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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is announcing the time of an eclipse considered knowledge of the unseen?

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Question:
May Allah protect you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: If someone says that an eclipse of the sun or moon will occur on such-and-such a day, is that a claim to knowledge of the unseen?

Answer:
No, this is from the science of calculation regarding the movement of the moon and the sun. The calculators have known this for a long time. Is it from the knowledge of the unseen? Because it is determined through calculation, and what is determined through calculation is not from the knowledge of the unseen.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [591- 4717] هل الإخبار بموعد الكسوف من علم الغيب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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