Chapter on the Right of Option.
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The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter on the Right of Option", is that so?
The student: A question!
The Shaykh : What is it?
The student: It is taken from the hadith that among the attributes of Allah is that He is the One who takes a midday nap?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is taken from the hadith that among the attributes of Allah is that He is the One who takes a midday nap?
The Shaykh : No, no, but Allah is described as taking a midday nap; every action attributed to Allah necessarily includes one of the attributes of action.
Then the author said: "Chapter on the Right of Option":
Al-Khiyar: It is the name of the verbal noun (ism mada) for ikhtara (to choose), a name of a verbal noun, and not a verbal noun (masdar) itself, because the verbal noun is what, O Hidayat Allah? And what is the verbal noun for ikhtara?
The student: Ikhtiyar.
The Shaykh : Ikhtiyar.
The student: Al-Khiyar is the verbal noun for ikhtiyar.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. As for al-Khiyar, it is the name of the verbal noun, and the name of the verbal noun with them is: "that which indicates the meaning of the verbal noun without its letters"; it indicates its meaning but does not include its letters.
So al-Khiyar is the name of the verbal noun for ikhtara, and ikhtara means to take the better of the two matters. So you would say, for example: I chose such-and-such over such-and-such, meaning I took what I saw as better.
The student: A question!
The Shaykh : What is it?
The student: It is taken from the hadith that among the attributes of Allah is that He is the One who takes a midday nap?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is taken from the hadith that among the attributes of Allah is that He is the One who takes a midday nap?
The Shaykh : No, no, but Allah is described as taking a midday nap; every action attributed to Allah necessarily includes one of the attributes of action.
Then the author said: "Chapter on the Right of Option":
Al-Khiyar: It is the name of the verbal noun (ism mada) for ikhtara (to choose), a name of a verbal noun, and not a verbal noun (masdar) itself, because the verbal noun is what, O Hidayat Allah? And what is the verbal noun for ikhtara?
The student: Ikhtiyar.
The Shaykh : Ikhtiyar.
The student: Al-Khiyar is the verbal noun for ikhtiyar.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. As for al-Khiyar, it is the name of the verbal noun, and the name of the verbal noun with them is: "that which indicates the meaning of the verbal noun without its letters"; it indicates its meaning but does not include its letters.
So al-Khiyar is the name of the verbal noun for ikhtara, and ikhtara means to take the better of the two matters. So you would say, for example: I chose such-and-such over such-and-such, meaning I took what I saw as better.