What is the meaning of His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): “So when they have purified themselves, then go to them from where Allah has commanded you”?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Raise your voice.
The questioner : It is mentioned in the Qur'an:[Al-Baqarah 2:222], so what is intended by the first purification? And what is intended by the purification ...?
The Shaykh from menstruation, meaning: they used water.
The questioner : For the bath.
The Shaykh : No, that is from you. from menstruation means the blood stops, meaning: they used water. ... The text specifies the most general and comprehensive, so means they washed the place of the blood. This is the lowest type of purification, or they performed wudu' or took a ghusl, and this is the most complete and best. Meaning, purification includes all these types.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Pardon me.
There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : A stage?
The questioner : A stage of affirmation.
The Shaykh : Affirmation?
The questioner : Affirmation of the heart.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This ... and the affirmation ... .
The Shaykh : ... ؟
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In the religion? How do you mean ... in the religion?
The questioner : Meaning that he cannot ... a nation of nations ... by the proof that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) ... .
The Shaykh : How do we use our minds? How do we use our minds in what He says? If you mean we use our minds in understanding what He says.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is beyond doubt, but that we use our minds in what He says is as if you said, "I use my mind in what I say, in what you say ... you are addressing me," meaning: I say I use my mind in what you say; because you are a human and I am a human. But the speech of the Lord of the Worlds is not placed in the position of humans; perhaps you do not mean this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How when we use our minds in understanding the minds.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fine; complete your statement.
The questioner : ... they say ... that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has, they brought that the Companions who were in ... ... a questioner asked ... the saying of Malik: "The istiwaa' is known, and the how is unknown, and ... and asking about it is a bid'ah (religious innovation)."
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : These Companions wanted to ... according to ... the verse ...[Ali 'Imran 3:7] and not to be among the people of bid'ah (religious innovation) about whom Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Ali 'Imran 3:7] meaning that ... specific conceptions and beliefs that you will not be able to ... a correct Islamic path; therefore I came ... and that those who perceive justify their bid'ah (religious innovations) ... they say that knowledge is mental and intellectual, and that it was ... and that the implications ... differ from knowledge, and when I ... I started from their statement that Islam now is an outward Islam ... , and that there are matters that we must purify or as you said about it in the issue.
The Shaykh : "Purification and education."
The questioner : "Purification and education," this is it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : Raise your voice.
The questioner : It is mentioned in the Qur'an:
so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves
فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ وَلا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَThe Shaykh
purify themselves
يَطْهُرْنَThen when they have purified themselves
فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَThe questioner : For the bath.
The Shaykh : No, that is from you.
Until they purify themselves
حَتَّى يَطْهُرْنَThen when they have purified themselves
فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَhave purified themselves
تَطَهَّرْنَThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Pardon me.
There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : A stage?
The questioner : A stage of affirmation.
The Shaykh : Affirmation?
The questioner : Affirmation of the heart.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This ... and the affirmation ... .
The Shaykh : ... ؟
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In the religion? How do you mean ... in the religion?
The questioner : Meaning that he cannot ... a nation of nations ... by the proof that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) ... .
The Shaykh : How do we use our minds? How do we use our minds in what He says? If you mean we use our minds in understanding what He says.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is beyond doubt, but that we use our minds in what He says is as if you said, "I use my mind in what I say, in what you say ... you are addressing me," meaning: I say I use my mind in what you say; because you are a human and I am a human. But the speech of the Lord of the Worlds is not placed in the position of humans; perhaps you do not mean this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How when we use our minds in understanding the minds.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Fine; complete your statement.
The questioner : ... they say ... that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has, they brought that the Companions who were in ... ... a questioner asked ... the saying of Malik: "The istiwaa' is known, and the how is unknown, and ... and asking about it is a bid'ah (religious innovation)."
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : These Companions wanted to ... according to ... the verse ...
say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.
يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنَا وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِAs for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِThe Shaykh : "Purification and education."
The questioner : "Purification and education," this is it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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