the Earth were put on his shoulder, it would be like a bean in an open field".<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life">{{cite book |author1=al-Qurtubi |translator=Anshor Umar Sitanggal |author1-link=Al-Qurtubi |editor1-last=Noor Ridho |editor1-first=Abdillah |editor2-last=Ihsan |editor2-first=Muhammad |title=At-Tadzkirah Jilid 1 Bekal Menghadapi Kehidupan Abadi |trans-title=At-Tadhkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life |date=2005|type=Music / Religious / Muslim, Religion / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Religion / Islam / Rituals & Practice |publisher=Pustaka al-Kautsar |location=east Jakarta |isbn=9789795926320 |pages=50, 140–141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLZyDwAAQBAJ |access-date=7 March 2022 |language=id |format=ebook}}</ref> He also had 4,000 wings which consisted of two types, wings of grace and wings of punishment.<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life" /> The wings of punishment are made from iron rods, hooks, and scissors.<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life" /> [[Muqatil ibn Sulayman]] has recorded his commentary in his commentary work, ''al-Suluk'', the angel possessed 70,000 limbs of foot.<ref name="Ternyata Kita Tak Pantas Masuk Surga|trans-title=Turns out we did not deserve to enter the heaven">{{cite book |author1=Ahmad Zacky El-Syafa |title=Ternyata Kita Tak Pantas Masuk Surga|trans-title=Turns out we did not deserve to enter the heaven |date=2020|type=Religion / Islam / General, Young Adult Nonfiction / Religion / Islam |publisher=Genta Hidayah |location=Surabaya |isbn=9786232350571 |pages=38–39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pg_uDwAAQBAJ |access-date=7 March 2022 |language=id |format=ebook}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Muqatil ibn Sulayman were neglected by numbers of Islamic scholars, such as [[Abu Hanifa]] (d. 150 H/ 767 CE) who criticised his theology, [[Ibn al-Mubarak]] (d. 181 H/ 797 CE) who criticised his methodology (particularly that he did not quote Hadith with chains of transmission), and [[Wakee ibn al-Jarrah]] (d. 197/ 812 CE) who criticize Muqatil as lying in his narration.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-‛Asqalānī, Tahdhīb, 4/143-46</ref><ref>al-Dhahabī, Mīzan, 6/505-7</ref><ref>Tohe, Achmad. ''Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary.'' Diss. Boston University, 2015. pp. 11, 20</ref> Ibn Hajar in particular quotes the following from him: "Two disgusting opinions came to us from the east: Jahm the negator [of God’s attributes] and Muqatil the anthropomorphist."<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-‛Asqalānī, Tahdhīb, 10/281</ref> [[Ibn Rajab|Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali]] stated that the early scholars (as-salaf) rejected Muqatil's views after they became known after his debate with Jahm.<ref>Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī, Bayān Faḍl ‛ilm al-Salaf ‛alā ‘Ilm al-Khalaf, ed. Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir al-‘Ajmī(Beirūt: Dār al-Bashā’ir al-Islāmiyyah, 2003), p.55</ref><ref>Tohe, Achmad. ''Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary.'' Diss. Boston University, 2015. p. 33</ref> However, more recent scholars has argued while Muqatil are not trustworthy, his theology as antrophomorphist are falsely attributed, as [[Ibn Abi al-Izz]] (d. 731), a follower of [[Ibn Taymiyyah]],<ref>Shagaviev, Damir A., and Venera N. Khisamova. "Islamic theological literature of the Salafi sect in the modern Tatarstan." Journal of Sustainable Development 8.7 (2015): 83.</ref> argued that al-Ash'ari's material originated from the Mu'tazila and/or must have been tampered with.<ref>Ṣadr al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-‘Izz al-Ḥanafī, Sharḥal-Ṭaḥāwiyyahfī al-‘Aqīdah al-Salafiyyah, ed. Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir (Riyāḍ: Fahrasah Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Waṭaniyyah, 1997).</ref><ref name="Tohe, Achmad 2015. p. 43">Tohe, Achmad. ''Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary.'' Diss. Boston University, 2015. p. 43</ref> Contemporary Saudi scholar Abdullah al-Ghunayman, author of the commentary on Ibn Taymiyyah's [[Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah]], argues that he could not find anything he would consider anthropomorphic from Muqatil, arguing that to be reliable, ones views must be taken from one's own works, and not from the works of an opponent. Al-Ghunayman says "Mushabbih" has become a catch word to accuse one's opponents because of their different views.<ref>Abd Allāh Mūḥammad al-Ghanīmān, Sharḥal-‛Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah(al-Maktabah al-Shāmilah), 12/8.</ref><ref name="Tohe, Achmad 2015. p. 43">Tohe, Achmad. ''Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary.'' Diss. Boston University, 2015. p. 43</ref>|group="Notes"}}

[[Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz]], an [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliph]], reported a narration that the angel of death is armed with a flaming whip.<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life" /> Caliph Umar also reported a narration that the angel of death was so huge that he dwarfed [[Bearers of the Throne]], group of angels which are known as the biggest among angels.<ref name="At-Tadzkirah Volume 1 Provisions for Facing Eternal Life" />

The "Islamic Book of Dead" describes him with 4 faces, and his whole body consists of eyes and tongues whose number corresponds to the number of humans inhabiting the Earth.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DoA" /><ref>{{cite book | last=Qāḍī | first=ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Aḥmad | title=Islamic book of the dead : a collection of Hadiths on the Fire & the Garden | publisher=Diwan Press | publication-place=Norwich, Norfolk | date=1977 | isbn=0-9504446-2-6 | oclc=13426566}}</ref>{{rp|pages=33–34}}

The angel of death features in a famous extra-Quranic creation story regarding the creation of Adam, recorded by various Muslim scholars, including Tabari, Mas'udi, Maqdisi, Kisa'i, Tha'labi, Ibn Kathir in his work ''Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyā'' (Stories of the Prophets), and Muqatil.<ref>Chipman, Leigh NB. "Mythic Aspects of the Process of Adam's Creation in Judaism and Islam." Studia Islamica (2001): 5-25.</ref> Accordingly, God ordered the archangels to collect dust from earth from which Adam is supposed to be created. Only Azrael succeeded, whereupon he was destined to become the angel concerning life and death, a reference to show the close connection between these two.<ref name="Kisah Para Nabi">{{cite book |author1=Ibn Kathir |author1-link=Ibn Kathir |editor1-last=Hikmatiar |translator=Saefulloh MS |editor1-first=Ikhlas |title=Kisah Para Nabi Sejarah Lengkap Kehidupan Para Nabi sejak Nabi Adam Alaihissalam hingga Nabi Isa Alaihissalam|trans-title=Stories of the Prophets Complete History of the Life of the Prophets since Prophet Adam Alaihissalam to Prophet Isa Alaihissalam |date=2017|type=Religion / Islam / History |publisher=Qisthi Press |location=east Jakarta |isbn=9789791303842 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiCwDgAAQBAJ |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=id |chapter=Adam Alaihissalam}}</ref>