Tafseer

Question regarding an aayah of Surah Luqmaan

Q: Can you please comment on the following Hadith as we can know to a certain percentage when it will rain and we can know what is in the womb, even the gender of the child. Also, can't some part of the future be known by astrology and palmistry, etc. Although, I know it is totally haraam.

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle ﷺ said, "Keys of the unseen knowledge are five which nobody knows but Allah:
* nobody knows what will happen tomorrow;
* nobody knows what is in the womb;
* nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow;
* nobody knows at what place he will die;
* and nobody knows when it will rain."

References al-Bukhari Book of Dua' for Rain (Istisqaa) #149 al-Bukhari 1039 Sahih al-Bukhari Vol. 2, Book 17, Hadith 149 Sahih al-Bukhari Vol. 2, Book of Dua' for Rain (Istisqaa), Hadith 149

Objection against Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) marrying Hazrat Zainab (radhiyallahu anha)

Q: In Surah 33, verse 38 it is stated that when Zaid (radhiyallahu anhu) dissolved his marriage with Zainab (radhiyallahu anha) then Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) married the divorced wife of Zaid (radhiyallahu anhu). Zaid (radhiyallahu anhu) was the foster son of Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

In your fatwa you stated that it is not permissible for a man to marry his sisters, maternal and paternal aunts, nieces, foster mothers, foster sisters, and daughters-in-law from his blood sons or foster sons. Please let me know if the Quran is correct or if your fatwa is correct.

Self interpretation of the Quraan

Q: I read somewhere that for example in Tafsir Ibn Kathir, if Ibn Kathir himself has made an interpretation of the Quran we can neither confirm nor deny it since we are humans and we can make mistakes. Is it correct?

What about statements of the Sahabah Kiram which they have made? Also what about the different rulings derived by various ulema?