Distinguishing Between the Miracles of the Awliya and Satanic Deeds
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: How do we distinguish between the miracles (karamat) of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the sorcerous and satanic deeds that some people perform?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. The distinction is clear. One looks at the state of the person who possesses the extraordinary event. If he is upon righteous conduct and uprightness, then it is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person). If he is upon evil and false conduct, then it is a satanic extraordinary event, not a karamah. Yes, the Shaytan may carry them on the water, or carry them on the embers, and these are not karamat, because they are the awliya of the Shaytan, and he carries them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
A karamah. One looks at the state of its possessor: is he upright or not upright? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: How do we distinguish between the miracles (karamat) of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the sorcerous and satanic deeds that some people perform?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. The distinction is clear. One looks at the state of the person who possesses the extraordinary event. If he is upon righteous conduct and uprightness, then it is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person). If he is upon evil and false conduct, then it is a satanic extraordinary event, not a karamah. Yes, the Shaytan may carry them on the water, or carry them on the embers, and these are not karamat, because they are the awliya of the Shaytan, and he carries them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
A karamah. One looks at the state of its possessor: is he upright or not upright? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 13/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (1438 هـ) /ويحبون أهل بيت رسول الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:36)
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