Explanation of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “... O My servants, you are all naked except for the one I have clothed, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. O My servants, you err by night and by day...”

The Shaykh : Then He, the Exalted, said: , because when a human being is born, he is born, as it is said, as Allah created him, with no clothing on him . Do you understand this phrase, just like the one before it and the one before that? It means that a person turns to Allah and that he is in need of Him in everything, even in clothing. In fact, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . The *shasa'* is the strap of the sandal. If it breaks, even though it is a trivial thing, he goes to the cobbler, who puts in... three nails, three... Even for this, he asks his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He. Our Lord is not going to descend from the height of His Throne to untie his sandal for him, but when he asks Him for the strap of his sandal, it means that he is asking Him to make it easy for someone to patch it for him.
So, turning to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to facilitate the means of sustenance and the means of clothing is a matter of great importance that a person must not neglect. Because in reality, these turnings to Allah for these requests, even though they are easy for Allah, are part of the perfection of a servant’s servitude to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Because when you ask your Lord even for the strap of your sandal, you are proving your need for Him even in the most trivial matters. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Then he recited the saying of the Blessed and Exalted: [Ghafir: 60], . Allah, Mighty and Majestic, describes Himself in many verses as the All-Forgiving, the Merciful: [Nuh: 10-11], and so on. Also, in this hadith, He describes Himself as the All-Forgiving, and He describes the servant as one who errs by night and by day. So what is the path to salvation? What is the salvation of this person from the consequences of the many sins he commits and perpetrates by night and by day? What is the salvation from that? . Ask Me for forgiveness for your sins. [Ta-Ha: 82]. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So this hadith is connected by a strong link to this passage of this hadith: . It is as if the Blessed and Exalted is saying in this Holy Hadith that it is the nature of humans to err, and not only to err, but to exaggerate in sin, so he errs by night and by day. Therefore, He emphasized this meaning in the other hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . That means He has decreed non-existence for you and created another creation whose nature is to err, if we were not to err.
... on sin, as long as he is... . No, this is not the intended meaning of the hadith. Rather, the intended meaning of the hadith is that since it is the nature of humans to err, one should not despair of the mercy of Allah, but rather turn to Allah after he errs and ask the Blessed and Exalted to forgive him, so Allah will forgive him because He is the All-Forgiving. For whom? For the one who asks Him for forgiveness. As for the criminal who sins and persists in his sin and his transgression, and then does not turn to his Lord to ask Him for forgiveness, Allah will not forgive him.
So, if the matter is as this last hadith indicates, and as came in another hadith in whose chain there is some weakness, which is: , then since it is the nature of the human being to err, let him follow his error with repentance to Allah and asking his Lord, Blessed and Exalted, to forgive his sins, no matter how many they are.
We will suffice with this amount for tonight. Let us open the door for questions and answers.