Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And after *dhi* and its like, decline it if *** you make it dependent, like a *mudd* of wheat as food."
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And after *dhi* and its like, decline it if *** you make it dependent, like a *mudd* of wheat as food"
"After *dhi* and its like" means: and the *tamyiz* (specification) that occurs after *dhi* points to the last example, and its like is like the two examples before it. "Decline it, decline it, what?" The *tamyiz*, if you make it dependent. An example of that is when you say: "I bought a *man* of dates," look, we have made it dependent now, "I bought a *man* of dates," "I bought a *qafiz* of wheat," "I owned a *shibr* of land," do you understand now?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : So now, what occurs after a measure of area, volume, or weight has two options in its grammatical case: the first option is that we put a *tanwin* (dual ending) on the measure of area, volume, or weight, okay? If we put a *tanwin* on it, we put what follows it in the accusative case as a *tamyiz* (specification). The second situation is that we make it dependent (genitive). If we make it dependent, we decline it by the genitive case if we did not put a *tanwin* on it. The example: "Watch out, Ya Ghanim, do not leave us!" The example: "I bought a *shibr* of land," and it is permissible to say: "a *shibr* of land" (accusative), "I ground a *qafiz* of wheat," and it is permissible to say: "a *qafiz* of wheat" (accusative), "I bought a *man* of honey," and it is permissible to say: "a *man* of honey" (accusative), and the same applies to: "a *man* of dates" and "a *man* of dates" (accusative), is that clear, everyone? Good.
The student : Which is better?
The Shaykh : The better one, you have the choice. If you make it dependent, you decline it, and if you put a *tanwin* on the first, you put the second in the accusative case, according to the context, according to what you want. That is, you are not being asked now to say: "I bought a *man* of dates," or "a *man* of dates" (accusative), do not make a mistake, they are all the same, they are all permissible.
"And after *dhi* and its like, decline it if *** you make it dependent, like a *mudd* of wheat as food"
"After *dhi* and its like" means: and the *tamyiz* (specification) that occurs after *dhi* points to the last example, and its like is like the two examples before it. "Decline it, decline it, what?" The *tamyiz*, if you make it dependent. An example of that is when you say: "I bought a *man* of dates," look, we have made it dependent now, "I bought a *man* of dates," "I bought a *qafiz* of wheat," "I owned a *shibr* of land," do you understand now?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : So now, what occurs after a measure of area, volume, or weight has two options in its grammatical case: the first option is that we put a *tanwin* (dual ending) on the measure of area, volume, or weight, okay? If we put a *tanwin* on it, we put what follows it in the accusative case as a *tamyiz* (specification). The second situation is that we make it dependent (genitive). If we make it dependent, we decline it by the genitive case if we did not put a *tanwin* on it. The example: "Watch out, Ya Ghanim, do not leave us!" The example: "I bought a *shibr* of land," and it is permissible to say: "a *shibr* of land" (accusative), "I ground a *qafiz* of wheat," and it is permissible to say: "a *qafiz* of wheat" (accusative), "I bought a *man* of honey," and it is permissible to say: "a *man* of honey" (accusative), and the same applies to: "a *man* of dates" and "a *man* of dates" (accusative), is that clear, everyone? Good.
The student : Which is better?
The Shaykh : The better one, you have the choice. If you make it dependent, you decline it, and if you put a *tanwin* on the first, you put the second in the accusative case, according to the context, according to what you want. That is, you are not being asked now to say: "I bought a *man* of dates," or "a *man* of dates" (accusative), do not make a mistake, they are all the same, they are all permissible.