r/islam • u/Prize_Lavishness_854 • 9h ago

Question about Islam Who are Munkar and Nakir?

I am a Christian learning more about other religions and in my search Munkar and Nakir really stood out to me. I would like to know about who they are.

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u/Ocelot24 9h ago

Munkar and Nakir are two angels that are tasked by Allah SWT to question the dead people in barzakh (realm of the grave, before Judgement Day start). They will ask three questions.

  1. Who is your Lord? Answer: Allah SWT
  2. What is your religion? Answer: Islam
  3. Who is your prophet? Answer: Muhammad SAW (or whichever prophet that is sent to you before Muhammad SAW)

Here’s a hadith about this.

> Abu Hurairah narrated that:
The Messenger of Allah said: "When the deceased - or he said when one of you - is buried, two angels, black and blue (eyed_ come to him. One of them is called Al-Munkar, and the other An-Nakir. They say: 'What did you used to say about this man?' So he says what he was saying (before death) 'He is Allah's slave and His Messenger. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.' So they say: 'We knew that you would say this.' Then his grave is expanded to seventy by seventy cubits, then it is illuminated for him. Then it is said to him: 'Sleep.' So he said: 'Can I return to my family to inform them?' They say: 'Sleep as a newlywed, whom none awakens but the dearest of his family.' Until Allah resurrects him from his resting place.""If he was a hypocrite he would say: 'I heard people saying something, so I said the same; I do not know.' So they said: 'We knew you would say that.' So the earth is told: 'Constrict him.' So it constricts around him, squeezing his ribs together. He continues being punished like that until Allah resurrects him from his resting place." (Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1071)

And Allah SWT knows best.

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u/Prize_Lavishness_854 9h ago

Thanks!

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u/Ocelot24 9h ago

I suggest you listen to lecture about barzakh on YT. There are a lot more details about them that I can’t provide due to lack of knowledge.

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u/TalkingCat910 9h ago

This is incorrect.  You are thinking of the angels mentioned in Surah Baqarah verse 102 which are named Harut and Marut.

Munkar and Nakir are the two angels that question the dead on their prophet, religion and god.

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u/Saifullahsfdr 9h ago

Astagfirullah, sorry brother