The ruling on claiming to have seen Allah in a dream and to be a close friend of Allah
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The questioner:
He says: One who claims to have seen Allah in a dream in the present time, is his statement to be believed?
The Shaykh:
That is, we do not believe him, nor do we declare him a liar; we do not know about him. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is his claim considered as being a close friend of Allah (wali), such that this is used as evidence of his status as a close friend of Allah?
The Shaykh:
No one says that he is one of the awliya (close friends of Allah); no one says this, meaning, does he claim for himself the status of a wali? How does he know that he is a wali of Allah? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, "Those who believed," and He says (Glorified and Exalted is He):[Yunus 10:62] Who are they? Those who believed and were mindful of Allah. Does a person purify himself and say, "I am one of the awliya of Allah"? He does not purify himself. Yes.
He says: One who claims to have seen Allah in a dream in the present time, is his statement to be believed?
The Shaykh:
That is, we do not believe him, nor do we declare him a liar; we do not know about him. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is his claim considered as being a close friend of Allah (wali), such that this is used as evidence of his status as a close friend of Allah?
The Shaykh:
No one says that he is one of the awliya (close friends of Allah); no one says this, meaning, does he claim for himself the status of a wali? How does he know that he is a wali of Allah? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, "Those who believed," and He says (Glorified and Exalted is He):
Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve
أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُصدّق من يقول أنه رأى الله في المنام؟ وهل يعتبر ولي من أولياء الله؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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