Is the interrogative hamzah among the letters of oath?
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Question:
I ask Allah to do you good. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is the interrogative hamzah among the letters of oath, like the phrase "Al-Allah"?
Answer:
This is easy. The waw is lightened; the waw is sometimes dropped. When you say "Allah, you will certainly do such and such," it means "By Allah," so the waw was dropped for the sake of lightening. Similarly, in "Al-Allah," the waw is dropped. The hamzah entered upon the alif that precedes the Name of Allah, so it was lightened and became "Al-Allah." Yes.
I ask Allah to do you good. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is the interrogative hamzah among the letters of oath, like the phrase "Al-Allah"?
Answer:
This is easy. The waw is lightened; the waw is sometimes dropped. When you say "Allah, you will certainly do such and such," it means "By Allah," so the waw was dropped for the sake of lightening. Similarly, in "Al-Allah," the waw is dropped. The hamzah entered upon the alif that precedes the Name of Allah, so it was lightened and became "Al-Allah." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [249- 4717] هل الهمزة الاستفهامية من حروف القسم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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