Angels require permission of Imam (a.s.) to sit

Miracles of Masoomeen
It is mentioned in the tradition of Imam Jawad (a.s.) that Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) went to visit a seriously ailing man in the throes of death. After some conversation that patient said: “All these angels are standing before you; allow them to sit.” The angels sat down by the order of the Imam.

After that His Eminence said to the patient: “Ask them whether they were ordered to stand in my presence.” The patient said: “I asked them and they said that even if all the angels were present here, they would have to stand up for you and they cannot sit till you don’t permit them as they are ordered this by Almighty Allah.”

(Isbaatul Wilayah of Ayatullah Haaj Shaykh Ali Namazi Shahroodi (r.a.) Section Thirteen: Obedience of angels to the Prophet and the Holy Imams (a.s.), Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 6, p. 195)

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