Do I have twenty men? Is the distinction valid here?
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The student: I have twenty men.
The Shaykh : I have twenty men; there is no disagreement.
The student: The verb comes first.
The Shaykh : No, this is not a distinction here, because "men" is a delayed subject. "I have men" is a delayed subject. But if he said, "I have a man, twenty," that would not be correct because it is a distinction, and a distinction does not precede its verb.
The student: May Allah reward you. The three verses.
The Shaykh : The three verses, if Allah wills, these are all a review of the distinction. Yes, if Allah wills.
The student: A close shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh? How?
The student: I say "close."
The Shaykh : What is "close"?
The student: I mean, can we not take the prepositions?
The Shaykh : No, here, what is it? Three, six, eight, ...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no, not ... We have four minutes left. Did you have anything else? Two minutes left, yes?
The student: ... May Allah destroy his beard ... I mean, one knows how to parse it, but not its meaning.
The Shaykh : What does "May Allah destroy his beard" mean?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah, the hadith of the beard means destruction.
The Shaykh : I have twenty men; there is no disagreement.
The student: The verb comes first.
The Shaykh : No, this is not a distinction here, because "men" is a delayed subject. "I have men" is a delayed subject. But if he said, "I have a man, twenty," that would not be correct because it is a distinction, and a distinction does not precede its verb.
The student: May Allah reward you. The three verses.
The Shaykh : The three verses, if Allah wills, these are all a review of the distinction. Yes, if Allah wills.
The student: A close shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh? How?
The student: I say "close."
The Shaykh : What is "close"?
The student: I mean, can we not take the prepositions?
The Shaykh : No, here, what is it? Three, six, eight, ...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, no, not ... We have four minutes left. Did you have anything else? Two minutes left, yes?
The student: ... May Allah destroy his beard ... I mean, one knows how to parse it, but not its meaning.
The Shaykh : What does "May Allah destroy his beard" mean?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah, the hadith of the beard means destruction.