The Prophet’s vision of the people of the Fire and Paradise, and whether it was a real vision
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The people whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw in the Fire or in Paradise, was that a real vision? And was the entry into the Fire at that time real?
Answer:
By Allah, it is real. Yes, it is a real vision, not a guess. Yes, it is real. This is among the miracles of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), that Allah showed him the unseen, whatever He willed of the unseen.[Al-Jinn 72:26-27] This is among the characteristics of the Messengers (peace and blessings be upon them). This is real; it is not a guess, not a symbolic representation, and not… Yes, I wish you had not asked a question like this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The people whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw in the Fire or in Paradise, was that a real vision? And was the entry into the Fire at that time real?
Answer:
By Allah, it is real. Yes, it is a real vision, not a guess. Yes, it is real. This is among the miracles of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), that Allah showed him the unseen, whatever He willed of the unseen.
(26) [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone (27) Except whom He has approved of messengers
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السترة أمام المصلي وحكم المرور دونها — islamhouse.com (50:27)
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