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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on praying behind one who claims knowledge of the unseen

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on praying behind one who claims knowledge of the unseen?

Answer:
It is not valid, and may Allah protect us from that. This is a disbeliever. The one who claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever.
(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, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observersعَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِن
[Al-Jinn 72:26-27]
the Messenger, so it is not permissible to claim knowledge of the unseen, and the one who claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 108 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/الشحوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:15)

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