What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Peace be upon Ibrahim"?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The student: What is the grammatical parsing of "Peace be upon Ibrahim"?
The Shaykh : What is the grammatical parsing of "Peace be upon Ibrahim"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : "Peace" is the subject, and "upon Ibrahim" is the predicate. That is good.
The student: Can an indefinite noun be a subject?
The Shaykh : He says: Can an indefinite noun be a subject?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Can it be, or can it not?
The student: It can.
The Shaykh : Ibn Malik says: "And it is not permissible to begin with an indefinite noun"
The student: ...it is placed before.
The Shaykh : What did Ibn Dawud place before here?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible to begin with an indefinite noun.
The student: If it conveys generality or specificity.
The Shaykh : If it conveys a benefit, and therefore Ibn Malik said: "unless it conveys a benefit". Here it does convey a benefit. But if we consider it from the words of people who say, "Peace be upon Ibrahim," as chosen by Ibn al-Qayyim, then its benefit is that it falls under the category of supplication.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Not as a saying of people. And as for the author's opinion that it is peace from us upon Ibrahim, it is a pure predicate, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not supplicate, for He is the One who is supplicated to. But it is permissible to begin with an indefinite noun because it conveys meaning.
The student: Many of those who... mention the stories of the prophets say "the Prophet..."?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, but it is better to say "peace be upon him" or "may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him." This is the best, and a person is rewarded for this. But some people are seized by haste.
The Shaykh : What is the grammatical parsing of "Peace be upon Ibrahim"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : "Peace" is the subject, and "upon Ibrahim" is the predicate. That is good.
The student: Can an indefinite noun be a subject?
The Shaykh : He says: Can an indefinite noun be a subject?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Can it be, or can it not?
The student: It can.
The Shaykh : Ibn Malik says: "And it is not permissible to begin with an indefinite noun"
The student: ...it is placed before.
The Shaykh : What did Ibn Dawud place before here?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible to begin with an indefinite noun.
The student: If it conveys generality or specificity.
The Shaykh : If it conveys a benefit, and therefore Ibn Malik said: "unless it conveys a benefit". Here it does convey a benefit. But if we consider it from the words of people who say, "Peace be upon Ibrahim," as chosen by Ibn al-Qayyim, then its benefit is that it falls under the category of supplication.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Not as a saying of people. And as for the author's opinion that it is peace from us upon Ibrahim, it is a pure predicate, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not supplicate, for He is the One who is supplicated to. But it is permissible to begin with an indefinite noun because it conveys meaning.
The student: Many of those who... mention the stories of the prophets say "the Prophet..."?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, but it is better to say "peace be upon him" or "may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him." This is the best, and a person is rewarded for this. But some people are seized by haste.