Does the word *haal* in Ibn Maalik’s statement, “in the state of *ka-fard*...”, mean the present time?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Is the estimation in the state?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : In the state.
The Shaykh : That is, in the state of such-and-such, not in the present moment. *Haal* means description; it implies being in a description. Yes, that is correct.
The student: What is *haal*?
The Shaykh : No, it is not the *haal* that is the opposite of the present, or the opposite of the past and the future.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : In the state.
The Shaykh : That is, in the state of such-and-such, not in the present moment. *Haal* means description; it implies being in a description. Yes, that is correct.
The student: What is *haal*?
The Shaykh : No, it is not the *haal* that is the opposite of the present, or the opposite of the past and the future.