Question:
As-salamu ‘alaykum
Is this statement really from Shaykh Ali al-Qari?
ﻭﺫﻜﺭ ﺍﻟﺤﻨﻔﻴﺔ ﺘﺼﺭﻴﺤﺎ ﺒﺎﻟﺘﻜﻔﻴﺭ ﺒﺎﻋﺘﻘﺎﺩ ﺃﻥ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﻴﻌﻠﻡ ﺍﻟﻐﻴﺏ ﻟﻤﻌﺎﺭﻀﺔ ﻗﻭﻟﻪ ﺘﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻗﻝ ﻻ ﻴﻌﻠﻡ ﻤﻥ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﻭﺍﺕ ﻭﺍﻷﺭﺽ ﺍﻟﻐﻴﺏ ﺇﻻ ﺍﷲ
“Know that the Prophets (upon them blessing and peace) do not know the unseen matters (mughayyabat) of things except what Allah has taught them from time to time. The Hanafis have mentioned with clear statements that by believing the Prophet (upon him blessing and peace) knew the unseen one is declared a disbeliever due to conflict with His (Exalted is He) statement: “Say: None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen but Allah.””
[Sharah fiqh al-Akbar, Azeemabadi quoted this in Awn al-Mabood under the hadeeth no: 4240]
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
What you quoted is in line with the position mentioned in some Hanafi works, but al-Qari holds a more open view in his commentary of the Burda, of which I have translated an excerpt posted here:
http://salafiaqeedah.blogspot.com/2011/04/qasidat-al-burda-part2.html
See also http://www.sunnah.org/publication/encyclopedia/html/unseen.htm
and
http://sunnah.org/sources/hadithProphetKnowledge1.htm
Hajj Gibril Haddad
