Can a substitute for error be in the action?
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The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Wahhab.
The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding the substitute, the substitute for error, did you see Zayd the horse?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The horse is a substitute...?
The Shaykh : No, if you said: I saw Zayd the donkey, it would be like the donkey, why? Because in the first case you said I saw Zayd and made a mistake, but you said: donkey. Sometimes, with distance, you do not know if it is a human or an animal. Yes! So you say: I saw Zayd, then you say: the donkey. Suppose Zayd went to look for a lost donkey, so you say: This is Zayd, then you confirm at that moment that it is the donkey, so you say: the donkey, yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, why can it not be part of a whole?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Part of a whole?
The Shaykh : Yes, it can be. Yes, the example you mentioned: I honored him, I gave him a book, is of this type.
The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding the substitute, the substitute for error, did you see Zayd the horse?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The horse is a substitute...?
The Shaykh : No, if you said: I saw Zayd the donkey, it would be like the donkey, why? Because in the first case you said I saw Zayd and made a mistake, but you said: donkey. Sometimes, with distance, you do not know if it is a human or an animal. Yes! So you say: I saw Zayd, then you say: the donkey. Suppose Zayd went to look for a lost donkey, so you say: This is Zayd, then you confirm at that moment that it is the donkey, so you say: the donkey, yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, why can it not be part of a whole?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Part of a whole?
The Shaykh : Yes, it can be. Yes, the example you mentioned: I honored him, I gave him a book, is of this type.