What is the meaning of appending the general to the specific?

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh: In the book *Al-Mu'tamad*, in the introduction, the issue of appending the general to the specific was mentioned. It states that there are two opinions regarding it. The first opinion is that the specific is included in the general, which means it is mentioned twice. The second opinion is that it is not included, in which case it is mentioned only once.

The Shaykh : Huh?

The questioner : It is mentioned only once in the specific, so it stands alone. What does this mean?

The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said: Who is the spirit? Jibril. And Jibril is among the angels. So do we say that Jibril is included in the generality of His saying: ? If we say he is included in the generality, then the mention of him is once or twice? Twice: once by the generality and once by the specificity. Some scholars of usul al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence) said: If the specific is mentioned, it means the speaker did not intend it in the generality. Accordingly, Jibril is not included in the angels in His saying: , because he was specified. Do you understand? If we say he is included in the generality and mentioned twice, this is among his virtues from two aspects: First, that he is included in the generality, and second, that he was specified. If we say he is not included in the generality at all, this is among his virtues from one aspect, which is his mention by specificity. And the most likely, may Allah know best, is that he is included in the generality. Similarly, Allah the Exalted said: Yes? There are two opinions. Some scholars, meaning scholars of usul al-fiqh, said: His saying: does not include the 'Asr prayer, and that the 'Asr prayer and the middle prayer are mentioned alone, because 'Asr is the middle one. And some said: Rather, it is included in the prayers, but it was specified once after the generality due to its virtue over the others. Yes.