What is meant by misguidance in His saying: “And you found him lost, so He guided him”?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Regarding His saying, Exalted is He,[Ad-Duhaa 93:7] he asks: What kind of misguidance was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in?
Answer:
He did not know, peace and blessings be upon him, except what Allah taught him. He did not know[Ash-Shuraa 42:52] So Allah bestowed upon him this great blessing. And this misguidance is not the misguidance of disbelief, nor is it a misguidance that means a person has strayed from the path in the sense that he became a disbeliever. To stray from the path means to make a mistake in the path. So misguidance varies, my brother; some of it is the misguidance of disbelief, and some of it is the misguidance of error or ignorance.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Regarding His saying, Exalted is He,
And He found you lost and guided [you],
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰAnswer:
He did not know, peace and blessings be upon him, except what Allah taught him. He did not know
You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith
مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4296- 4717] ما المقصود بالضلال في قوله:(ووجدك ضالا فهدى)؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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