Continuation of the explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Connect or separate the haa of salaniyyah, and what *** is most like it in its kuntu, the khalaf has claimed it."
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The Shaykh : The author said: "In its kuntu, the khalaf has claimed it *** just as you thought its haa".
"In its kuntu": Pay attention to kuntu. Kaana raises the subject and puts the predicate in the accusative. Its subject is the pronoun kuntu, which is built on the damma and is in the position of the nominative. Its predicate is the haa in kuntu-hu. He said: The khalaf: This is the subject (mubtada'). The sentence "has claimed it" is the predicate (khabar) of the khalaf. And "has claimed it" (intamaa) means "has attributed it to," just as one says: "He attributed it to his father", meaning he attributed it to his father. To whom did he attribute it? To the author of al-Mughni and al-Hijawi, the author of al-Iqna'. Is that right?
The student: To the grammarians.
The Shaykh : Do you mean to the jurists?
The student: No, the grammarians.
The Shaykh : To the grammarians, yes. The khalaf has attributed it to the grammarians, because in every discipline we attribute opinions to their people. So: The khalaf is the subject, "has claimed it" is the sentence that serves as the predicate of the khalaf, and what is the meaning of "has claimed it"?
The student: Has attributed it to.
The Shaykh : To whom did he attribute it? To the grammarians. That is, the grammarians differed regarding the haa in kuntu: Is it better to connect it or is it better to separate it? Yes, rather, we can say: Is it permissible to separate it or is it not permissible?! He says:
"In its kuntu": Pay attention to kuntu. Kaana raises the subject and puts the predicate in the accusative. Its subject is the pronoun kuntu, which is built on the damma and is in the position of the nominative. Its predicate is the haa in kuntu-hu. He said: The khalaf: This is the subject (mubtada'). The sentence "has claimed it" is the predicate (khabar) of the khalaf. And "has claimed it" (intamaa) means "has attributed it to," just as one says: "He attributed it to his father", meaning he attributed it to his father. To whom did he attribute it? To the author of al-Mughni and al-Hijawi, the author of al-Iqna'. Is that right?
The student: To the grammarians.
The Shaykh : Do you mean to the jurists?
The student: No, the grammarians.
The Shaykh : To the grammarians, yes. The khalaf has attributed it to the grammarians, because in every discipline we attribute opinions to their people. So: The khalaf is the subject, "has claimed it" is the sentence that serves as the predicate of the khalaf, and what is the meaning of "has claimed it"?
The student: Has attributed it to.
The Shaykh : To whom did he attribute it? To the grammarians. That is, the grammarians differed regarding the haa in kuntu: Is it better to connect it or is it better to separate it? Yes, rather, we can say: Is it permissible to separate it or is it not permissible?! He says: