The Book: 'The Life of King Saif bin Dhi Yazin'

Question :

I read a book 'The Life of King Saif bin Dhi Yazin' and on page 185 of the second volume, it says that King Saif arrived in a land where he found a man and he asked him his name and he told him that it was Al-Khidhr and he showed him a very beautiful land called Al-Jazirah Al- Baidha' (The White Peninsula) and said that he was the appointed guardian over it. In this place there were many miracles, such as that every night the gates of heaven were opened from the direction of that place and the angels of mercy carry out the Commands of the Supreme. He told him that beyond this peninsula was light, and beyond it, darkness which revolves around the earth, and beyond it, a mountain called Fadh, which was circular, like a ring, and the earth and the heavens were constructed upon it, and Allah's Omnipotence encompasses them all, and beyond that mountain lived creatures who were neither human nor Jinn. Is this story true and correct?

Answer:

This story is baseless and without any evidence and it is not permissible to believe in it, nor to include it among Islamic beliefs. The scholars have said that such fables about Al-Khidhr are without any authentic foundation and that Al- Khidhr died just as other worshippers of Allah do. If he were alive, he would have come to our Prophet, Muhammad who was sent to mankind and the Jinn. Also, the above-mentioned book contains superstitions and lies which are baseless. The writer is unknown and he like the one who does not think about what he is doing, writing whatever he thinks or imagines, with the intention of making time pass for the people with what he believes to be wonders of the world. There is no doubt of the extent of Allah's Omnipotence, nor of His All-Encompassing Knowledge of all created beings, but these superstitions which are without rein or halter deserve to be erased and eradicated, and this should be known (to all).

Source:
Ibn Jibreen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 1 Page 376