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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ): A man visited a brother in another village. Allah appointed an angel on his path who said: “Where are you going?” He said: “To a brother in this village.” He said: “Do you have a favor over him you maintain?” He said: “No, except I love him in Allah.” He said: “I am Allah’s messenger to you that Allah loves you 1 as you love him in Him.”
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Note 1
(1) His statement: “Allah loves you as you love him in Him”: An-Nawawi said: It extols love in Allah, causing Allah’s love, and the virtue of visiting the righteous. Humans may see angels. I say: Non-prophets and messengers from believers seeing angels in human form is clear, established in Gabriel’s Hadith and others. This is saints’ specifics after prophethood’s seal, verifying no sending angels to saints addressing them conveying aims beyond inspiration level. Allah, Exalted is He, knows best. [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
Note 1
(۱) قوله: قد أحبك كما أحببته فيه قال النووي: فيه فضل المحبة في الله، وإنها سبب لحب الله وفضيلة زيارة الصالحين وأن الإنسان قد يرى الملائكة. قلت: رؤية غير الأنبياء والرسل من المؤمنين للملائكة على صور البشر أمر واضح ثبت في صدر الكتاب في حديث جبريل وغيره، وإنما يقال هنا فيه دليل على إرسال الله الملائكة إلى الأولياء ومخاطبته إياهم بتبليغ المرام زيادة على مرتبة الإلهام، والظاهر أن هذا من خصائص الأمم السابقة تحقيقا لختم النبوة، والله سبحابه أعلم. كذا في «المرقاة».