رِجَالُmen

Example sentences

• فَغَدًا الصَّحَابَةُ الْكِرَامُ رِجَالُهُمْ وَنِسَاءُهُمْ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

  So the next morning the noble Companions, both men and women among them, asked the Messenger of God.

  رِجَالُهُمْ — their men. A noun 'men' with -hum ('their') attached, the owner folded onto its tail — 'their men'. It stands in apposition to the Companions, breaking that group into its parts, and the -hum points back to them. It begins spelling out who among the Companions did the asking.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →