Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path."
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The Shaykh :"And its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
The pronoun "its" refers to the article (al), in the description, meaning is it the first description and not the second?
The student: The first.
The Shaykh : The first, meaning its being in the description, which is the active participle, the passive participle, or the descriptive adjective, and that is the first, is sufficient, provided that it means "if it occurs as a dual"
"if it occurs as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
What is the plural that follows the path of the dual? It is the sound masculine plural. I think we told you a little while ago that if the article is in the description, meaning in the first and not the second, is it prohibited or not? Yes... if it is in the first and not the second.
The student: It is prohibited.
The Shaykh : Is it prohibited in both types of addition? Even in the description.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Are you all certain on a firm footing?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, an exception to that is if the first is a dual or a sound masculine plural, then it is permissible for the article to be in it and not in the second. An exception to that is if the first is a dual or a sound masculine plural, then it is permissible for the article to be in it and not in the second. Did you understand, everyone? Okay, for example, do you say: "I like the eaters of their food," is that permissible?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, why? Because the added noun, which is the first, is a sound masculine plural. "I like the understanders of a lesson," is that permissible or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence, O Hajjaj?
The student: Yes?
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student: That it is a sound masculine plural.
The Shaykh : And from the author's words, what is the evidence?
The student: From the author's words?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "Its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs."
The Shaykh : "Its being"? What do you say, everyone? From his saying: "And its being" "And its being in the description", it is not "its being" "And its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
And the plural that follows its path is the sound masculine plural. Okay, in the dual, "I like the leaver of evil," do you say "the leavers" with an alif or not? It is not "the leavers" with an alif, it is the active participle "the leaver of evil," is that permissible or not?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, because it occurred as a dual and
"its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
To summarize the matter now: if the article is attached to the added noun and not to the added-to noun, it is prohibited in both types of addition, except if the added noun is a plural or a dual, a sound masculine plural or a dual, in lexical addition. If the article is in the second and not the first, is it permissible in both types of addition? If it is in the second and the first?
The student: It is permissible in lexical addition.
The Shaykh : It is permissible in lexical addition and prohibited in semantic addition. This is the summary of the author's words in this issue, and Allah knows best.
The student: Like Zayd...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The pronoun "its" refers to the article (al), in the description, meaning is it the first description and not the second?
The student: The first.
The Shaykh : The first, meaning its being in the description, which is the active participle, the passive participle, or the descriptive adjective, and that is the first, is sufficient, provided that it means "if it occurs as a dual"
"if it occurs as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
What is the plural that follows the path of the dual? It is the sound masculine plural. I think we told you a little while ago that if the article is in the description, meaning in the first and not the second, is it prohibited or not? Yes... if it is in the first and not the second.
The student: It is prohibited.
The Shaykh : Is it prohibited in both types of addition? Even in the description.
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Are you all certain on a firm footing?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, an exception to that is if the first is a dual or a sound masculine plural, then it is permissible for the article to be in it and not in the second. An exception to that is if the first is a dual or a sound masculine plural, then it is permissible for the article to be in it and not in the second. Did you understand, everyone? Okay, for example, do you say: "I like the eaters of their food," is that permissible?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, why? Because the added noun, which is the first, is a sound masculine plural. "I like the understanders of a lesson," is that permissible or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence, O Hajjaj?
The student: Yes?
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student: That it is a sound masculine plural.
The Shaykh : And from the author's words, what is the evidence?
The student: From the author's words?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "Its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs."
The Shaykh : "Its being"? What do you say, everyone? From his saying: "And its being" "And its being in the description", it is not "its being" "And its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
And the plural that follows its path is the sound masculine plural. Okay, in the dual, "I like the leaver of evil," do you say "the leavers" with an alif or not? It is not "the leavers" with an alif, it is the active participle "the leaver of evil," is that permissible or not?
The student: It is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, because it occurred as a dual and
"its being in the description is sufficient if it occurs *** as a dual or a plural, follow its path"
To summarize the matter now: if the article is attached to the added noun and not to the added-to noun, it is prohibited in both types of addition, except if the added noun is a plural or a dual, a sound masculine plural or a dual, in lexical addition. If the article is in the second and not the first, is it permissible in both types of addition? If it is in the second and the first?
The student: It is permissible in lexical addition.
The Shaykh : It is permissible in lexical addition and prohibited in semantic addition. This is the summary of the author's words in this issue, and Allah knows best.
The student: Like Zayd...
The Shaykh : Yes?