Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And deletion in the fourth [position] is more fitting than *** inversion, and it is obligatory to invert the third, which is meant."
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The Shaykh : ... If the yaa is in the fourth position, deletion is more fitting than inversion.
"And it is obligatory to invert the third, which is meant"
If the yaa is in the third position, is it obligatory to?
The student: We invert it.
The Shaykh : We invert it, we invert it into a waw, okay.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
"Kinship:
A yaa like the yaa of the Kursi (Footstool) they added for kinship *** And everything that follows it, its kasrah is obligatory
If one intends to add something to a country or tribe or the like, its end is made a shaddah yaa with a kasrah on the letter before it, so in the kinship to Damascus, it is said "Damashqi".
The Shaykh : Damascus.
The reader: "And to Tamim, Tamimi, and to Ahmad, Ahmadi".
"And it is obligatory to invert the third, which is meant"
If the yaa is in the third position, is it obligatory to?
The student: We invert it.
The Shaykh : We invert it, we invert it into a waw, okay.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
"Kinship:
A yaa like the yaa of the Kursi (Footstool) they added for kinship *** And everything that follows it, its kasrah is obligatory
If one intends to add something to a country or tribe or the like, its end is made a shaddah yaa with a kasrah on the letter before it, so in the kinship to Damascus, it is said "Damashqi".
The Shaykh : Damascus.
The reader: "And to Tamim, Tamimi, and to Ahmad, Ahmadi".