What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “Excuse the slips of those of good standing, except in the case of the fixed punishments”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 465 except for the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments)? What is meant by the stumbles?
Answer:
[It refers to] the one from whom evil does not repeatedly occur and who is not known for evil, but is known for chastity and modesty, yet a slip occurs from him at times, and it does not warrant the fixed punishment. One is lenient with him in this regard, except in the case of the fixed punishments.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Forgive right-acting people their slips."
صلى الله عليه وسلم أقيلوا ذوي الهيئات عثراتهمAnswer:
[It refers to] the one from whom evil does not repeatedly occur and who is not known for evil, but is known for chastity and modesty, yet a slip occurs from him at times, and it does not warrant the fixed punishment. One is lenient with him in this regard, except in the case of the fixed punishments.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2789 -3022] ما معنى قول رسول الله ﷺ: أقيلوا ذوي الهيئات عثراتهم إلا الحدود؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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