The ruling on interpreting a word with a meaning that the language does not support
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The questioner : What is your opinion of those who claim to be literary and those who claim to be a cultural circle? Sometimes, for example, they say a word and mean by it the Hereafter,
The Shaykh : the appearance.
The questioner : The modernists in the present reality, this school that adopts what they call modern literature, might say it does not mean the end. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : This is unbearable. I say this is not acceptable, meaning it is not possible to apply a word to a meaning that the language does not adopt. It is not acceptable in that. This is like if a Persian person, for example, spoke in Persian; it is not possible for his Persian words to be Arabic. He says, "This man is as if he is not an Arab; he speaks other than Arabic." So if one applies a word to a meaning that neither custom nor language supports, it is rejected. Yes.
The questioner : He says "black" and means by it "white." Is this correct?
The Shaykh : This is not correct. This is not correct.
The Shaykh : the appearance.
The questioner : The modernists in the present reality, this school that adopts what they call modern literature, might say it does not mean the end. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : This is unbearable. I say this is not acceptable, meaning it is not possible to apply a word to a meaning that the language does not adopt. It is not acceptable in that. This is like if a Persian person, for example, spoke in Persian; it is not possible for his Persian words to be Arabic. He says, "This man is as if he is not an Arab; he speaks other than Arabic." So if one applies a word to a meaning that neither custom nor language supports, it is rejected. Yes.
The questioner : He says "black" and means by it "white." Is this correct?
The Shaykh : This is not correct. This is not correct.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2113 - 4600 ألفاظ الطلاق ما هو الضابط لها ولو تكلم شخص بلفظ لا يحتمل الطلاق وقال أردت...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com (0:18)
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