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Angels cannot get proximity to Allah without cursing the enemies of the Ahle Bait (peace be upon them)

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عَنْ اَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ ع‏ اَنَّهُ سُئِلَ هَلِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْ بَنُو آدَمَ- فَقَالَ: وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَعَدَدُ مَلَائِكَةِ اللهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ- اَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ التُّرَابِ فِي الْاَرْضِ، وَ مَا فِي السَّمَاءِ مَوْضِعُ قَدَمٍ اِلَّا وَ فِيهَا مَلَكٌ يُسَبِّحُهُ وَ يُقَدِّسُهُ- وَ لَا فِي الْاَرْضِ شَجَرَةٌ وَ لَا مَدَرٌ- اِلَّا وَ فِيهَا مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ بِهَا- يَأْتِي اللهَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِعَمَلِهَا وَ اللهُ اَعْلَمُ بِهَا، وَ مَا مِنْهُمْ اَحَدٌ اِلَّا وَ يَتَقَرَّبُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ اِلَى اللهِ- بِوَلَايَتِنَا اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِمُحِبِّينَا- وَ يَلْعَنُ اَعْدَاءَنَا- وَ يَسْاَلُ اللهَ اَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ اِرْسَالًا

While talking about the multitude of the angels, Imam Jafar al-Sadeq (peace be upon him) said:

“There is none among them (angels) but that he gets closer to Allah everyday by the mastership of us Ahle-Bait (peace be upon him), seeks forgiveness for those who love us, curses our enemies and asks Allah – Mighty and Majestic be He – that He sends upon them a worthy chastisement.”

Reference

  1. Basaaer al-Darajaat, vol. 1, p. 69
  2. Tafseer al-Qummi, vol. 2, p. 255
  3. Al-Burhan fee Tafseer al-Quran, vol. 4, p. 747
  4. Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 65, p. 78, H. 139 narrating from Tafseer Ali Ibn Ibraheem al-Qummi (r.a.), vol. 2, p. 255, Chapter 40 under the verse of Surah al-Momin