Determining the Age of the Earth and Reporting on the Unseen of the Past
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Question:
Here, in this material, there is information stating that the earth was created four thousand six hundred years ago. One million years. And I believe that. It is known that it was measured due to nature. Nature. So what is this supposed to be? Or what is this?
Answer:
This is mere speculation. This is speculation that has no validity. No one knows when the earth was created except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). No one knows this. And Allah has not informed us of it. Matters of the unseen are not to be relied upon. The unseen of the past is part of the unseen. The past is part of the unseen. Which no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So it is not permissible to report on the past except with evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Just as it is not permissible to report on the future except with evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So the claim that this rock is ten thousand years old, or that this is so many years old, or that a writing is two thousand years old, all of this is speculation with no evidence. Whatever he says, it is speculation.
Here, in this material, there is information stating that the earth was created four thousand six hundred years ago. One million years. And I believe that. It is known that it was measured due to nature. Nature. So what is this supposed to be? Or what is this?
Answer:
This is mere speculation. This is speculation that has no validity. No one knows when the earth was created except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). No one knows this. And Allah has not informed us of it. Matters of the unseen are not to be relied upon. The unseen of the past is part of the unseen. The past is part of the unseen. Which no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So it is not permissible to report on the past except with evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Just as it is not permissible to report on the future except with evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So the claim that this rock is ten thousand years old, or that this is so many years old, or that a writing is two thousand years old, all of this is speculation with no evidence. Whatever he says, it is speculation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 06 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/هو الأول والآخر/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:06)
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