Question 1435: Does Iblis also have a Throne?

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✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ وَ ابْنِ یَزِیدَ وَ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ جَمِیعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو النَّخَعِیِّ قَالَ: کُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ علیه السلام فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ إِنَّ أَبَا مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنِی أَنَّهُ رُفِعَ إِلَی رَبِّهِ وَ تَمَسَّحَ عَلَی رَأْسِهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ بِالْفَارِسِیَّةِ یَا پسر فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ علیه السلام حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی عَنْ جَدِّی أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْلِیسَ اتَّخَذَ عَرْشاً فِیمَا بَیْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اتَّخَذَ زَبَانِیَةً بِعَدَدِ الْمَلَائِکَةِ فَإِذَا دَعَا رَجُلًا فَأَجَابَهُ وَطِئَ عَقِبَهُ وَ تَخَطَّتْ إِلَیْهِ الْأَقْدَامُ تَرَاءَی لَهُ إِبْلِیسُ وَ رُفِعَ إِلَیْهِ وَ إِنَّ أَبَا مَنْصُورٍ کَانَ رَسُولَ إِبْلِیسَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أَبَا مَنْصُورٍ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أَبَا مَنْصُورٍ ثَلَاثاً

📚 Rijal al-Kashshi, p. 195 and 196.

Hafs said: 'I was sitting with Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him). A man said to him: 'May I be sacrificed for you! Abu Mansur (who is one of the extremists) narrated to me that he was raised up to his Lord and He stroked his head and said to him in Persian: 'O son!!!' '

So Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said to him: 'My father narrated to me from my grandfather from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) who said: 'Indeed, Iblis has made a throne between the sky and the earth and has taken a zabanih, meaning rebels, equal to the number of angels. So when he invites someone and that person answers him, and steps are taken behind that person and he is approached, Iblis shows himself to him, and that person is raised up to Iblis, and Abu Mansur is the messenger of Iblis! May Allah curse Abu Mansur! May Allah curse Abu Mansur! May Allah curse Abu Mansur!'

2 عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَدِیثُ الَّذِی رُوِیَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ بَیْنَ قَرْنَیِ الشَّیْطَانِ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ إِبْلِیسَ اتَّخَذَ عَرْشاً بَیْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ فَإِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَ سَجَدَ فِی ذَلِکَ الْوَقْتِ النَّاسُ قَالَ إِبْلِیسُ لِشَیَاطِینِهِ إِنَّ بَنِی آدَمَ یُصَلُّونَ لِی.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 290

A man said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'A hadith has been narrated from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that: 'The sun rises between the two horns of the devil!' '

The Imam said: 'Yes! Indeed, Iblis has made a throne between the sky and the earth, so when the sun rises and people prostrate at that time, Iblis says to his devils: 'The children of Adam are praying for me!' '

✅ In some of the narrations, two of which were mentioned, it is stated that Iblis has set up a throne and a seat for himself between the sky and the earth, and he sits on it. This simply means a seat and the like and is completely different from the concepts narrated for the divine Throne.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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