The rooster's crow: it saw an angel

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صياح الديك: رأى ملكاً

The rooster's crow: it saw an angel 1 Bukhari 3303.

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Al-Bukhari relates in the chapter of the call to prayer that the rooster saw an angel and crowed, and the Prophet ﷺ mentioned this in connection with the adhan 1 Bukhari 3303.

The meaning

In this report, among the signs of prayer-time is what the rooster sees of the angels; it is among the proofs that among God's creatures are those who see what man does not see 1.

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Among the reports of creatures seeing the angels; this browser shows it in the angels section 1.

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The rooster· Angels in Islam (mala'ika)· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Bukhari 3303 — The rooster's crow: it saw an angel

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Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
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Bukhari 3303 — The rooster's crow: it saw an angel

In the Book of the Beginning of Creation, from Abu Hurayra: when you hear the crowing of roosters ask God's bounty, for they have seen an angel; and when you hear the braying of donkeys seek refuge from Satan, for they have seen a Satan.