Review of what was previously taken from Ibn Malik’s saying: “... If they are two singulars, add *** necessarily, otherwise follow the one that came after...”.

The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: “And if they are two singulars, add”. “If they are” means the name and the kunya. We understand this to refer to the name and the kunya because a kunya must necessarily be in the construct state; it cannot come as a standalone noun, since a kunya is always prefixed with Abu, Umm, Ibn, Amm, Khaal, or the like, and thus it is always a compound. The term “singular” here does not refer to the singular in the chapter of inflection, for the singular in inflection is what is not dual, not plural, and not annexed to them. Here, however, “singular” means what is not a compound; what is not a compound. If they are two singulars, he says: “then add *** necessarily”: meaning it is obligatory to add the first to the second; it is obligatory to add the first to the second. For example: “Ali al-Qaffah came.” “Al-Qaffah” is a kunya, “Ali” is a name, and both are singular. According to the author’s wording, I must say: “Ali al-Qaffah came,” adding the first to the second. However, the correct view is the opposite: that addition here is permissible, not obligatory. Indeed, as we will see—Allah willing—in the chapter on addition: a name is not added to that with which its meaning is identical. Ibn Malik said:
“And do not add a name to that with which its meaning is identical, *** and begin with a confusing one if it comes”
Here, we do not make it obligatory to add the first to the second. The most we say is: