Is the appropriateness of saying "Ghafirak" (Your forgiveness) after leaving the toilet that the servant seeks for Allah to purify him from sins just as He purified him from impurity?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Who says that the appropriateness of saying "Ghafirak" after leaving the toilet is that the servant asks Allah to purify him from sins just as He purified him from impurity, is this...
Answer:
Seeking forgiveness is not done except by one who purifies him from sins by what? By forgiveness. He purifies him from sins by forgiveness. So his saying "purify him from sins" is evidence that he has sins, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Who says that the appropriateness of saying "Ghafirak" after leaving the toilet is that the servant asks Allah to purify him from sins just as He purified him from impurity, is this...
Answer:
Seeking forgiveness is not done except by one who purifies him from sins by what? By forgiveness. He purifies him from sins by forgiveness. So his saying "purify him from sins" is evidence that he has sins, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [158 -3022] هل مناسبة قول غفرانك بعد الخروج من الخلاء هو طلب أن يطهره من الذنوب كما طهره من النجاسة؟ — youtube.com
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