A reading from Ibn 'Aqil's commentary with the Shaykh's annotations.
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The student: This contains an addition, O Shaykh, to the addition in the case of predominance, if it is for predominance!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Ibn 'Aqil says: "And knowledge by predominance can also be an addition"!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: According to your statement: that it returns to
The Shaykh : what came before.
The student: Yes, "such as Ibn 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn Mas'ud, for 'Abdullah' predominated over them to the exclusion of their other sons, even though their right is truthfulness regarding them, but these names predominated over them to the extent that if 'Ibn 'Umar' is mentioned alone, nothing other than 'Abdullah is understood from it, and likewise Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them all), and this addition does not leave them, neither in the vocative nor in anything else, such as 'O Ibn 'Umar'".
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, but our discussion is about: al-.
The student: He said this when he explained: al-.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: He said this when he explained: al-, the verse in which al- appears.
The Shaykh : He says: al- is that which, if used in the vocative or as an addition, must be deleted, whereas the first, the added one, is known; the vocative is added, I mean: the added one is called, yes?
The student: Say: Ibn 'Umar, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Ibn 'Aqil says: "And knowledge by predominance can also be an addition"!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: According to your statement: that it returns to
The Shaykh : what came before.
The student: Yes, "such as Ibn 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn Mas'ud, for 'Abdullah' predominated over them to the exclusion of their other sons, even though their right is truthfulness regarding them, but these names predominated over them to the extent that if 'Ibn 'Umar' is mentioned alone, nothing other than 'Abdullah is understood from it, and likewise Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them all), and this addition does not leave them, neither in the vocative nor in anything else, such as 'O Ibn 'Umar'".
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, but our discussion is about: al-.
The student: He said this when he explained: al-.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: He said this when he explained: al-, the verse in which al- appears.
The Shaykh : He says: al- is that which, if used in the vocative or as an addition, must be deleted, whereas the first, the added one, is known; the vocative is added, I mean: the added one is called, yes?
The student: Say: Ibn 'Umar, O Shaykh!