What is the benefit of dividing wisdom into purposive and formal, and what is its evidence?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you, regarding the division of wisdom into purposive and formal.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Shaykh, I mean, we cannot, for example, say "wisdom" and include both the form and the purpose in it as one thing.
The Shaykh : No, because the results may be achieved without this specific form. However, the fact that Allah established this specific result through this specific form is a wisdom.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I mean, can we seek evidence for this?
The Shaykh : The reality is that Allah's wisdom in a thing being in this manner is a wisdom, and the wisdom in its results is another wisdom.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I mean, the benefit...
The Shaykh : The benefit is so that we know that Allah's wisdom is vast, and that the purpose is not achieved in any manner whatsoever, but in a manner that is connected and appropriate. Look now: wudu' is an expiation for sins, but its expiation of sins is in the case of the complete ablutions.
The student: More
The Shaykh : More severe and more numerous. So, the proportionality, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you, regarding the division of wisdom into purposive and formal.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Shaykh, I mean, we cannot, for example, say "wisdom" and include both the form and the purpose in it as one thing.
The Shaykh : No, because the results may be achieved without this specific form. However, the fact that Allah established this specific result through this specific form is a wisdom.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I mean, can we seek evidence for this?
The Shaykh : The reality is that Allah's wisdom in a thing being in this manner is a wisdom, and the wisdom in its results is another wisdom.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I mean, the benefit...
The Shaykh : The benefit is so that we know that Allah's wisdom is vast, and that the purpose is not achieved in any manner whatsoever, but in a manner that is connected and appropriate. Look now: wudu' is an expiation for sins, but its expiation of sins is in the case of the complete ablutions.
The student: More
The Shaykh : More severe and more numerous. So, the proportionality, yes.