Question: Is it true that when
one hears dogs barking, donkeys braying and cocks crowing at night, it
means that the dogs and the donkeys sense the presence of Satan and cocks
sense an angel passing?
Answer: Some apparent phenomena
of this world have certain hidden aspects which, it seems, came to the
knowledge of the Prophet (sws) through archangel Gabriel. Such details
are not part of the content of Islam.
However, there is no reason to deny
such information given to us by the Prophet (sws). It is common practice
to attribute the good in this world to Allah and the evil to Satan. For
example, in Su#rah Kahaf, the
young associate of the Prophet Moses (sws) attributes his forgetfulness
to Satan:
The things you have referred to appear
to belong to this category.
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