Why have the manifestations of karamah (miracles granted to a righteous person) and the presence of the awliya (close friends of Allah) become rare in modern times?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the reason that karamah (miracles granted to a righteous person) and the presence of the awliya (close friends of Allah) are abundant in the past centuries and the centuries of the Salaf (the earliest generations), whereas in modern times they are few?
Answer:
Who said that? We do not know the unseen. There are karamah (miracles granted to a righteous person) and there are awliya (close friends of Allah), and we may not know them. Allah knows.
The questioner asks: What is the reason that karamah (miracles granted to a righteous person) and the presence of the awliya (close friends of Allah) are abundant in the past centuries and the centuries of the Salaf (the earliest generations), whereas in modern times they are few?
Answer:
Who said that? We do not know the unseen. There are karamah (miracles granted to a righteous person) and there are awliya (close friends of Allah), and we may not know them. Allah knows.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لماذا قلَّ ظهور الكرامات ووجود الأولياء في العصور الحديثة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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