They are often portrayed in
zoomorphic forms. Al-Suyuti who quoted
Wahb ibn Munabbih, and
Al-Bayhaqi in book of al Asma' wa al Sifat, that each of those different anthropomorphic angels has four faces of a human, bull, vulture, and lion.[8] Other
hadiths describes them with six wings and four faces.[9] Meanwhile, al-Suyuti narrated the Hamalat al-Arsh has four wings.[8]
According to a hadith transmitted from
At-Targhib wat-Tarhib authored by ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm ibn ʻAbd al-Qawī al-Mundhirī, the bearers of the throne shaped like a
rooster, with their feet on the earth and their nape supporting the
Throne of God in the highest sky.[Notes 1] a number modern Islamic scholars from
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and other institutes in Yemen and Mauritania also agreed the soundness of this hadith by quoting the commentary from
Ibn Abi al-Izz, a classical era scholar who supported this narrative.[10]
These four angels are also held to be created from four different elements: light, fire, water, and mercy.[citation needed] in his commentary about
Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya, Ibn Abi al-Izz has quoted a hadith regarding the physical size of the angel which authored by
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, It is also said they are so large that a journey from their earlobes to their shoulders would take seven hundred years.[11][12][13]
^The hadith were: "...Allah, the most exalted, has permitted me to speak of a rooster whose legs have separated the earth, and its neck is bent under the throne..." through the narration of
Abu Hurairah by Abd al-Qawi al-Mundhiri through
Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la. The Hadith were judged as authentic and sound by numerous hadith scholars such as by
Nur al-Din al-Haythami in his work, Majma al-Zawa'id,
Al-Tabarani in his work, Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, Mustafa al-Adawi in Sahih Al-Ahadith Al-Qudsi and also by
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani in his work Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahihah[10] It also commented as safe as it is also supported by other Hadith from another chain from
Jabir ibn Abd Allah in the
Sunan Abu Dawood.[10]
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