In his saying: (Just as I purified the white garment), how was the verb expressed in the past tense?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Is there not a difficulty in his saying: Sunan an-Nasa'i 61Sahih (Darussalam) In the first wording, "I purified" with the past tense verb, is it anomalous?
The Shaykh : What is the difficulty?
The questioner : The difficulty is that he said: Just as I purified the white garment from impurity, meaning, does he say this based on the assumption that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) decreed that the white garment is purified from impurity?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, sometimes the actions of Allah's servants are attributed to Him as their Creator.
as a white garment
كما نقيت الثوب الأبيضThe Shaykh : What is the difficulty?
The questioner : The difficulty is that he said: Just as I purified the white garment from impurity, meaning, does he say this based on the assumption that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) decreed that the white garment is purified from impurity?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, sometimes the actions of Allah's servants are attributed to Him as their Creator.