Ibn Malik's statement "Jarr...": Is it a past tense or a command?
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The questioner : His statement: "Jarr...".
The Shaykh : This is if we say it is a past tense verb. That is, his "Jarr" means that the one who preceded him says: "Jarr," meaning you are good. What does the command imply? Obligation or recommendation? If "Jarr" is a command, is it for obligation or for recommendation?
The questioner : For obligation.
The Shaykh : Obligation means that whoever breaks it has committed a sin.
The questioner : Except in the speech of Allah.
The Shaykh : ... The speech of Allah is based on divine revelation. But if a person says: "I passed by many lamps," we say: "You have disobeyed your Lord." Now, do we say: "You have disobeyed Ibn Malik"? What do you say?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Correct. Now, Ibn Malik means that the necessity of poetry may compel him to issue a ruling in the form of a command, saying: "Do it," and this would be obligatory linguistically, obligatory linguistically, because Ibn Malik is an author in the field of language.
The Shaykh : This is if we say it is a past tense verb. That is, his "Jarr" means that the one who preceded him says: "Jarr," meaning you are good. What does the command imply? Obligation or recommendation? If "Jarr" is a command, is it for obligation or for recommendation?
The questioner : For obligation.
The Shaykh : Obligation means that whoever breaks it has committed a sin.
The questioner : Except in the speech of Allah.
The Shaykh : ... The speech of Allah is based on divine revelation. But if a person says: "I passed by many lamps," we say: "You have disobeyed your Lord." Now, do we say: "You have disobeyed Ibn Malik"? What do you say?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Correct. Now, Ibn Malik means that the necessity of poetry may compel him to issue a ruling in the form of a command, saying: "Do it," and this would be obligatory linguistically, obligatory linguistically, because Ibn Malik is an author in the field of language.