Recently on websites and in chat rooms it has become common to see
topics and posts that contain pictures and audioor video clips that
show miracles, such as a fountain coming out of the sand in the
desert, or the name of Allah on the skin of a goat, or clouds forming
the name of Allah,or a girl who was transformed into an animal. Most
of these things are not true and arefabricated but these thingsare
very widespread.
What is the ruling on such things?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The signs of Allah in this universe are many; every atom in it
testifies to His greatness and majesty, and affirms His Oneness.
Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"HaMeem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran and none
but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings).
The revelation of the Book(this Quran) is from Allah, the All-Mighty,
the All-Wise.
Verily, in the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers.
And in your creation, and what He scattered (through the earth) of
moving (living) creatures are signs for people who have Faith with
certainty.
And in the alternation of night and day, and the provision (rain) that
Allah sends down from the sky, and revives therewith the earth after
its death, and in the turning about of thewinds (i.e. sometimes
towards the east or north, and sometimes towards the south or west
etc., sometimes bringing glad tidings of rain etc., and sometimes
bringing the torment), are signs for a people who understand.
These are the Ayat (proofs,evidences, verses, lessons, revelations,
etc.) of Allah, which We recite to you (O Muhammad SAW) with truth.
Then in which speech after Allah and His Ayat will they believe?"
[al-Jaathiyah 45:1-6] .
This is a call to ponder andthink about dozens of verses in the Holy
Qur'an that encourage us to look at the visible signs and to think
about them so as to increase in faith and certainty about the Creator
and believe in His Oneness, may He be glorified.
What these signs have in common is that they are visible to all
people. The earth, the sky, the sun, themoon, the animals, rain, one's
own self and so on are all signs that may be seen and known by all
humans. Each and every individual can understand their greatness and
realisethat they point to the Lordand Creator. Even though the
scientist may know things that ordinary people do not know aboutthese
things, they are visible to all and each person may learn from them
according to his ownlevel of understanding.
But with regard to what has become widespread nowadays of talking
about"miracles of nature", including those mentionedby the questioner,
as far asAllah's power is concerned,Allah, may He be exalted, has
power over all things, such as causing His name to appear on the skin
of a goat or on an egg, or transforming some peopleinto animals.
In fact we believe that such transformations will happen, as the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told us.At-Tirmidhi
(2212) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) said: "Among this ummah, people will be swallowed
up in the earth, transformed into monkeysand pigs, and pelted with
stones." A man among theMuslims said, "O Messenger of Allaah, whenwill
that be?" He said: "When singing-girls and musical instruments become
widespread and wine is drunk."
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh at-Tirmidhi.
This is as far as the might and power of Allah, may He be exalted, are
concerned. But as for whether these "miracles" happened or not, most
of what is in circulation nowadays of such things cannot be verified
or proven. Most of what people are passing aroundto one another of
these things is no more than chit-chat in their gatherings and images
on discussion boards and in chat rooms, the source or author of which
is not known. Does the Muslim need such stories to prove the soundness
of his religion and belief?!
Is there a shortage of evidence based on common sense and certainty,
so that one has to resort to these rumours?!
The correct attitude towards these reports is torefrain from
judgement. So we do not believe them, because of the possibility that
they may be false, and we do not disbelieve them, because of the
possibility that theymay be true, so long as wehave no clear evidence
to prove whether they are true or false. If such evidence comes along
then we may be certain in that case.
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