Explanation of the saying of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Every companion you see among the people *** is more deserving of honor than the sincere friend."
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The Shaykh : And its example is: "Every companion you see among the people":
"Lan": —Pay attention to it— "Lan" is because we need it. "Lan" is a particle of negation, subjunctive, and future. And we need a word of negation, a word of negation:
"Every companion you see among the people":
"Min" is an extra preposition, and "Rafiq" (companion) is the object, the object of "Tara" (you see), meaning you will not see a companion. And his saying: "is more deserving of honor":
"Awla" (more deserving) is a description of "Rafiq," a description of "Rafiq," yes. And his saying: "is more deserving of honor":
"Awla bihi al-fadl" (more deserving of honor) is the subject of "Awla," even though "Awla" is a noun of preference. But because the verb takes its place, it is correct to raise the subject, because the meaning of: You will not see among the people a companion more deserving of honor: means he is honored with it. And his saying:
"than the sincere friend":
This is the one being compared to, this is the one being compared to. So now, the Sincere Friend (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "You do not see among the people a companion more deserving of honor than this companion". And similar to this is the issue of kohl: "I have not seen anyone in whose eye kohl looks better than in Zayd's eye". Who is the one who gave this example: "I have not seen anyone in whose eye kohl looks better than in Zayd's eye"? So his saying "Ahsan" (better) means "Yahsan" (it looks good), it looks good in his eye with kohl. So it was a response to what? To the verb which is "Yahsan." So it is correct to raise the explicit noun. And there is disagreement in this issue: some say that the explicit noun is not raised absolutely, some say it is raised in this issue if it responds to the verb, and some say it is raised absolutely.
And there is no objection to raising it, and this is the closest view, that it is raised, because if it means the verb, but it indicates increase and excellence, what prevents it from being a raiser of the explicit noun? Does it not raise the pronoun?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and it also raises a hidden pronoun estimated to be "he." And the one whose estimation is "he," its being hidden is permissible, not obligatory. Yes, we read!
The student: If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Read it, Waleed.
The student: All right.
The Shaykh : Read the explanation now.
"Lan": —Pay attention to it— "Lan" is because we need it. "Lan" is a particle of negation, subjunctive, and future. And we need a word of negation, a word of negation:
"Every companion you see among the people":
"Min" is an extra preposition, and "Rafiq" (companion) is the object, the object of "Tara" (you see), meaning you will not see a companion. And his saying: "is more deserving of honor":
"Awla" (more deserving) is a description of "Rafiq," a description of "Rafiq," yes. And his saying: "is more deserving of honor":
"Awla bihi al-fadl" (more deserving of honor) is the subject of "Awla," even though "Awla" is a noun of preference. But because the verb takes its place, it is correct to raise the subject, because the meaning of: You will not see among the people a companion more deserving of honor: means he is honored with it. And his saying:
"than the sincere friend":
This is the one being compared to, this is the one being compared to. So now, the Sincere Friend (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "You do not see among the people a companion more deserving of honor than this companion". And similar to this is the issue of kohl: "I have not seen anyone in whose eye kohl looks better than in Zayd's eye". Who is the one who gave this example: "I have not seen anyone in whose eye kohl looks better than in Zayd's eye"? So his saying "Ahsan" (better) means "Yahsan" (it looks good), it looks good in his eye with kohl. So it was a response to what? To the verb which is "Yahsan." So it is correct to raise the explicit noun. And there is disagreement in this issue: some say that the explicit noun is not raised absolutely, some say it is raised in this issue if it responds to the verb, and some say it is raised absolutely.
And there is no objection to raising it, and this is the closest view, that it is raised, because if it means the verb, but it indicates increase and excellence, what prevents it from being a raiser of the explicit noun? Does it not raise the pronoun?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and it also raises a hidden pronoun estimated to be "he." And the one whose estimation is "he," its being hidden is permissible, not obligatory. Yes, we read!
The student: If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Read it, Waleed.
The student: All right.
The Shaykh : Read the explanation now.