The Difference Between Farasah and Claiming Knowledge of the Unseen

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: What is the difference between farasah and claiming knowledge of the unseen?

The Shaykh:
And between.

The questioner:
What is the difference between farasah and claiming knowledge of the unseen?

The Shaykh:
No, farasah is based on perception, on perception and observation, observation of likenesses and observation of traces, which is what is called qayfah. This is a trait that Allah places in whom He wills.
And when Mujazziz al-Madlaji passed by, and he was a guardian who knew likenesses, and he saw the foot of Usamah ibn Zayd with his father Zayd ibn Harithah, both wrapped in a blanket, and their feet had become visible, he said: Glory be to Allah The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased with that. Because Usamah was black and his father Zayd ibn Harithah was white, so the people had doubt, and this qayf removed this doubt. Yes, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rejoiced in it. Yes.