Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute *** As you are a judge after the command of one who judged."
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The Shaykh : Then he said: "Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute", the omission of what? In my view: "the omission of *ma* that was described".
The student: *Ma* that was described.
The Shaykh : Baa, baa.
The student: *Ma* with a description.
The Shaykh :"Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute", "Just as that which was made genitive by the relative *ma* was made genitive".
The student: In our copy, O Shaykh: ...
The Shaykh : The copy is in front of me—may Allah reward you with good—now we move to the omission of the genitive resumptive pronoun. The genitive may be made genitive by an attribute, and it may be made genitive by a preposition, and each of them has conditions. So he says: "Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute":
Meaning: Is the genitive resumptive pronoun omitted? We say: it is omitted, but sometimes it is made genitive by an attribute, and sometimes it is made genitive by a preposition. If it is made genitive by an attribute, then it is permissible to omit it. The example is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Taha 20:72], and this is what is intended by the author's saying:
"As you are a judge after the command of one who judged", he is pointing to the verse. What is the command of one who judged? The command of one who judged, O people?! "Judge,"[Taha 20:72] This *ma* is a relative pronoun, and *qadi* (judge) is an attribute. The original phrase is: *ma anta qadihi* (what you are judging), "Judge what you are judging," so the genitive pronoun was omitted because it is made genitive by an attribute. Now, if I said: "Honor the one whose boy is in the house," "Honor the one whose boy is in the house," and I wanted to omit the *ha* in *ghulamuhi* (his boy) and say: "Honor the one whose boy is in the house"!?
The student: It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Not an attribute.
The Shaykh : It is genitive, O my brothers!!
The student: Because it is not his attribute.
The Shaykh : Even in "what you are judging", it is made genitive by addition, but here it is not by an attribute. The added-to noun changed its attribute, meaning *ghulam* (boy) is added to the genitive pronoun, but *ghulam* is not an attribute, so it is not permissible to omit the genitive pronoun, because the author says:
"Likewise, the omission of *ma*" what? "*ma* with a genitive attribute": meaning *ma* that was made genitive by an attribute,
"As you are a judge after the command of one who judged":
Command of one who judged? "Judge," make it *ma anta qadi* (what you are a judge of) before it, because he said: "As you are a judge after the command of one who judged".
"Judge what you are a judge of," "Judge what you are a judge of," so the author (may Allah have mercy on him) pointed to the verse. Now we have taken—what Allah willed—the omission of the nominative resumptive pronoun with its conditions, the omission of the accusative resumptive pronoun, half of the omission of the genitive resumptive pronoun, and the rest will come, if Allah wills.
The student: *Ma* that was described.
The Shaykh : Baa, baa.
The student: *Ma* with a description.
The Shaykh :"Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute", "Just as that which was made genitive by the relative *ma* was made genitive".
The student: In our copy, O Shaykh: ...
The Shaykh : The copy is in front of me—may Allah reward you with good—now we move to the omission of the genitive resumptive pronoun. The genitive may be made genitive by an attribute, and it may be made genitive by a preposition, and each of them has conditions. So he says: "Likewise, the omission of *ma* with a genitive attribute":
Meaning: Is the genitive resumptive pronoun omitted? We say: it is omitted, but sometimes it is made genitive by an attribute, and sometimes it is made genitive by a preposition. If it is made genitive by an attribute, then it is permissible to omit it. The example is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So decree whatever you are to decree
فاقض ما أنت قاض"As you are a judge after the command of one who judged", he is pointing to the verse. What is the command of one who judged? The command of one who judged, O people?! "Judge,"
whatever you are to decree
ما أنت قاضٍThe student: It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Not an attribute.
The Shaykh : It is genitive, O my brothers!!
The student: Because it is not his attribute.
The Shaykh : Even in "what you are judging", it is made genitive by addition, but here it is not by an attribute. The added-to noun changed its attribute, meaning *ghulam* (boy) is added to the genitive pronoun, but *ghulam* is not an attribute, so it is not permissible to omit the genitive pronoun, because the author says:
"Likewise, the omission of *ma*" what? "*ma* with a genitive attribute": meaning *ma* that was made genitive by an attribute,
"As you are a judge after the command of one who judged":
Command of one who judged? "Judge," make it *ma anta qadi* (what you are a judge of) before it, because he said: "As you are a judge after the command of one who judged".
"Judge what you are a judge of," "Judge what you are a judge of," so the author (may Allah have mercy on him) pointed to the verse. Now we have taken—what Allah willed—the omission of the nominative resumptive pronoun with its conditions, the omission of the accusative resumptive pronoun, half of the omission of the genitive resumptive pronoun, and the rest will come, if Allah wills.