What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Then when they have purified themselves, come to them from where Allah has commanded you”?
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The Shaykh : Raise your voice.
The questioner : It is mentioned in the Qur'an [al-Baqarah: 222]. So what is meant by the first purification, and what is meant by the purification …?
The Shaykh : They purify themselves from menstruation. So when they have purified themselves, it means they used water.
The questioner : For the bath.
The Shaykh : No, that is from you. from menstruation means the blood stops. It means they used water. … In the text, it is the most general and comprehensive. Meaning they washed the place of the blood; this is the minimum type of purification. Or they performed wudu, or they took a bath, and this is the most complete and best. Meaning purification includes all these types.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Excuse me.
There is no god but Allah.
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 religion? How do you mean … in religion?
The questioner : It means that he cannot … a nation of nations … as evidenced by the fact that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, … .
The Shaykh : How do we use our minds? How do we use our minds regarding what He says? If you mean we use our minds to understand what He says.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is beyond doubt. But to use our minds regarding what He says, that is as if you said, “I use my mind regarding what I say, regarding what you say … you address me, or I say I use my mind regarding 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 on the level of humans. Perhaps you do not mean this?”
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The Shaykh : How, when we use our minds to understand the minds.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, finish your statement.
The questioner : … they say … that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has, they came with the statement that the Companions who were in … the saying of Malik: “The Istiwa is known, the how is unknown, and … and asking about it is an innovation”
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : So they wanted, these Companions wanted to … according to … the verse[Ali 'Imran 3:7] and otherwise they wanted to be … those about whom Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said [Ali 'Imran 3:7] meaning that … and specific conceptions and beliefs … a correct Islamic path. For this reason, I came … and that these who perceive justify … 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 is now apparent Islam … and that there are matters that we must purify, or what you called it in the issue.
The Shaykh : Purification and education.
The questioner : Purification and education, that is it.
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 فإذا تطهرنThe Shaykh : They purify themselves from menstruation. So when they have purified themselves, it means they used water.
The questioner : For the bath.
The Shaykh : No, that is from you.
until they purify themselves
حتى يطهرنThen when they have purified themselves
فإذا تطهرنSo they purify themselves
فتطهرنThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Excuse me.
There is no god but Allah.
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 religion? How do you mean … in religion?
The questioner : It means that he cannot … a nation of nations … as evidenced by the fact that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, … .
The Shaykh : How do we use our minds? How do we use our minds regarding what He says? If you mean we use our minds to understand what He says.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is beyond doubt. But to use our minds regarding what He says, that is as if you said, “I use my mind regarding what I say, regarding what you say … you address me, or I say I use my mind regarding 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 on the level of humans. Perhaps you do not mean this?”
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How, when we use our minds to understand the minds.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, finish your statement.
The questioner : … they say … that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has, they came with the statement that the Companions who were in … the saying of Malik: “The Istiwa is known, the how is unknown, and … and asking about it is an innovation”
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : So they wanted, 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.
يقولون أمنا به كل من عند ربنا وما يذّكر إلا أولوا الألبابAs 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]
فأما الذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ما تشابه منه ابتغاء الفتنة وابتغاء تأويلهThe Shaykh : Purification and education.
The questioner : Purification and education, that is it.