The ruling on the claim that the earth rotates and that night and day succeed one another

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy. I am teaching the subject of geography, and scientific facts establish that the succession of night and day is due to the earth rotating on its axis once per day. Are there any texts from the Book and the Sunnah that deny this cosmic phenomenon?

Answer:
This is not a cosmic phenomenon. This is conjecture. You have made it a cosmic phenomenon. It is not a cosmic phenomenon. What is it that is perceived? What is it that is perceived that the sun rotates? Did you stop on it? Did you reach the sun? This is all conjecture. And it is from the sayings of those who do not believe in the power of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Allah informed us that the sun runs. And that the earth is settled and stable. So we affirm this. We affirm that the earth is stationary. And that it does not move, does not sway, and does not launch. And that the sun runs with a fixed point for it, and the observation is likewise, the observation is likewise now: the sun passes over us and it becomes day, then it sets on the horizon and it becomes night, it goes to people other than us and rises for us a second time and day comes, it sets and night comes, and so on, night and day succeed one another as a result of the sun’s rotation over the earth. And the sun’s running around the earth, this is the reality, and the Qur’an informed of that Allah, and informed that the earth is settled, that it is firm, and that it is stationary. So we discard this and go to the theories of the disbelievers and the theories of the conjecturers; this is a matter that is not permissible. Yes.