Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

In another narration, `Abdullaah Ibn `Abbaas رضيُاهللُعنهما reported: “A person from the
Anṣaar who was amongst the Companions of Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ reported to me:
As we were sitting during the night with Allaah’s Messenger ‏,ﷺ a meteor shot gave a
dazzling light. Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝What did you say in the Jaahiliyyah
(pre-Islaamic days of ignorance) when there was such a shot (of meteor)?❞ They
said: “Allaah and His Messenger know best (the actual position), but we, however, used
to say that that very night a great man had been born or a great man had died.”
Whereupon Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝(These meteors) are neither shot at the
death of anyone nor on the birth of anyone. Rather, when our Lord عز وجل decrees a
matter, He is glorified by the bearers of the Throne. Then He is glorified by the
inhabitants who are below them, then those below them, until such glorification
reaches them who are in the heaven of this world. Then those who are near the
bearers of the Throne ask these bearers of the Throne: ‘What your Lord has said?’
And they accordingly inform them what He says. Then the dwellers of heaven seek
information from them until this information reaches the heaven of the world. In this
process of transmission (the Jinn snatches) what he manages to overhear and he
carries it to his friends. And when the Angels see the jinn they attack them with
meteors. What they narrated as they heard it is true, but they distort it and add lies
to it.❞ 152
[Shaikh al-Albaanee’s addendum]
Narrated Abu Hurairah ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنه ‏:رضي Allaah’s Prophet ﷺ said: ❝When Allaah decrees
some order in the heaven, the angels flutter their wings indicating complete
surrender to His saying which sounds like chains being dragged on the rock. And
152 Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2229-124) and Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3224)
[TN: Regarding the stars and meteors (or shooting stars), Allaah تعاىل said:
‏﴿وَلَقَد ‏ُُزَيَّنَّاُالسَّمَاءَُُالدُّن يَاُِبَِصَابِيحَُُوَجَعَل نَاهَاُر ج وم اُلِّلشَُّيَاطِنيُِ﴾‏
{And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to
drive away the Shayaaṭeen (devils)…} [Surah al-Mulk (67): 5]
Imaam Al-Bukhaaree رمحهُاهلل recorded in his “Ṣaḥeeḥ” that Qataadah رمحهُاهلل said: “Allaah created the stars for three
purposes: (1) As ornaments of the heavens; (2) As missiles against the devils; (3) As signposts for the guidance of
travelers. Whoever interprets otherwise is mistaken. Such a person is to lose his reward (on the Day of
Resurrection) and takes upon himself that which is outside his knowledge.”]
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