The ruling on the phrase: "Can the perfumer fix what time has spoiled?"
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Question:
He says (may Allah pardon him): What is your opinion of this phrase? And does the perfumer fix what time has spoiled?
Answer:
This is a proverb. This is a proverb meaning that when the defects are numerous, the reformer cannot cover them up. So it is not believed, for example, that it is a hadith or that it is... I am like... Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
He says (may Allah pardon him): What is your opinion of this phrase? And does the perfumer fix what time has spoiled?
Answer:
This is a proverb. This is a proverb meaning that when the defects are numerous, the reformer cannot cover them up. So it is not believed, for example, that it is a hadith or that it is... I am like... Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 50 من 64 / شرح القصيدة النونية / كم ذا التلاعب منكم بالدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:16:35)
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