Is the number in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “If you seek forgiveness for them seventy times” for exaggeration or for restriction?
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The questioner : I mentioned in the concept of the number that it is a proof.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is it finished?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Shaykh, you mentioned the rule that ... is for exaggeration and not ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the concept of the number.
The Shaykh : Correct, correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this restricts, meaning this ... .
The Shaykh : No, it does not restrict it. It does not restrict it. The apparent meaning of the verse agrees with what 'Umar understood from it.
The questioner : It is for exaggeration.
The Shaykh : It is for exaggeration, and the verse in the chapter of the hypocrites supports this:[Al-Munafiqun 63:6] But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) understood from it the opposite of what 'Umar understood; he understood from it that it is not for exaggeration, and if it is not for exaggeration, then it has a concept.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is it finished?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Shaykh, you mentioned the rule that ... is for exaggeration and not ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the concept of the number.
The Shaykh : Correct, correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this restricts, meaning this ... .
The Shaykh : No, it does not restrict it. It does not restrict it. The apparent meaning of the verse agrees with what 'Umar understood from it.
The questioner : It is for exaggeration.
The Shaykh : It is for exaggeration, and the verse in the chapter of the hypocrites supports this:
It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them
سَواءٌ عَلَيهِم أَستَغفَرتَ لَهُم أَم لَم تَستَغفِر لَهُمThe questioner : Shaykh?