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.
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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