Question:
Assalamualaikum Dear Shaykh,
I have been years wondering what is the nature of origin of deva is it angel or jinn or other kind of ALLAH creation?
thank you
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Majority of scholars consider that shaytan or the devil was a jinn while a minority consider that he was an angel. Al-Baydawi reconciled the two views by saying he was an angel whom Allah created with the capacity of fallibility, and he became a jinn. Allah knows best.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
