Combining the Knowledge of the Unseen with Weather Forecast Predictions
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The presenter:
We are still with the viewers' calls, brothers and sisters. Ibrahim from al-Hawtah.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The presenter:
And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
Good evening. My thoughts and good evening, Doctor, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. How do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, that they do not know that?
The presenter:
Fine. Listen. You, you, turn the television down a little, please.
The questioner:
I am being brief, may Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
How do we combine them?
The questioner:
My question is how do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, "And they do not know"[An-Naml 27:65] with what we see now in the weather forecasts and the predictions of rain, clouds, and winds in several regions of the Kingdom? These are considered matters of the unseen. So how do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, with what is happening now in the weather forecasts?
The Shaykh:
Thank you.
The questioner:
And thank you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, none knows the unseen except Allah. Whoever claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever who has apostatized from Islam. And Allah does not reveal His unseen to anyone except a messenger He has chosen, revealing to him what He wills of the unseen to establish the proof against the community. As for anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he does not know the unseen. So whoever claims knowledge of the unseen, or any part of it, is a disbeliever who has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
As for what comes in the weather forecasts, these are predictions, as you mentioned, not certainties. They are predictions based on signs in the sky; they may be correct, and they may not be correct. So they are predictions, not information about the unseen, my brother. So there is a difference between this and that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
We are still with the viewers' calls, brothers and sisters. Ibrahim from al-Hawtah.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The presenter:
And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
Good evening. My thoughts and good evening, Doctor, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. How do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, that they do not know that?
The presenter:
Fine. Listen. You, you, turn the television down a little, please.
The questioner:
I am being brief, may Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
How do we combine them?
The questioner:
My question is how do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, "And they do not know"
the unseen except Allah, and
الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَمَاThe Shaykh:
Thank you.
The questioner:
And thank you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, none knows the unseen except Allah. Whoever claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever who has apostatized from Islam. And Allah does not reveal His unseen to anyone except a messenger He has chosen, revealing to him what He wills of the unseen to establish the proof against the community. As for anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he does not know the unseen. So whoever claims knowledge of the unseen, or any part of it, is a disbeliever who has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
As for what comes in the weather forecasts, these are predictions, as you mentioned, not certainties. They are predictions based on signs in the sky; they may be correct, and they may not be correct. So they are predictions, not information about the unseen, my brother. So there is a difference between this and that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 17-08-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (24:53)
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