Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And what means 'do' like 'Ameen' is frequent *** and other than that, like 'Way' and 'Hayhat,' is rare."
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And what means 'do' like 'Ameen' is frequent *** and other than that, like 'Way' and 'Hayhat,' is rare"
The student: Nazar.
The Shaykh : Nazar? For us, with a damma, it is nazur, meaning rare. Now, what means 'do' is a noun of the imperative verb, and it is frequent, such as: Ameen. What is the meaning of Ameen?
The student: O Lord, accept it.
The Shaykh : O Lord, accept it. It is a noun of the imperative verb, but with regard to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), we say: it is a noun of supplication, not a noun of command, because no command is directed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), since a command is a request for abstention in the sense of?
The student: Superiority.
The Shaykh : Superiority. Now, what is the grammatical analysis of Ameen? Is Ameen a noun of the imperative verb built on sukun or on fathah? The author says: "like Ameen", so it is built on fathah.
The student: Perhaps for the sake of necessity?
The Shaykh : No, it is built on fathah, but it is made sukun because it is stopped upon, and a moving letter is made sukun when stopped upon. Otherwise, its original form is Ameen, so it is built on fathah, but it was made sukun for the sake of stopping. And his saying "and other than that" means other than what means 'do'; what does it include? The noun of the past verb and the noun of the present verb.
"like Way and Hayhat, rare"
Way means "I am amazed." The author says that it is rare, even though it is frequent in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an:[Al-Qasas 28:82].
The student: And in the colloquial language as well.
The Shaykh : In the colloquial language?
The student: Many.
The Shaykh : In the colloquial language?
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : How do they say it?
The student: I mean, one speaks in the way of conciliation and says, "Way, how..."
The Shaykh : We do not have this; do you have it? Huh?
The student: Way.
The Shaykh : Way? No, it appears that for us, when a person does something for which he is punished, we say "Way," meaning we are amazed at this action of yours; a beating or a punishment comes to you.
The student: We have "Wayh."
The Shaykh : Wayh means "I am amazed"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, they are close; it appears that they are close. Yes. And Hayhat means "far away." Hayhat means "far away," as He, the Exalted, said:[Al-Mu'minun 23:36] [Al-Mu'minun 23:36]. So Hayhat is a noun of the past verb meaning "far away," built on fathah, and Hayhat is an emphasis for it. And the lam in His saying: , they said: it is superfluous. And "what you are threatened with" is the subject, built on sukun in the position of nominative, and "you are threatened with" is its relative clause. Hayhat, Hayhat, what you are threatened with. And it came without the lam in the saying of the poet:
"So Hayhat, Hayhat, al-'Aqiq and whoever is in it"
I forgot the end of the verse. The point is that he used it with the verb without the lam. The author now takes from this verse a rule, which is: that nouns of the verb, if they mean request, are frequent, and if they mean past and present, are rare. We return to the word Ameen because we say it in every prayer. There is a language form "Aami"; is "Aami" permissible or not? Aami?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Huh? Is it permissible? Aami, yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a language form "Aami," but it is very rare. Is "Aammin" permissible?
The student: It is not suitable.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible. What is the reason? The meaning differs, because Aammin means "intending"[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. We hear some of those who say Ameen say: Aami, Aami. It appears that this is a language form, but it is rare. The more eloquent form is with the noon, Ameen. For this reason, the jurists said that it is forbidden to emphasize its mim. If you do so, your prayer is invalid. You do not say Aammin, because if you emphasize it, it becomes "intending," so you speak words that are not permissible in prayer, and your prayer becomes invalid.
"And what means 'do' like 'Ameen' is frequent *** and other than that, like 'Way' and 'Hayhat,' is rare"
The student: Nazar.
The Shaykh : Nazar? For us, with a damma, it is nazur, meaning rare. Now, what means 'do' is a noun of the imperative verb, and it is frequent, such as: Ameen. What is the meaning of Ameen?
The student: O Lord, accept it.
The Shaykh : O Lord, accept it. It is a noun of the imperative verb, but with regard to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), we say: it is a noun of supplication, not a noun of command, because no command is directed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), since a command is a request for abstention in the sense of?
The student: Superiority.
The Shaykh : Superiority. Now, what is the grammatical analysis of Ameen? Is Ameen a noun of the imperative verb built on sukun or on fathah? The author says: "like Ameen", so it is built on fathah.
The student: Perhaps for the sake of necessity?
The Shaykh : No, it is built on fathah, but it is made sukun because it is stopped upon, and a moving letter is made sukun when stopped upon. Otherwise, its original form is Ameen, so it is built on fathah, but it was made sukun for the sake of stopping. And his saying "and other than that" means other than what means 'do'; what does it include? The noun of the past verb and the noun of the present verb.
"like Way and Hayhat, rare"
Way means "I am amazed." The author says that it is rare, even though it is frequent in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an:
Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
ويكأنه لا يفلح الكافرونThe student: And in the colloquial language as well.
The Shaykh : In the colloquial language?
The student: Many.
The Shaykh : In the colloquial language?
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : How do they say it?
The student: I mean, one speaks in the way of conciliation and says, "Way, how..."
The Shaykh : We do not have this; do you have it? Huh?
The student: Way.
The Shaykh : Way? No, it appears that for us, when a person does something for which he is punished, we say "Way," meaning we are amazed at this action of yours; a beating or a punishment comes to you.
The student: We have "Wayh."
The Shaykh : Wayh means "I am amazed"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, they are close; it appears that they are close. Yes. And Hayhat means "far away." Hayhat means "far away," as He, the Exalted, said:
How far, how far, is that which you are promised.
هيهات هيهات لما توعدونHow far, how far, is that which you are promised.
هيهات هيهات لما توعدونwhat you are threatened with
لما توعدون"So Hayhat, Hayhat, al-'Aqiq and whoever is in it"
I forgot the end of the verse. The point is that he used it with the verb without the lam. The author now takes from this verse a rule, which is: that nouns of the verb, if they mean request, are frequent, and if they mean past and present, are rare. We return to the word Ameen because we say it in every prayer. There is a language form "Aami"; is "Aami" permissible or not? Aami?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Huh? Is it permissible? Aami, yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is a language form "Aami," but it is very rare. Is "Aammin" permissible?
The student: It is not suitable.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible. What is the reason? The meaning differs, because Aammin means "intending"
