The ruling on claiming reliance on Allah when eating with a leper

The questioner : If one were to answer that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ate in order to teach people that matters are from Allah, and that these are causes whose cause is Allah, meaning this answer is more complete than if we said it was a matter of reliance on Allah, because a person might think he has reliance on Allah and eat with this leper,

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, what you said is sound without a doubt, but no one claims that his reliance is like the reliance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); that is not possible. And what I said is certainly sound, but it might be taken that someone would be bold and say, since the matter is in the hand of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, I will do something like this.

The questioner : Did the Shaykh al-Islam do this when he wanted to enter the Fire? Is that from this category? No, from what category?

The Shaykh : Because the Shaykh al-Islam knew that these people would not agree. He said to the Batayhiyyah, "I agree that we enter the Fire, but on the condition that we perform ghusl first. If we all perform ghusl, we enter the Fire."

The questioner : But the Shaykh’s action indicated that he would enter.

The Shaykh : Yes, he was certain, because this is like the poet’s saying: "If the crow grows white, I will come to my family, and the black will become like sweet milk." He knew that this would not happen, and therefore when he told them to perform ghusl, Abu...

The questioner : Meaning, it is true that a person does not enter, for example, if...

The Shaykh : Yes, he fears, he fears, because if he entered, he might be proud of himself and think he is worthy of being honored with salvation from the Fire, as Ibrahim was saved. If he entered with pride and saw in himself that he was worthy of that, then it would be ruined and he would burn. But yes, if it was in defense of the truth, he might be helped to repel the truth, not to honor him, perhaps.