There are those who inspect the land and say: there is a well here. Is this considered fortune-telling?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who inspect the land and say that there is a well here. Is this considered to be among the fortune-tellers?
Answer:
No, this is from firasah (intuitive insight), my brother. They know the locations of water in the earth by looking at the soil and looking at the rocks. They know this through firasah.[Al-Hijr 15:75].
And now they know them through the science of geology. The science of geology and machinery is something Allah has placed in the earth for them to know, either through firasah or through the known machines now used to discover water and discover oil. Yes, they have discovered that the earth contains oil, and they have discovered that it contains water, but only through these machines. This is what Allah has placed in the earth as signs for the specialists to know, whereas we do not know. The earth is not known to us; we do not know. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who inspect the land and say that there is a well here. Is this considered to be among the fortune-tellers?
Answer:
No, this is from firasah (intuitive insight), my brother. They know the locations of water in the earth by looking at the soil and looking at the rocks. They know this through firasah.
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَAnd now they know them through the science of geology. The science of geology and machinery is something Allah has placed in the earth for them to know, either through firasah or through the known machines now used to discover water and discover oil. Yes, they have discovered that the earth contains oil, and they have discovered that it contains water, but only through these machines. This is what Allah has placed in the earth as signs for the specialists to know, whereas we do not know. The earth is not known to us; we do not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1256 /1350] هناك من يقوم بمعاينة الأرض، ويقول: يوجد هنا بئر، فهل يعتبر هذا من الكهانة؟ — youtube.com
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