Seeking Refuge in the Ever-Living, the Ever-Present, in What Is Within One's Capability
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The questioner:
If he is capable of it, may Allah preserve you, but he is not present at the same time or in a second town.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to explicitly claim knowledge of the unseen; rather, one addresses him as one would in the story of Musa,[Al-Qasas 28:15] saying, "Deliver me from such and such."
The questioner:
Presence is necessary in that case.
The Shaykh:
Meeting him, yes, so that they may hear your words, or by correspondence, or by letter, or by telephone, you communicate, yes. And the leaders are the most famous.
The questioner:
Among the brothers of the Mu'tazilah.
The Shaykh:
That was invalid; this is a doubt regarding that itself. Yes.
If he is capable of it, may Allah preserve you, but he is not present at the same time or in a second town.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to explicitly claim knowledge of the unseen; rather, one addresses him as one would in the story of Musa,
the one from his faction called for help to him
فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِن شِيعَتِهِThe questioner:
Presence is necessary in that case.
The Shaykh:
Meeting him, yes, so that they may hear your words, or by correspondence, or by letter, or by telephone, you communicate, yes. And the leaders are the most famous.
The questioner:
Among the brothers of the Mu'tazilah.
The Shaykh:
That was invalid; this is a doubt regarding that itself. Yes.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (1:26:26)
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