His statement (except for something I have set aside for a debt): How did "something" come in the accusative case when it was preceded by a negation?
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The questioner : His statement: Sahih al-Bukhari 6445 What...?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He said: ... What is the point of this?
The Shaykh : Have you not read in al-Ajrumiyyah?
The questioner : But "something" was not mentioned, meaning would this be the case? Unless it is "something"?
The Shaykh : No, both options are permissible in this, because it is a complete negation. That three nights not pass while I have something of it, except for something, or except for something. Even in my second copy, it is "except for something."
The questioner : This is an exception.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
except what I would keep for repaying debts
إلا شيئاً أرصده لدينThe Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He said:
It would not please me to have as much gold as Mount Uhud, and three days pass while I do not have a dinar of it, except for something
ما يسرني أن عندي مثل أحد ذهباً تمضي عليه ثلاثة ما عندي منه ديناراً إلا شيئاًThe Shaykh : Have you not read in al-Ajrumiyyah?
The questioner : But "something" was not mentioned, meaning would this be the case? Unless it is "something"?
The Shaykh : No, both options are permissible in this, because it is a complete negation. That three nights not pass while I have something of it, except for something, or except for something. Even in my second copy, it is "except for something."
The questioner : This is an exception.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.