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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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How do we understand the Quranic verses in Surah Al-A'raf 188 and Surah Al-Jinn 21 regarding the matter of knowledge of the unseen by the Prophet Muhammad (s)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah only Has the full knowledge of every unseen الغيب and He Grants whomever He likes whatever He likes from the knowledge of the unseen. See Verse 26 and 27 in Sura al-Jinn ( Verse 26 and 27, Sura 72). Allah mentioned in Quran the Prophet Easa used to inform people about what they ate and what they hide in their houses.Sura 3, verse 49.

These are just few examples about knowledge of unseen granted by Allah to His sincere servants.

We should not mix between the Whole unseen which us only with Allah, and the granted unseen by Allah to His sincere servants.

Wassalam.
Why did Imam Hassan drink poison knowing that the Imam had knowledge of the unseen and knew he was being given poison? Is this not suicide?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

All the knowledge of the  unseen is with Allah (SWT) only as we read in Quran : Say: None in the skies and earth knows all the unseen but Allah) Sura An-Naml, verse 65. Allah (SWT) Grants some of the knowledge of the Unseen to whom He Wants from His most humble servants like the prophets and infallible Imams. That gift of knowing the unseen is according to The Wisdom of Allah and it is never like the Knowledge of Allah which covers everything.  Imam Hasan (AS) never committed suicide when he was given the poison. Obviously, he was not aware the it contains a poison.

Wassalam.
How is it that many Imams, who we claim had knowledge of the unseen to some extent, were martyred by poison?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Knowledge of the unseen has degrees and it is totally with Allah (SWA) and He grants parts of it to whom He Gifts from His best servants. Allah (SWT) stated is Quran that He Grants to His accepted servants parts from the Knowledge of the unseen. No Prophet had the total knowledge of the unseen like Allah, nor any Infallible Imam, but they had whatever Allah (SWT) Had Gifted them. Imams were unaware about the poison which was given to them despite having great deal of the knowledge of the unseen in other matters. Allah (SWT) Grants whatever He Wants to whomsoever He wants.

'Wassalam.
I understand that Allah (swt) alone has all knowledge of the unseen. But are there people who Allah gives some of that knowledge besides the Prophets (as)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes. All the deputies of the prophets including the twelve successors of the Prophet (SAWA) are gifted part of the unseen as you see in Quran about Aasif ibn Barkhiya who was the deputy of Sulaiman who brought the throne of Bilqis from Yemen to Palestine in less than an eye blink because of the knowledge of the unseen granted to him by Allah.

Allah grants parts of the unseen to His sincere servants depending on their degree in worshiping Allah.

Wassalam.