The Lamentation: Is this permissible?
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The student: Okay, and is this permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The student: And is this permissible?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, because it is not well-known. It is not permissible. So, is the vocative of every indefinite noun valid, or is it not valid?
The student: Its lamentation.
The Shaykh : Its lamentation. Is the vocative of every indefinite noun valid, or is its lamentation not valid? Yes:
"Like the well of Zamzam, which is the one who dug it".
The Shaykh : What?
The student: And is this permissible?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, because it is not well-known. It is not permissible. So, is the vocative of every indefinite noun valid, or is it not valid?
The student: Its lamentation.
The Shaykh : Its lamentation. Is the vocative of every indefinite noun valid, or is its lamentation not valid? Yes:
"Like the well of Zamzam, which is the one who dug it".
