Only Allah knows when the Hour will come
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Abu Salih is calling from al-Zulfi. Yes. Our Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. Welcome. May Allah bless you. And I have a question, Shaykh. First: What is the ruling on the one who says the Hour is still to come? And that the standing (for judgment) is still to come, and that the Hour is a miracle, and the crossing of the Sirat? I mean, every time Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created peoples, there is wisdom in the Hour, I mean, and the standing is still to come. What is the ruling on this statement? Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
This statement is not clear. The Hour is coming,[Al-Hajj 22:7], the Hour is coming, but Allah has hidden the time of its occurrence and has not informed anyone of it, neither a near angel nor a sent prophet, [Luqman 31:34]. So we are not obligated to know the time of the Hour, because there is no benefit for us in that. Rather, we are obligated to prepare for it through righteous deeds and repentance from sins and disobedience. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Abu Salih is calling from al-Zulfi. Yes. Our Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. Welcome. May Allah bless you. And I have a question, Shaykh. First: What is the ruling on the one who says the Hour is still to come? And that the standing (for judgment) is still to come, and that the Hour is a miracle, and the crossing of the Sirat? I mean, every time Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created peoples, there is wisdom in the Hour, I mean, and the standing is still to come. What is the ruling on this statement? Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
This statement is not clear. The Hour is coming,
And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.
وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِي الْقُبُورِIndeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لا يعلم متى الساعة إلا الله وحده - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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