A teacher claims that some created beings know the unseen
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: One of the university teachers said that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen and said to it, "Write." This means[Al-Mujadila 58:7] the Preserved Tablet, meaning that He knows the unseen. Consequently, some of the created beings know the unseen, and some of the unseen matters may be revealed to some people, as happens with some of the Sufis through their spiritual insights. Is some of this correct? What is the validity of this statement?
Answer:
I hope that this teacher is not present in our schools or in the Kingdom. If he is present, then a report must be written about him regarding this speech. If he is in other schools or abroad, then his case is with Allah. He is speaking recklessly about the words of Allah and saying things about Allah without knowledge. If he had known, he would not have asked Allah. He said, "And what should I write?"
When Allah said to it, "Write," it said, "What shall I write?" If it had known, Allah the Exalted would not have asked it. No created being knows the unseen except by Allah teaching it. The unseen belongs to Allah, and no one knows the unseen except whom Allah reveals something of it to. This is recklessness, and I seek refuge in Allah, and it is attributing to Allah what He does not know. His intention is to reach the conclusion that the awliya (close friends of Allah), the righteous, and the masters of the Sufi paths know the unseen. That is his intention, and I seek refuge in Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: One of the university teachers said that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen and said to it, "Write." This means
that Allah knows what is in
أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِيAnswer:
I hope that this teacher is not present in our schools or in the Kingdom. If he is present, then a report must be written about him regarding this speech. If he is in other schools or abroad, then his case is with Allah. He is speaking recklessly about the words of Allah and saying things about Allah without knowledge. If he had known, he would not have asked Allah. He said, "And what should I write?"
When Allah said to it, "Write," it said, "What shall I write?" If it had known, Allah the Exalted would not have asked it. No created being knows the unseen except by Allah teaching it. The unseen belongs to Allah, and no one knows the unseen except whom Allah reveals something of it to. This is recklessness, and I seek refuge in Allah, and it is attributing to Allah what He does not know. His intention is to reach the conclusion that the awliya (close friends of Allah), the righteous, and the masters of the Sufi paths know the unseen. That is his intention, and I seek refuge in Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [823- 4717] مدرس يزعم أن بعض المخلوقات تعلم الغيب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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