Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 590

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Commentary on Riyadh al-Salihin, based on the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

قَوْلُهُ: ﴿وَلَكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ﴾ هَذَا الَّذِي أَرَادَ اللَّهُ مِنَّا بِالْوُضُوءِ وَالْغُسْلِ أَنْ يُطَهِّرَ ظَوَاهِرَنَا بِالْمَاءِ، وَأَنْ يُطَهِّرَ بَوَاطِنَنَا بِالتَّوْحِيدِ، وَلِهَذَا يُسَنُّ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ أَنْ تَتَشَهَّدَ، تَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ، وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ.

Regarding His words, 'But He intends to purify you,' Allah intends for us through ablution and ritual bathing to cleanse our outward selves with water and our inner selves with monotheism. It is therefore recommended that upon finishing your ablution, you recite the testimony: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent and among those who are purified.'

وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ وَذَلِكَ بِهَذَا الْوُضُوءِ الَّذِي يَحْصُلُ بِهِ تَكْفِيرُ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَرِفْعَةُ الدَّرَجَاتِ، فَإِنَّ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ، فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةُ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ أَيِّهَا شَاءَ» (١).

Regarding His words, 'And to complete His favor upon you,' this is achieved through the ablution that earns the expiation of sins and the elevation of one's status. Whoever performs ablution thoroughly and then says, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent and among those who are purified,' will have the eight gates of Paradise opened for him, and he may enter through whichever he wishes.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 43 nouns)

• أَرَادَ — to want
• طَهَّرَ — to purify
• سَنَّ — to prescribe
• قَوْل — saying
• وُضُوء — ablution
• غُسْل — ritual washing