Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And it is not obligatory in anything other than what was lowered *** by a name, like saying 'the requirement of what he required.'"
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The Shaykh :"And it is not obligatory"
It is not obligatory, meaning it is permissible for you to say: "lim" or "lamah." It is permissible. Do you understand, O Abd al-Rahman ibn Dawud?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the interrogative "ma" is declined by a preposition here, it is obligatory to delete its alif. Likewise, if it is declined by apposition, it is obligatory to delete its alif. But attaching the hah of pause to it, or with it, if it is declined by a preposition, is permissible. And if it is declined by a name?
The student: It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. For this reason, he said:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what was lowered *** by a name, like saying 'the requirement of what he required'"
Yes, "the requirement of what," "the requirement of what." The word "ma" here is interrogative, meaning: what requirement did he require? So here, if you stop, you must say "qitda' mah," and it is obligatory, because it was lowered by what? By apposition, by a name. And the summary now, the summary is: that if you decline the interrogative "ma," it is obligatory for you to delete its alif. And are you required to add the hah of pause?
The student: There is a distinction.
The Shaykh : There is a distinction. If it is declined by a preposition?
The student: It is not obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory, so it is permissible. And if it is declined by a name?
The student: It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. Yes, read the explanation.
It is not obligatory, meaning it is permissible for you to say: "lim" or "lamah." It is permissible. Do you understand, O Abd al-Rahman ibn Dawud?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the interrogative "ma" is declined by a preposition here, it is obligatory to delete its alif. Likewise, if it is declined by apposition, it is obligatory to delete its alif. But attaching the hah of pause to it, or with it, if it is declined by a preposition, is permissible. And if it is declined by a name?
The student: It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. For this reason, he said:
"And it is not obligatory in anything other than what was lowered *** by a name, like saying 'the requirement of what he required'"
Yes, "the requirement of what," "the requirement of what." The word "ma" here is interrogative, meaning: what requirement did he require? So here, if you stop, you must say "qitda' mah," and it is obligatory, because it was lowered by what? By apposition, by a name. And the summary now, the summary is: that if you decline the interrogative "ma," it is obligatory for you to delete its alif. And are you required to add the hah of pause?
The student: There is a distinction.
The Shaykh : There is a distinction. If it is declined by a preposition?
The student: It is not obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory, so it is permissible. And if it is declined by a name?
The student: It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. Yes, read the explanation.