Knowledge of the Unseen

Question

A certain person holds the belief that Allah the Exalted granted the Prophet ﷺ the entire knowledge of the unseen, and that even now he is hadir wa nazir (present and watching) and knowing of all things (‘alim bi-jami‘ al-ashya’). He declares publicly, in his Friday khutba, sermons and speeches, that this alone is the belief of Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama‘a, that whoever holds a belief contrary to it is misguided and prayer behind him is not valid; and he says that those verses of the Holy Qur’an by which knowledge of…

Answer

Knowledge of the unseen in an all-encompassing manner (kulli) — such that not a single particle remains hidden, but rather everything is before Him at every moment — is specific to the Essence of Allah the Exalted; being present and watching (hadir wa nazir) everywhere and aware of everything is His special attribute.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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