How should one respond to those who say that Aisha’s (may Allah be pleased with her) statement: “until he thought he had wetted his skin,” indicates that she perhaps did not express herself well because she is not infallible?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, Shaykh. Some people... the narrator... described... (peace and blessings be upon him) perhaps... perhaps she did not express the description well, or did not choose the word she said well.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : It passed us in the hadith of Abu Bakr: “until she thought he had wetted his head.”
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In this sense.
The Shaykh : Until he thought he had wetted it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Okay, do we hold it against him, and he... rulings, even though perhaps she did not express herself well, or did not... this word? So what is the response to that?
The Shaykh : The response to this is that she said: “until he thought he had wetted his skin,” because the completion of washing (isbag) is sufficient with a belief (thawq), and she mentioned that so it becomes clear to people that the completion of washing is not a matter where one must reach certainty, because that is difficult for people. Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to restrict himself to the Witr prayer?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to restrict himself to...?
The reader: Three.
The Shaykh : Three. Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : It passed us in the hadith of Abu Bakr: “until she thought he had wetted his head.”
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In this sense.
The Shaykh : Until he thought he had wetted it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Okay, do we hold it against him, and he... rulings, even though perhaps she did not express herself well, or did not... this word? So what is the response to that?
The Shaykh : The response to this is that she said: “until he thought he had wetted his skin,” because the completion of washing (isbag) is sufficient with a belief (thawq), and she mentioned that so it becomes clear to people that the completion of washing is not a matter where one must reach certainty, because that is difficult for people. Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to restrict himself to the Witr prayer?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to restrict himself to...?
The reader: Three.
The Shaykh : Three. Yes, yes.