Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

What does Islam say about Deja vu?

· 15 Rajab 1437 AH1 min readFatwa 35505English

Question

What does Islam say about deja vu. I sometimes feel that an incident has occured before.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

Déjà vu is a recollection of an incident of the past. Recollection of past incidents are natural.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakir Husain

Student DarulIftaa
Michigan, U.S.A

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrāhīm Desai.

Déjà vu:French pronunciation: [de.ʒa.vy]) from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past. Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity, and Déjà déjà vécu (the feeling of having "already lived through" something) is a feeling of recollection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu

Answered by
Zakir Husain
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrāhīm Desai
View original
Questions about this ruling, answered only from the archive with sources.

Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.

Fatawa SA is an independent, read-only index of fatawa already published by Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah. It is not a fatwa service. For your own situation, please ask a Mufti. Report an issue

For corrections or mistakes, please email us at fatawasa786@gmail.com.

Source: Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah — https://askimam.org/public/question_detail/35505
Fatawa SA: https://fatawa.co.za/fatwa/askimam-35505

Related fatawa