Continuation of the explanation of the saying of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And connecting what is with the letter is invalidating *** its operation, and the operation may remain."
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The Shaykh : So she caught up with its number and said that its number was ninety-nine pigeons. It is known that a flock of ninety-nine pigeons would fly far away before this number was completed, and yet she caught up with it. They say that this flock of pigeons returned to water, to water in which there were nets, and they were caught in this water and counted, and they found them to be exactly as she said, ninety-nine pigeons. And with this, the poet says:
"And judge as the girl of the tribe judged when she looked *** at a flock of pigeons with spread wings coming to the dry land
She said: Oh, if only this flock of pigeons were ours *** along with our pigeon and half of it, that would be enough
So they counted them and found them as I mentioned *** ninety-nine, neither less nor more"
And she said verses, she said:
"If only the pigeons were so *** along with my pigeon
and half of it, that would be enough *** the pigeons would be complete"
Yes, if only the pigeons were so along with my pigeon and half of it, meaning just that, the pigeons would be complete. If it is added to her pigeon and half, and it is sixty-six, what is its half? Thirty-three. Add thirty-three to sixty-six, add it to her pigeon, and it will be one hundred. May Allah know best. In any case, the point of this is that if "lita" (if only) is connected with the negating "ma," then both the operation and the non-operation are permissible in it.
He said: "And its raising is permissible"
If you saw a man who wrote: "Innama Zaydun qaimun" (Indeed, Zayd is standing), what would you say? And another wrote: "Innama Zaydan qaimun" (Indeed, Zayd is standing), it is an error. Why? Because when "ma" enters upon "inna" and other particles, it prevents them from operating, except for "lita," in which both positions are valid.
"And judge as the girl of the tribe judged when she looked *** at a flock of pigeons with spread wings coming to the dry land
She said: Oh, if only this flock of pigeons were ours *** along with our pigeon and half of it, that would be enough
So they counted them and found them as I mentioned *** ninety-nine, neither less nor more"
And she said verses, she said:
"If only the pigeons were so *** along with my pigeon
and half of it, that would be enough *** the pigeons would be complete"
Yes, if only the pigeons were so along with my pigeon and half of it, meaning just that, the pigeons would be complete. If it is added to her pigeon and half, and it is sixty-six, what is its half? Thirty-three. Add thirty-three to sixty-six, add it to her pigeon, and it will be one hundred. May Allah know best. In any case, the point of this is that if "lita" (if only) is connected with the negating "ma," then both the operation and the non-operation are permissible in it.
He said: "And its raising is permissible"
If you saw a man who wrote: "Innama Zaydun qaimun" (Indeed, Zayd is standing), what would you say? And another wrote: "Innama Zaydan qaimun" (Indeed, Zayd is standing), it is an error. Why? Because when "ma" enters upon "inna" and other particles, it prevents them from operating, except for "lita," in which both positions are valid.