Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
✦ Question:
Some people narrate that once the Angel of Death mistakenly took the soul of a person, whereas he was commanded to seize the soul of another person with the same name. Is there any truth to this incident?
✦ Answer:
This is a baseless claim with no evidence. Such a belief reflects ill thoughts regarding the angels.
Allah ﷻ says regarding them:
لَا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ
(Al-Taḥrīm: 6)
“They do not disobey Allah in what He commands them, and they do exactly what they are ordered.”
