Mentioning that supernatural events are sometimes a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to a righteous person, and sometimes a trial for their owner, the difference between them, and the misguidance of the Sufis in this matter.
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The Shaykh : Before I move on from mentioning some of what relates to the Dajjal and his descriptions to the Dabbah, I want to seize this opportunity to remind many people today who believe in supernatural events of another type, and consider them miracles granted to the awliya (close friends of Allah) for no reason other than that they are supernatural events. We must also know this legal reality: that supernatural events are divided into two categories:
Prophetic miracles for the prophets or miracles granted to the awliya (close friends of Allah); this is the first category.
The other category is: supernatural events that are a trial from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for their owners, and they are not a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to their people; rather, they are a trial, as you have seen regarding the greater Dajjal.
These two categories are a matter agreed upon by the scholars of the Muslims. The supernatural event is sometimes a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to a righteous person, and this is, of course, a beautiful thing. And sometimes it is a trial for the one from whom that supernatural event issues. Distinguishing this type from that type, or this category from this category, is by looking at the source of either type. If its source is a believing man, a prophet or a righteous person, then it is a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to a righteous person. But if its source is a person you see who does not pray, does not fast, and you may even hear from him statements of disbelief that some people interpret by calling them "exaggerations," then this is not a miracle granted to a righteous person; because the one from whom this alleged miracle issued is not described as righteous, let alone described as a prophet. Once we know this, what we hear from many people—that so-and-so used to walk naked and... and yet supernatural events issued from him, so they are miracles granted to him—
This is not permissible to attribute to Islam in any way. Rather, these are either expressions of tricks, absurdities, and deception by some of these people, or they are a trial from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as we mentioned. And this is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an:[Al-Anbya 21:35]. So the trial by the supernatural is sometimes good, and sometimes a trial. And such "miracles," which are more rightly called humiliations, have filled the bellies of many books related to the biographies of men who claim affiliation with Sufism and righteousness.
Prophetic miracles for the prophets or miracles granted to the awliya (close friends of Allah); this is the first category.
The other category is: supernatural events that are a trial from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for their owners, and they are not a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to their people; rather, they are a trial, as you have seen regarding the greater Dajjal.
These two categories are a matter agreed upon by the scholars of the Muslims. The supernatural event is sometimes a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to a righteous person, and this is, of course, a beautiful thing. And sometimes it is a trial for the one from whom that supernatural event issues. Distinguishing this type from that type, or this category from this category, is by looking at the source of either type. If its source is a believing man, a prophet or a righteous person, then it is a prophetic miracle or a miracle granted to a righteous person. But if its source is a person you see who does not pray, does not fast, and you may even hear from him statements of disbelief that some people interpret by calling them "exaggerations," then this is not a miracle granted to a righteous person; because the one from whom this alleged miracle issued is not described as righteous, let alone described as a prophet. Once we know this, what we hear from many people—that so-and-so used to walk naked and... and yet supernatural events issued from him, so they are miracles granted to him—
This is not permissible to attribute to Islam in any way. Rather, these are either expressions of tricks, absurdities, and deception by some of these people, or they are a trial from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as we mentioned. And this is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an:
And We test you with evil and with good as trial
وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً
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