The Meaning of Istinkaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of *istinaf*? Yes. What is the meaning of *istinaf*?
Answer:
It is disdain, abandoning a thing and turning away from it. It is arrogance toward it[An-Nisa 4:172], meaning not acknowledging the thing. This is rejection and not acting upon it. Rejection. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of *istinaf*? Yes. What is the meaning of *istinaf*?
Answer:
It is disdain, abandoning a thing and turning away from it. It is arrogance toward it
Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant of Allah, nor would the angels near [to Him].
لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ الْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْدًا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 69 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/صلاة المسافر والمريض/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:22)
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