Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a' or *** like 'ya' in the jussive, so follow what they followed."
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The Shaykh :"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a' or *** like 'ya' in the jussive, so follow what they followed"
Ya Ghanim, he says:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a'"
In anything other than what is like 'a'? What is the meaning of this phrase? It means in anything other than the verb 'a', 'a' is the imperative of what?
The student: Wa'ya.
The Shaykh : Wa'ya, the verb from wa'ya must have the haa of the pause attached to it, so you say: The word is 'a, 'a or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The word is 'a, meaning: Say the word and understand it, is that right? O Allah, the fire, 'a, correct?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so-and-so, by the covenant, 'a, 'a means what?
The student: Awf.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is so-and-so, and in 'a' the alif is deleted, the alif is deleted, from the word 'ru'ya', its original form is 'ar-ru', yes, okay, so:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a' or *** like 'ya' in the jussive"
The difference between 'a' and 'ya' is that the first is an imperative and the second is a present tense, but he says "in the jussive," because if it is not in the jussive, it is stopped with a yaa, so it is said: So-and-so 'ya', you stop with a silent yaa, okay: "so follow what they followed"
Did the grammarians or the linguists follow what they followed?
The student: The Arabs.
The Shaykh : Or both?
The student: The Arabs.
The Shaykh : It appears to be the Arabs, okay, let us take the explanation.
Ya Ghanim, he says:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a'"
In anything other than what is like 'a'? What is the meaning of this phrase? It means in anything other than the verb 'a', 'a' is the imperative of what?
The student: Wa'ya.
The Shaykh : Wa'ya, the verb from wa'ya must have the haa of the pause attached to it, so you say: The word is 'a, 'a or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The word is 'a, meaning: Say the word and understand it, is that right? O Allah, the fire, 'a, correct?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so-and-so, by the covenant, 'a, 'a means what?
The student: Awf.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is so-and-so, and in 'a' the alif is deleted, the alif is deleted, from the word 'ru'ya', its original form is 'ar-ru', yes, okay, so:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what is like 'a' or *** like 'ya' in the jussive"
The difference between 'a' and 'ya' is that the first is an imperative and the second is a present tense, but he says "in the jussive," because if it is not in the jussive, it is stopped with a yaa, so it is said: So-and-so 'ya', you stop with a silent yaa, okay: "so follow what they followed"
Did the grammarians or the linguists follow what they followed?
The student: The Arabs.
The Shaykh : Or both?
The student: The Arabs.
The Shaykh : It appears to be the Arabs, okay, let us take the explanation.