That sarwal is the singular of sarawil.
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The Shaykh : The third: The third Its singular is sarwal, meaning sarawil is not a plural as some people think. Sarawil is singular. Do you have sarawil? Do you have sarawil?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : How many? Heh, do you understand from my words, do you have sarawil? Do you understand that I am asking about one sarwal or a group? This, now most people think sarawil is a plural, and for this reason, if a person tells another: I sold so-and-so sarawil, what do they understand? A group. But it is not so. Sarawil is one. Do you understand, my brother, sarawil?
The student: One
The Shaykh : One. Do you have sarawil, one or a group? One, yes. For this reason, Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the Alfiyyah, which I hope Allah the Exalted will grant you to memorize by heart, he said:
And sarawil with this plural, meaning a plural of form, the limit of plurals
Resembled, necessitating the generality of prohibition
And otherwise it is singular, but it resembled the plural by form, and it was said that it is permissible linguistically to say: sarwal.
Sarawilat
السراويلاتThe questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : How many? Heh, do you understand from my words, do you have sarawil? Do you understand that I am asking about one sarwal or a group? This, now most people think sarawil is a plural, and for this reason, if a person tells another: I sold so-and-so sarawil, what do they understand? A group. But it is not so. Sarawil is one. Do you understand, my brother, sarawil?
The student: One
The Shaykh : One. Do you have sarawil, one or a group? One, yes. For this reason, Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the Alfiyyah, which I hope Allah the Exalted will grant you to memorize by heart, he said:
And sarawil with this plural, meaning a plural of form, the limit of plurals
Resembled, necessitating the generality of prohibition
And otherwise it is singular, but it resembled the plural by form, and it was said that it is permissible linguistically to say: sarwal.