regarding the nisbah of al-Shafi'i and the benefit of distinguishing between the two yā's in the nisbah
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The student: What is the difference, O Shaykh, between saying, for example, al-Shafi'i as a nisbah of lineage or from the original?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The yā that indicates this or that, if it is for al-Shafi'i himself, the Imam, then it is the original yā of lineage.
The student: But what is the difference between them?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: I mean, what is the benefit of this distinction?
The Shaykh : The benefit is that if it is Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Shafi'i, then here al-Shafi'i is a nisbah to the Imam himself, not to Shafi' who is his grandfather. This is the difference, he said.
The student: His statement: "And if it is a four-letter word" is this specific to the short alif of femininity?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student: And the long one?
The Shaykh : Mention of it will come; he did not speak about the long one at all. It will come, if Allah wills.
The student: Did he not refer to it?
The Shaykh : He did not mention it, because his statement: "or its elongation" refers to the short alif of femininity.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The yā that indicates this or that, if it is for al-Shafi'i himself, the Imam, then it is the original yā of lineage.
The student: But what is the difference between them?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: I mean, what is the benefit of this distinction?
The Shaykh : The benefit is that if it is Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Shafi'i, then here al-Shafi'i is a nisbah to the Imam himself, not to Shafi' who is his grandfather. This is the difference, he said.
The student: His statement: "And if it is a four-letter word" is this specific to the short alif of femininity?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student: And the long one?
The Shaykh : Mention of it will come; he did not speak about the long one at all. It will come, if Allah wills.
The student: Did he not refer to it?
The Shaykh : He did not mention it, because his statement: "or its elongation" refers to the short alif of femininity.