Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
Is the intense feeling of certainty when thinking good of Allah, especially in matters such as the health of a marital relationship or the answering of prayers, considered delving into the knowledge of the unseen, and is there a fear that one might abandon their faith thereby? What is the ruling on this feeling, and how can it be avoided or dealt with if it is unlawful?
Are Al-Nasafi, Al-Suyuti, Al-Ghazali, and Ibn Al-Hajj considered innovators (mubtadi'ah), based on their statements and stances regarding miracles (karamat), visiting the Prophet (peace be upon him), seeking his help (istighatha), and his presence after his death?
Does Allah's knowledge of everything, including the unseen, extend infinitely, or is it limited to a specific time period, such as a thousand years?
Is it permissible to memorize and study materials that may contain information religiously incorrect (such as Islamic sciences from unreliable sources or philosophy) for the purpose of passing exams, and is the student sinful if he answers according to their falsehood, especially if he is unsure of their falsity?
Has Almighty God become angry with me because I failed my studies, and how can I know that and appease Him and succeed in this world and the Hereafter, and how can I ward off thoughts of women given the mixing of genders, and is it permissible to associate with disobedient people?
What is the ruling on one who believes a claimant to prophethood or to knowledge of the unseen, due to being a recent convert to Islam or living in a remote desert and not having received the rulings of Islam?
Does the Qur’an and Sunnah state the impossibility of time travel?
Is the science of parapsychology, telepathy, and activating energy centers permissible or forbidden?
Is an elderly woman who prophesied my brother's illness and death in a specific month, and mentioned personal details about him such as his parents' names, considered a soothsayer?
Does Ibn Taymiyyah's swearing seventy oaths that the Muslims would be victorious over the Tatars, and his saying, "Insha'Allah (God willing) as a certainty, not merely a suspension," explaining that God had written their defeat in the Preserved Tablet, as well as his knowledge of what Ibn al-Qayyim was thinking, mean that he knew the Unseen?
What is the meaning and authenticity of the following two phrases: "Whoever engages in logic has become a heretic" and "Whoever practices Sufism without jurisprudence has become a heretic, and whoever practices jurisprudence without Sufism has become a heretic"? And what is the detailed meaning of a heretic (Zindeeq)?
Do you advise me to take heed of the warnings and guidance that come to me in an inner feeling, or could that be from the devils?
Have Tabuk become gardens as was mentioned in the Hadith?
How can one reconcile the fact that knowledge of the time of rainfall is one of the five keys to the unseen, with weather forecasts that specify the time of rain?
What is the ruling on going to one who seeks help from Muslim jinn in treating renewed and severe magic, after exhausting all legitimate means and confirming his righteousness and his monotheism of Allah, taking into account the jurisprudential disagreement on the issue of seeking help from jinn and the necessity of preserving religion, intellect, and self?
What is the ruling on one who became afraid upon hearing that a certain soothsayer predicted his death on a specific day, believing that a Jinn revealed this to the soothsayer, and not that the soothsayer knows the unseen?
Is imagining minute details of matters such as parking a car, eating food, brushing teeth, or imagining things from the inside by one's will, considered a type of attempt to know the unseen or divination that leads to polytheism (shirk)? Or does it fall under the sciences of parapsychology, known as out-of-body experiences to know the unseen? And what is the ruling on that?
Is the mixing of males and females permissible for the people of Paradise, or will it be within limits, such as lowering the gaze?
Will a woman who read palms jokingly and came to know unseen matters be forgiven, and how can atonement be made for this sin?
Does my answering "I understood what you meant" to the question "Did you understand what I meant?" after a hint about something, constitute a claim to knowledge of what is in hearts?
Does donating online via credit card equal donating by hand directly in reward?
Is the supplication of one who did not rush the answer accepted, if others who supplicated with him for the same matter rushed it?
What is the ruling on listening to someone who speaks about the Antichrist (Dajjal) and the Arab revolutions with words that contradict what is well-known, and is it permissible to accept his words?
Did I err when I told someone that Allah would not purify a Dayyūth and that he would suffer a severe punishment, even though the noble Hadith, "Three Allah عز وجل will not look at on the Day of Resurrection: the one who disobeys his parents, the woman who imitates men, and the Dayyūth," did not mention that?