What is our position on advertisements that specify the date of the Hour?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The honorable scholar says: I have found in some advertisements that the Day of Resurrection is in the year 2026 CE. The question is: Is it permissible for me to show these advertisements to some friends, or should we believe them, or reflect on their method of calculation?
Answer:
This principle concerns the Unseen, for the Hour is known only to Allah. He has not informed any of His creation of it, neither a near angel nor a sent prophet. Therefore, knowing when the Hour will occur is known only to Allah.
As the evidence has been transmitted in a mass-transmitted manner, and as the Muslims have reached scholarly consensus on this, anyone who claims to know when the Hour will occur is a disbeliever; because he is denying Allah, denying His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and denying the scholarly consensus of the Muslims. It is not permissible to pay attention to this claim or to spread it. This is lying about Allah and about His Messenger, and it is claiming knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). No one knows when the Hour will occur except Allah; He alone reveals it at its appointed time. The first thing regarding the Hour is that it will not be brought about. Say: "Indeed, its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know."[Al-A'raf 7:188] Therefore, it is not permissible for anyone to claim that the days of the Hour are such-and-such a year, or at such-and-such a time. Because this is lying about Allah and lying about His Messengers (peace and blessings be upon them).
May Allah reward you. The honorable scholar says: I have found in some advertisements that the Day of Resurrection is in the year 2026 CE. The question is: Is it permissible for me to show these advertisements to some friends, or should we believe them, or reflect on their method of calculation?
Answer:
This principle concerns the Unseen, for the Hour is known only to Allah. He has not informed any of His creation of it, neither a near angel nor a sent prophet. Therefore, knowing when the Hour will occur is known only to Allah.
As the evidence has been transmitted in a mass-transmitted manner, and as the Muslims have reached scholarly consensus on this, anyone who claims to know when the Hour will occur is a disbeliever; because he is denying Allah, denying His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and denying the scholarly consensus of the Muslims. It is not permissible to pay attention to this claim or to spread it. This is lying about Allah and about His Messenger, and it is claiming knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). No one knows when the Hour will occur except Allah; He alone reveals it at its appointed time. The first thing regarding the Hour is that it will not be brought about. Say: "Indeed, its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know."
Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allah has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
قُل لَّا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما موقفنا من الإعلانات التي يظهر فيها تحديد موعد قيام الساعة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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