Is the word *nafir* singular or plural?
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The questioner : ... Is *nafir* singular or plural?
The Shaykh : *Nafir* is a plural noun for a group of between three and ten.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is correct to treat the perpetrator as he acted, and this is the meaning of the many numerous verses. The principle of *qisas* (retaliation in kind) is to follow the trace,[Al-Baqarah 2:194] [An-Nahl 16:126].
And the Sunnah came to support this. A Jewish man crushed the head of a girl from the Ansar against her water jar. She was brought to him while she was on her last breath, and it was said to her: "Who did this to you? So-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so?" until they named the Jew, and she nodded her head. The Jew was taken and confessed, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.
The questioner : ... does it indicate variety?
The Shaykh : Variety? What does it indicate, the hadiths mentioned by the author? How is the indication?
The questioner : Punishing them with the like, according to the measure of their crime.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is for choice, and it is obligatory for the imam to apply the punishment to the crime.
The Shaykh : *Nafir* is a plural noun for a group of between three and ten.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is correct to treat the perpetrator as he acted, and this is the meaning of the many numerous verses. The principle of *qisas* (retaliation in kind) is to follow the trace,
So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you
فمن اعتدى عليكم فاعتدى عليه بمثل ما اعتدى عليكمAnd if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed
وإن عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم بهAnd the Sunnah came to support this. A Jewish man crushed the head of a girl from the Ansar against her water jar. She was brought to him while she was on her last breath, and it was said to her: "Who did this to you? So-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so?" until they named the Jew, and she nodded her head. The Jew was taken and confessed, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.
The questioner : ... does it indicate variety?
The Shaykh : Variety? What does it indicate, the hadiths mentioned by the author? How is the indication?
The questioner : Punishing them with the like, according to the measure of their crime.
The Shaykh : Its meaning is for choice, and it is obligatory for the imam to apply the punishment to the crime.