Questioner:
He says; the verse, the All-Knower of the unseen, none knows it but Allāh. What is the ruling upon who claims to have the knowledge of the unseen?
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ bn Fawzān al-Fawzān:
He, the Exalted, said (what means):
“(He Alone) the All-Knower of the Gha’ib (unseen), and He reveals to none His Gha’ib (unseen).” Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He informs him of unseen as much as He likes)” [al-Jinn:26,27]
“Say: “None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (unseen) except Allah, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected.”” [an-Naml:65]
“And with Him are the keys of the Ghaib (all that is hidden), none knows them but He.” [al-An’ām:59]
So, the knowledge of the unseen is from the specific qualities of Allāh , the Exalted and Most High. And whoever claims to have the knowledge of the unseen or that he knows the unseen, he is surely a disbeliever. Because he claims a partnership with Allāh in an affair that is from His, the Exalted and Most High’s specific qualities.