Hafaza
Hafaza ( Arabic حفظة, DMG ḥafaẓa or alsoحافظون / ḥāfiẓūn ) or guardian angels are helper angels according to Islamic tradition , who are entrusted with the task of protecting people against jinn and evil spirits. According to tradition, they are in front of and behind every person, so that a total of four Hafaza watch over him as guardian angels , two during the day and two during the night. In the dusk and dawn the guard of each change hafaza ; In these unprotected moments the evil spirits have the greatest opportunity to exercise their influence on people.
Another class of helper angels are the scribe angels ( al-Kiram al-Katibun ), who record the good and bad deeds of every person. On judgment day , their records will be used to determine whether the person is worthy to be admitted to paradise .
literature
- Richard Webster: Encyclopedia of Angels . tape 1 , Angels. Llewellyn Publications, Woodbury 2009, ISBN 978-0-7387-1462-2 , pp. 78–79 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, James R. Lewis: Angels A to Z . tape 1 , Angel Dictionaries. Visible Ink Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-57859-212-8 , pp. 176 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ahmad A. Reidegeld: Handbuch Islam . Ed .: Hasan Özdogan. Spohr, Kandern in the Black Forest 2005, ISBN 978-9963-40-028-7 .