What is the difference between the conditional *min* and the relative *min*?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between the relative and the conditional.
The Shaykh : Between whom?
The questioner : The conditional and the relative, because.
The Shaykh : Okay, understood.
The questioner : Between *min*? Because sometimes, even the relative is followed by a jussive verb,
The Shaykh : Important.
The questioner : I do not have it at hand, but it happens often, and we say this is due to the generality, meaning that what follows it is included.
The Shaykh : As for what you mentioned regarding the connection of the *fa* to the predicate of the relative, they said that it resembles the conditional in its generality. The clear difference is that the conditional *min*, if the verb is a present tense part of
The questioner : it becomes a condition for Ramadan.
The Shaykh : This remains permissible. What is the issue? It means that you may treat it as a relative, and you may treat it as a conditional, if there is no indication specifying one of them.
The questioner : Is there a fundamental difference, as they say, in the meaning, if.
The Shaykh : There is nothing in it, there is nothing except in terms of the ruling. But in terms of impact, the conditional is more emphatic, because the consequence of one thing following another is more emphatic than the statement that this thing occurs after that thing.
The Shaykh : Between whom?
The questioner : The conditional and the relative, because.
The Shaykh : Okay, understood.
The questioner : Between *min*? Because sometimes, even the relative is followed by a jussive verb,
The Shaykh : Important.
The questioner : I do not have it at hand, but it happens often, and we say this is due to the generality, meaning that what follows it is included.
The Shaykh : As for what you mentioned regarding the connection of the *fa* to the predicate of the relative, they said that it resembles the conditional in its generality. The clear difference is that the conditional *min*, if the verb is a present tense part of
The questioner : it becomes a condition for Ramadan.
The Shaykh : This remains permissible. What is the issue? It means that you may treat it as a relative, and you may treat it as a conditional, if there is no indication specifying one of them.
The questioner : Is there a fundamental difference, as they say, in the meaning, if.
The Shaykh : There is nothing in it, there is nothing except in terms of the ruling. But in terms of impact, the conditional is more emphatic, because the consequence of one thing following another is more emphatic than the statement that this thing occurs after that thing.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1638 - 4600 ما الفرق بين من الشرطية والموصولة؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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