Is there a contradiction between the jinn hearing some of the revelation and Allah’s exclusive knowledge of the unseen?
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The questioner:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the fact that no one knows the unseen except Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with what is reported in the hadith thatSahih Ibn Hibban 1:4
The Shaykh:
This does not contradict the statement that no one knows the unseen except Allah. This is a stolen word, a stolen phrase. The one who hears it does not know it without this; he knows it by the hearing he heard. He did not know it without hearing, so it cannot be said that he knows the unseen. He hears something tangible that he hears, just as you hear the voice of so-and-so and so-and-so. Yes.
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the fact that no one knows the unseen except Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with what is reported in the hadith that
So the eavesdropper listens to them, and often the blazing fire reaches him before
فَيَسْتَمِعُهَا مُسْتَرِقُ السَّمْعِ فَرُبَّمَا أَدْرَكَهُ الشِّهَابُ قَبْلُ أَنْThe Shaykh:
This does not contradict the statement that no one knows the unseen except Allah. This is a stolen word, a stolen phrase. The one who hears it does not know it without this; he knows it by the hearing he heard. He did not know it without hearing, so it cannot be said that he knows the unseen. He hears something tangible that he hears, just as you hear the voice of so-and-so and so-and-so. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [69] هل هناك تعارض بين سماع الجن لبعض الوحي وبين اختصاص الله بعلم الغيب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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