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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of 'Ayn and Dayn, and the Meanings of the Term 'Ayn

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Question:
The Shaykh informed us, may Allah inform us, this is from you who mentions examples regarding the 'ayn of the eye, the debt, and entering into it as a helper,

Answer:
'Ayn is the present thing, the present money. This 'ayn, the present money, is called 'ayn. And dayn is the money absent from the place of the contract. This dayn, the dayn is the thing absent from the place of the contract, which is in the liability. This is called dayn. And gold and silver are also called 'ayn. Gold and silver are called 'ayn by the Arabs.
For this reason, they say that 'ayn is among the shared terms in the language. 'Ayn is used and the spy is meant by it. It is said, "So-and-so is the 'ayn of so-and-so," meaning a spy. And 'ayn is used and gold or silver is meant by it. It is said, "So-and-so stole the 'ayn of so-and-so," meaning did he steal the 'ayn that he sees? No, he stole the gold and silver that he has, because the word "stole" indicates that money is meant, is that not so?
And it is said, "So-and-so poked out the 'ayn of so-and-so." What is meant by 'ayn here? The seeing eye. The seeing eye. And it is said, "So-and-so dug up the 'ayn of so-and-so." What is meant by 'ayn here? The eye of the water, the springing eye of the water. For this reason, they mention an example, saying: "The thieves attacked so-and-so's 'ayn yesterday and dug it up, and his 'ayn and poked it out, and his 'ayn and stole it." They explained it, each one returning to what corresponds to it. Yes. "And his 'ayn and poked it out," the seeing eye is meant. "And his 'ayn and dug it up," the springing eye, the eye of the water, is meant. "And his 'ayn and stole it," gold or silver is meant by it. So it is among the shared terms. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 23 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|باب الرهن|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:43)

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