Do the jinn know the unseen?
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The third question of fatwa number ( 18645 )
Q 3: Do the jinn know the unseen? We ask you to clarify this for us as soon as possible.
A 3: Knowledge of the unseen is among the attributes of Lordship, so no one knows the unseen of the heavens and the earth except Allah. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:59], and He the Glorious in Majesty said: [An-Naml 27:65]. The jinn do not know the unseen. The evidence is His saying, the Exalted: [Saba 34:14]. Whoever claims to know the unseen is a disbeliever, and whoever believes one who claims to know the unseen is also a disbeliever, because he is denying the Qur'an. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q 3: Do the jinn know the unseen? We ask you to clarify this for us as soon as possible.
A 3: Knowledge of the unseen is among the attributes of Lordship, so no one knows the unseen of the heavens and the earth except Allah. Allah the Exalted said:
And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him.
وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلا هُوَSay, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُلْ لاَ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلا اللَّهُAnd when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَى مَوْتِهِ إِلا دَابَّةُ الأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَأَتَهُ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ أَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
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