Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 403

Angels are of three kinds
1 Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth #1

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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (صلى الله عليه وآله) الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَجْزَاءٍ جُزْءٌ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ وَ جُزْءٌ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَجْنِحَةٍ وَ جُزْءٌ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَجْنِحَةٍ.

403. Narrated to us Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Talha with an unbroken chain, said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘The Angels are upon three parts – One group of them has two wings, and another group has three wings, and another one has four wings’.