What is the ruling on using the letter "ba" and its connection to the head as evidence for the generality of wiping the head, and that it is a linguistic issue?
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The questioner : Now, here is a question that says: Using the letter "ba" and its connection to the head as evidence for the generality of the head, and that it is a linguistic issue concerning the letter "ba," whether it is for partiality or not? And using as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Insan 76:6] [Al-Mutaffifin 83:28] Also, I heard a verse of Arabic poetry, but I do not recall it now, nor its author?
The Shaykh : Perhaps it is "They drank with the water of the sea."
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh :"They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose *** to green waves for which there is a lowing".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that among the letters of meaning, some differ in meaning according to what they are connected to. We find that sometimes it is for partiality, and sometimes it is for causality. You find that sometimes it is for temporality, and sometimes it is for causality. Likewise, the letter "ba" may be for partiality, and it may be for causality, and so on. This is a known matter.
But the issue is not whether the "ba" is for partiality or not for partiality in the saying of Allah the Exalted: Rather, the issue is the word "head," for the head includes the entire head. The "ba" here is for attachment, because it is governed by "wiping," and wiping with something means: making this a tool for wiping, to which the wiped thing is attached.
And the evidence remains not with the "ba" and whether it is for generality or for partiality or the like, but rather the evidence is with the word "heads."
The questioner : But denying that it is for partiality is not correct, because in *Al-Mughni*?
The Shaykh : Some scholars denied it, saying: It has not been used in the language of the Arabs for partiality. As for the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Insan 76:6] And likewise also
"They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose *** to green waves for which there is a lowing"
The same thing, meaning: They drank from the water of the sea.
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink
عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِA spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَThe Shaykh : Perhaps it is "They drank with the water of the sea."
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh :"They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose *** to green waves for which there is a lowing".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that among the letters of meaning, some differ in meaning according to what they are connected to. We find that sometimes it is for partiality, and sometimes it is for causality. You find that sometimes it is for temporality, and sometimes it is for causality. Likewise, the letter "ba" may be for partiality, and it may be for causality, and so on. This is a known matter.
But the issue is not whether the "ba" is for partiality or not for partiality in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and wipe your heads
وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْAnd the evidence remains not with the "ba" and whether it is for generality or for partiality or the like, but rather the evidence is with the word "heads."
The questioner : But denying that it is for partiality is not correct, because in *Al-Mughni*?
The Shaykh : Some scholars denied it, saying: It has not been used in the language of the Arabs for partiality. As for the saying of Allah the Exalted:
of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink
يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِ"They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose *** to green waves for which there is a lowing"
The same thing, meaning: They drank from the water of the sea.