The Meaning of the Maternal Uncle
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does *al-'amm li-umm* (the maternal uncle) mean the brother of your father on his mother's side, or is it your mother's uncle?
Answer:
No, *al-'amm li-umm* means the brother of your father on his mother's side. As for the one you mentioned, who said *al-'amm li-umm* without the *lam*, yes, the brother of your mother is called *al-'amm li-umm*. But the brother of your father on his mother's side is called *al-'amm li-umm*.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does *al-'amm li-umm* (the maternal uncle) mean the brother of your father on his mother's side, or is it your mother's uncle?
Answer:
No, *al-'amm li-umm* means the brother of your father on his mother's side. As for the one you mentioned, who said *al-'amm li-umm* without the *lam*, yes, the brother of your mother is called *al-'amm li-umm*. But the brother of your father on his mother's side is called *al-'amm li-umm*.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [67] — alfawzan.live (56:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.