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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Yes. The questioner: . . . indicates generality, and generally, generality applies to the plural.

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The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : ... indicates generality, and generally, generality applies to the plural ...

The Shaykh : But, but nothing prevents it from indicating the dual. I say: nothing prevents it from indicating the dual. When the singular is made possessive, it covers the singular, the dual, and the plural. For example, if a man says, "My wife is divorced," and he has only one, she is divorced. If he has two, they are divorced. If he has three or four, they are divorced, as the scholars have mentioned. They said: because the possessive singular is suitable for one, two, three, or more.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, let us leave the intention aside. The discussion is about the indication of the wording, about the indication of the wording. But if he says "my wife" and intends one, then it is one.

The questioner : Shaykh ... .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : The statement of the Jews:
The hand of Allah is chained يد الله مغلولة
[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]
one.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Then He said:
Rather, both His hands are extended بل يداه مبسوطتان
[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]


The Shaykh : Yes, and this is also indicated by
The hand of Allah is chained يد الله مغلولة
[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]
so He said:
Rather, both His hands are extended بل يداه مبسوطتان
[Al-Ma'idah 5:64]
.
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