Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And if they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that came after."
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The Shaykh :"And if they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that came after"
"If they are two": To what does the pronoun refer?
The student: The name and the laqab (nickname).
The Shaykh : The kunyah and the laqab, and not the name and the laqab?
The student: The name and the laqab.
The Shaykh : The name and the laqab. "If they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily". The singular here is what is not an addition, nor similar to it. It is not intended by "singular" what is the opposite of the dual and the plural, because the dual and the plural do not become a proper name. And if it is assumed that it was made a proper name, it becomes annexed to the plural, and it has the ruling of the singular in terms of rulings, and the ruling of the plural in terms of inflection. He says:
"And if they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that came after".
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What?
The student: This addition.
Another student: Correct?
The Shaykh : Follow it, and otherwise follow the one that...!! Mistake, mistake, "necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that". "If they are two singulars": For example, Muhammad al-Fatih. Muhammad al-Fatih. Muhammad: a name, and al-Fatih: a laqab. The author says: It is obligatory to make it an addition, so you say: Muhammad al-Fatih came. But this also has a point of consideration!! And the correct view is that it is permissible to make it an addition, and it is permissible to cut it off, and for the second to be a description, especially if we place the name before the laqab. If we place the name before the laqab, the permissibility is clear because it resembles the description and what? And the described. It resembles the description and the described. So it is permissible: Muhammad al-Fatih said, and Muhammad al-Fatih's said. As for: Muhammad al-Fatih came, there is no problem in it in terms of meaning. The problem in terms of meaning is if we say: Muhammad al-Fatih's. How is it valid to add a thing to itself?! Muhammad al-Fatih's, how? He says: This is on an interpretation. The first name is interpreted as the denoted thing, and the second as the name. And the estimation on this is: Yes, he said the denoted thing of this name, he said the denoted thing of this name. And this is an interpretation. So if we make it an addition, this estimation is necessary, that we say: The first means what? The denoted thing, and the second means what?
The student: The name.
The Shaykh : The name, meaning: He said the denoted thing of this name. And "otherwise if they are two singulars": "follow the one that came after": meaning the one that was delayed, meaning make it dependent on it, a clarifying apposition. And his saying: "And otherwise": includes the case where both are compound, or one of them, or the first is compound and the second is singular, or the first is singular and the second is compound. Meaning it includes three forms. What are they? That the first is singular and the second is compound, and the second: the reverse, the first is compound and the second is singular, and the third: both are compound. As for if both are compound, or if the first is compound and the second is singular, then cutting off and following are obligatory as the author said, because it is not possible to add a thing twice. And as for if the first is singular and the second is compound, the correct view is the permissibility of addition, because in this form there is no obstacle to adding the first to the second. And we limit ourselves to this because the time has ended. And after the prayer, if Allah wills, there is no lesson tonight, do you allow us?
The student: Why?
The Shaykh : It seems, perhaps the brother Hidayatullah is busy!!?
The student: Busy.
The Shaykh : Busy after the prayer?
The student: If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?
The student: May Allah reward you. You said: That the name and the laqab do not meet!
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: You said: That the name and the laqab do not meet!
The Shaykh : How? How?
"If they are two": To what does the pronoun refer?
The student: The name and the laqab (nickname).
The Shaykh : The kunyah and the laqab, and not the name and the laqab?
The student: The name and the laqab.
The Shaykh : The name and the laqab. "If they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily". The singular here is what is not an addition, nor similar to it. It is not intended by "singular" what is the opposite of the dual and the plural, because the dual and the plural do not become a proper name. And if it is assumed that it was made a proper name, it becomes annexed to the plural, and it has the ruling of the singular in terms of rulings, and the ruling of the plural in terms of inflection. He says:
"And if they are two singulars, then make it an addition *** necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that came after".
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What?
The student: This addition.
Another student: Correct?
The Shaykh : Follow it, and otherwise follow the one that...!! Mistake, mistake, "necessarily, and otherwise follow the one that". "If they are two singulars": For example, Muhammad al-Fatih. Muhammad al-Fatih. Muhammad: a name, and al-Fatih: a laqab. The author says: It is obligatory to make it an addition, so you say: Muhammad al-Fatih came. But this also has a point of consideration!! And the correct view is that it is permissible to make it an addition, and it is permissible to cut it off, and for the second to be a description, especially if we place the name before the laqab. If we place the name before the laqab, the permissibility is clear because it resembles the description and what? And the described. It resembles the description and the described. So it is permissible: Muhammad al-Fatih said, and Muhammad al-Fatih's said. As for: Muhammad al-Fatih came, there is no problem in it in terms of meaning. The problem in terms of meaning is if we say: Muhammad al-Fatih's. How is it valid to add a thing to itself?! Muhammad al-Fatih's, how? He says: This is on an interpretation. The first name is interpreted as the denoted thing, and the second as the name. And the estimation on this is: Yes, he said the denoted thing of this name, he said the denoted thing of this name. And this is an interpretation. So if we make it an addition, this estimation is necessary, that we say: The first means what? The denoted thing, and the second means what?
The student: The name.
The Shaykh : The name, meaning: He said the denoted thing of this name. And "otherwise if they are two singulars": "follow the one that came after": meaning the one that was delayed, meaning make it dependent on it, a clarifying apposition. And his saying: "And otherwise": includes the case where both are compound, or one of them, or the first is compound and the second is singular, or the first is singular and the second is compound. Meaning it includes three forms. What are they? That the first is singular and the second is compound, and the second: the reverse, the first is compound and the second is singular, and the third: both are compound. As for if both are compound, or if the first is compound and the second is singular, then cutting off and following are obligatory as the author said, because it is not possible to add a thing twice. And as for if the first is singular and the second is compound, the correct view is the permissibility of addition, because in this form there is no obstacle to adding the first to the second. And we limit ourselves to this because the time has ended. And after the prayer, if Allah wills, there is no lesson tonight, do you allow us?
The student: Why?
The Shaykh : It seems, perhaps the brother Hidayatullah is busy!!?
The student: Busy.
The Shaykh : Busy after the prayer?
The student: If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes?
The student: May Allah reward you. You said: That the name and the laqab do not meet!
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: You said: That the name and the laqab do not meet!
The Shaykh : How? How?