Is it ruled that one who claims knowledge of the unseen is a sorcerer?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man speaks about the unseen and says that this is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) from Allah. Do we rule that he is a sorcerer? The questioner says: A man speaks about the unseen.
Answer:
That is, he claims knowledge of the unseen. He reports the unseen and claims knowledge of the unseen. Whoever does this is a disbeliever, because the unseen belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and no one knows it except Allah. So whoever claims to share with Allah in that, that he knows the unseen, is a disbeliever. Yes. Honorable Shaykh. The nullifiers of Islam include claiming knowledge of the unseen. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A man speaks about the unseen and says that this is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) from Allah. Do we rule that he is a sorcerer? The questioner says: A man speaks about the unseen.
Answer:
That is, he claims knowledge of the unseen. He reports the unseen and claims knowledge of the unseen. Whoever does this is a disbeliever, because the unseen belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and no one knows it except Allah. So whoever claims to share with Allah in that, that he knows the unseen, is a disbeliever. Yes. Honorable Shaykh. The nullifiers of Islam include claiming knowledge of the unseen. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُحكم بالسحر على من يدّعي علم الغيب؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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