Though
Allah’s
Messenger (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
informed us
about that
which is
hidden from
us, he (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
too did not
have the
absolute
knowledge of
the Unseen.
He only knew
that which
was revealed
to him
through
revelation
from Allah.
Allah says
in the
Qur’aan:
“Say (O
Muhammad (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam),
‘I don’t
tell you
that with me
are the
treasures of
Allah, nor
(that) I
know the
Unseen … I
but follow
what is
revealed to
me by
inspiration.”[1]
Aa’ishah,
the wife of
the Prophet
(sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
says, “And
whoever
tells you
that the
Prophet (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
knows what
is going to
happen
tomorrow, is
a liar.” She
then
recited:
“No soul can
know what it
will earn
tomorrow.”[2]
When a few
small girls
were beating
on the duff
and singing
in the
presence of
Allah’s
Messenger (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam),
they said,
“There is a
Prophet
amongst us
who knows
what will
happen
tomorrow.”
The
Messenger of
Allah (sallallahu
alaihi
wa-sallam)
said,
“Do not say
this, but go
on saying
what you
have spoken
before.”[3]
“And they
will never
compass
anything of
His
Knowledge
except what
He wills.”[4]
