The Claim That the Prophet ﷺ Was Given Knowledge of the Keys of the Unseen

Question

Some say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given knowledge of the keys of the unseen which are [mentioned] at the end of Surah Luqman, and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ knows all the affairs of the whole world — whether [a foetus] is male or female. What is the ruling concerning them?

Answer

This statement is entirely false; many narrations and verses belie it. [ar]وَعَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: مَفَاتِيحُ الْغَيْبِ خَمْسٌ، وَتَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ. وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ﵄: مَنِ ادَّعَى عِلْمَ هَذِهِ الْخَمْسَةِ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ — إِلَى قَوْلِهِ — هَذِهِ الْعُلُومُ الْخَمْسَةُ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ[/ar] “From the Prophet ﷺ: ‘The keys of the unseen are five’, and he…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.