Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And that is in the generic name and the one pointed to *** Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic."

The Shaykh : He said:
"And that is in the generic name and the one pointed to *** Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic":
"And that" refers to the omission, meaning the deletion of the letter of address (the *ha* of *nida'*) in the generic name. And "in the one pointed to" means by the demonstrative pronoun. For example, with a generic name, you say: "O Day, how long you are," "O Night, how long you are," "O Camel, how noble you are," and the like. This is a generic name. It is rare to delete the *ya* from it; the deletion of the *ya* from it is rare. You do not say: "A camel, how noble you are," nor do you say, for example: "A car, how broken you are," and the like. That is, a generic name is not suitable here in the way a proper name is addressed; therefore, the *ya* is not deleted from it. Likewise, in the one pointed to by the demonstrative pronoun, you say: "O this, how forgetful you are." Is it correct in the address to say "how forgetful you are"? Yes?
The student: Rare.

The Shaykh : It is rare, and rare is the saying of the poet: "O this, be calm": meaning, O this, be calm.
"For after the head has turned *** white with age, there is no way back to youth",
Yes, very well. The point is his saying: "O this, be calm": meaning, O this. So, the deletion of the *ya* in the demonstrative pronoun is rare. Some scholars held that it is prohibited, that it is not permissible to delete the *ya* from a generic name or a demonstrative pronoun. But Ibn Malik says:
"Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic":
"Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic": "His critic" means his rebuker. That is, support the one who rebukes him. And who becomes the one who is rebuked, and who is not? The one who forbids it?
The student: The one who is rebuked.

The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: The one who is rebuked.

The Shaykh : The one who is rebuked, he becomes the one who is rebuked, meaning the one who... they called him the one who rebukes him. He says: "And you forbid it. You have no right to forbid it." Do you become the one who is rebuked or not?
The student: Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh : You become the one who is rebuked. So, "the one who forbids it" means the one who says: It is not permissible to delete the *ya* of address in a generic name and in a demonstrative pronoun. Whoever says it is not permissible, and someone comes to rebuke him saying: "Why do you forbid it?" then you should support him here. So, does this statement imply that Ibn Malik prefers the permissibility of the deletion or not?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : But it is rare. He prefers the permissibility, but it is rare. For this reason, he said:
"And that is in the generic name and the one pointed to *** Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic".
The truth is that poetry, as the author of *al-Mulha* said, is bold. Mentioning such a construction is considered a complication in rhetoric, because one hardly understands its meaning:
"Rare is the one who forbids it, so support his critic"!!
Some people may not understand what the meaning of "critic" is. Yes, but the necessity of poetry compels him (may Allah have mercy on him) to say such things. Then, he also wants us to be masters of grammar, of Arabic. He gives us such language, which has a type of complexity, so that we learn, so that we learn and think. If we brought something cooked that only requires eating, that would not be good.
The student: Shaykh... "And the one who forbids it, so support his critic"?

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "And the one who forbids it, so support his critic".

The Shaykh : Yes: "And the one who forbids it, so support his critic": meaning, the critic of the one who forbids it.