What is the meaning of: (and the shadow of a man was the length of his height)?
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The questioner : His statement: What is the meaning of the "waw" here?
The Shaykh : The "waw" is a conjunction.
The questioner : It means the midday prayer begins when the shadow...
The Shaykh : When the sun has passed its zenith, and it means that it extends until the shadow of a man is the length of his height.
The questioner : It means its meaning is "until"?
The Shaykh : Its meaning is "until." Although, as far as we know, the "waw" does not carry the meaning of "until," the meaning here is "until." When the sun has passed its zenith, and the shadow of a man... what lies between these two is the time between the sun passing its zenith and the shadow of a man being the length of his height.
The questioner : Unless...
The Shaykh : It means the duration of its continuation has not arrived, and it is known from the texts that it has arrived, and there is no difference between them.
The time for the midday prayer... the sun and it was
وقت الظهر ... الشمس وكانThe Shaykh : The "waw" is a conjunction.
The questioner : It means the midday prayer begins when the shadow...
The Shaykh : When the sun has passed its zenith, and it means that it extends until the shadow of a man is the length of his height.
The questioner : It means its meaning is "until"?
The Shaykh : Its meaning is "until." Although, as far as we know, the "waw" does not carry the meaning of "until," the meaning here is "until." When the sun has passed its zenith, and the shadow of a man... what lies between these two is the time between the sun passing its zenith and the shadow of a man being the length of his height.
The questioner : Unless...
The Shaykh : It means the duration of its continuation has not arrived, and it is known from the texts that it has arrived, and there is no difference between them.