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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is knowing the time of the solar and lunar eclipses, their beginning and end, and determining them precisely considered a claim to knowledge of the unseen?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is knowing the time of the solar and lunar eclipses, their beginning and end, and determining them precisely considered a claim to knowledge of the unseen, or

Answer:
This is calculation, my brother; it is not a claim to knowledge of the unseen. This is a calculation based on the positions of the moon, and this is known through calculation. This is not considered among the prohibited matters. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [266 -939] هل يعد معرفة وقت الكسوف والخسوف دخولا وخروجا وتحديده بدقة من ادعاء علم الغيب؟ — youtube.com

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