Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): ... that it ascended: above three, or like Jur or Saqr *** or Zayd, the name of a woman, not the name of a man.
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The Shaykh :"That it ascended: above three"
That it ascended above three, what is the meaning of "ascended above them"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It means it exceeded three. Three what?
The student: Letters.
The Shaykh : Three letters, for example: Zaynab, is it prohibited from declension?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it prohibited from declension?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : How many is it? One, two, three, four. Correct, is it prohibited from declension or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, names?
The student: A proper name?
The Shaykh : Names, huh? Any proper name, a proper name that is the name of a woman is prohibited from declension...
The student: The feminine alif.
Another student : ...
The Shaykh : There is no disagreement regarding the cause that takes the place of the two causes, but there is also another cause in it, which is being a proper name. Okay, if we say Sa'd?
The student: Likewise, it is prohibited from declension.
The Shaykh : Sa'd?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Count it: Sin, 'Ayn, Alif, four. Sa'd is prohibited from declension. So, every feminine proper name that exceeds three letters, meaning it is not four, as he said:
"That it ascended: above three"
Exceeds three letters, so it is prohibited from declension. Okay, if it is three letters? If it is three letters, he says:
"Or like Jur or Saqr *** Or Zayd, the name of a woman, not the name of a man"
If it is like Jur, it is prohibited from declension. Why?
The student: Because of its foreignness...
The Shaykh : Because it has foreignness, being a proper name, and foreignness. So, its femininity is established by what? By it being foreign. So you say, for example: I entered Jur, and I walked to Jur. Yes, and this is Jur, and you do not decline it because it is what? Because it is foreign. Okay, Saqr? Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Muddaththir 74:42] It is prohibited from declension, huh, why?
The student: The movement of the middle letter.
The Shaykh : Because of the movement of the middle letter, because Saqr has a moving middle letter, and it also has being a proper name and femininity. So, because its middle letter is moving, it became heavy and prohibited from declension. Okay, the third one?
"Zayd, the name of a woman"
Zayd is the name of a woman!Sunan Abi Dawud 4097Sahih (Al-Albani), a woman whom her father named Zayd! Yes, her father named her Zayd. Zayd bint 'Ali, Zayd bint 'Ali. Immediately, one who sees it written says there is a distortion in it. The correct form is Zayd ibn 'Ali, or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because Zayd is the name of a man, but nevertheless, if a female is named with it, it is prohibited from declension. Why? Because the name of a man on a woman is heavy. Heavy in expression or in meaning?
The student: In meaning.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Meaning, meaning.
The Shaykh : Heavy in meaning. Because of the heaviness, they said it is prohibited from declension. So, the three-letter word from the foreign, I mean from the feminine, the three-letter word from the feminine is declined except in three cases: one with a moving middle letter, one that is foreign, and one that is masculine but used to name a female. For example?
The student: Zayd.
The Shaykh : Zayd. Okay, 'Abid?
The student: Likewise.
The Shaykh : Four. This is prohibited from declension. If a woman is named 'Abid, it is prohibited from declension because it is?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four letters. Okay.
The student: Because it is the name of a man, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Because it is the name of a man.
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is the name of a man. Okay, he says, and because it is also a four-letter word. Every four-letter word that you make a feminine proper name is prohibited from declension.
That it ascended above three, what is the meaning of "ascended above them"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It means it exceeded three. Three what?
The student: Letters.
The Shaykh : Three letters, for example: Zaynab, is it prohibited from declension?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it prohibited from declension?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : How many is it? One, two, three, four. Correct, is it prohibited from declension or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, names?
The student: A proper name?
The Shaykh : Names, huh? Any proper name, a proper name that is the name of a woman is prohibited from declension...
The student: The feminine alif.
Another student : ...
The Shaykh : There is no disagreement regarding the cause that takes the place of the two causes, but there is also another cause in it, which is being a proper name. Okay, if we say Sa'd?
The student: Likewise, it is prohibited from declension.
The Shaykh : Sa'd?
The student: Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Count it: Sin, 'Ayn, Alif, four. Sa'd is prohibited from declension. So, every feminine proper name that exceeds three letters, meaning it is not four, as he said:
"That it ascended: above three"
Exceeds three letters, so it is prohibited from declension. Okay, if it is three letters? If it is three letters, he says:
"Or like Jur or Saqr *** Or Zayd, the name of a woman, not the name of a man"
If it is like Jur, it is prohibited from declension. Why?
The student: Because of its foreignness...
The Shaykh : Because it has foreignness, being a proper name, and foreignness. So, its femininity is established by what? By it being foreign. So you say, for example: I entered Jur, and I walked to Jur. Yes, and this is Jur, and you do not decline it because it is what? Because it is foreign. Okay, Saqr? Allah the Exalted said:
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَThe student: The movement of the middle letter.
The Shaykh : Because of the movement of the middle letter, because Saqr has a moving middle letter, and it also has being a proper name and femininity. So, because its middle letter is moving, it became heavy and prohibited from declension. Okay, the third one?
"Zayd, the name of a woman"
Zayd is the name of a woman!
The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed women who imitate men
لعن الله المتشبهات من النساء بالرجالThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because Zayd is the name of a man, but nevertheless, if a female is named with it, it is prohibited from declension. Why? Because the name of a man on a woman is heavy. Heavy in expression or in meaning?
The student: In meaning.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Meaning, meaning.
The Shaykh : Heavy in meaning. Because of the heaviness, they said it is prohibited from declension. So, the three-letter word from the foreign, I mean from the feminine, the three-letter word from the feminine is declined except in three cases: one with a moving middle letter, one that is foreign, and one that is masculine but used to name a female. For example?
The student: Zayd.
The Shaykh : Zayd. Okay, 'Abid?
The student: Likewise.
The Shaykh : Four. This is prohibited from declension. If a woman is named 'Abid, it is prohibited from declension because it is?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four letters. Okay.
The student: Because it is the name of a man, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Because it is the name of a man.
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is the name of a man. Okay, he says, and because it is also a four-letter word. Every four-letter word that you make a feminine proper name is prohibited from declension.