فَرِيضَةٌ obligation in Arabic
فَرِيضَةٌ is how you say “obligation” in Arabic.
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أمّا إذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم ثم استمر وجودُ الماء بعد السلام، بَطَلَ تيممُه فلا يستبيح به نافلةً
If one completed an obligatory prayer with Tayammum and then water became available after the Salam, their Tayammum is void, and they cannot perform a voluntary prayer with it.
فَرِيضَةً an obligatory prayer
'an obligatory [prayer],' in the -a form as object of 'completed,' indefinite. It names what he finished — a required prayer, the kind whose status the rule now examines.
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ولا يُصلَّى بتيممٍ واحدٍ إلا فريضةٌ واحدة،
One cannot pray with the same Tayammum except for one obligatory prayer.
فَرِيضَةً one obligatory prayer
'an obligatory [prayer],' the item the exception allows — only this may be prayed with one tayammum. It is what the whole 'not... except' has been building to: a single obligatory prayer, no more.
وجاز الجمعُ به بين فريضةٍ ونوافلَ،
It is permissible to combine an obligatory prayer with supererogatory prayers using it.
فَرِيضَةٍ an obligatory prayer
'an obligatory [prayer],' indefinite, in the -i form after 'between.' The first of the two things one tayammum may join — paired with the voluntary prayers next.
ولا يصحُّ التيممُ لفريضةٍ قبل دخول وقتها،
Tayammum for an obligatory prayer is not valid before its time has begun.
لِفَرِيضَةٍ for an obligatory prayer
The 'li-' marks the purpose — 'for an obligatory prayer,' indefinite, in the -i form. The tayammum is made FOR that prayer; its validity depends on the prayer's time having begun.
لا يُصلَّى بتيممٍ واحدٍ إلا فريضةٌ واحدةٌ، سواءٌ اتفقتا أو اختلفتا؛
A single dry ablution may only be used for one obligatory prayer, whether they are of the same or different type.
فَرِيضَةً an obligatory prayer
'an obligatory [prayer],' the item the exception permits — only this may be prayed with one tayammum. The whole 'not... except' builds to it: a single obligatory prayer.
فلا يجمعُ بين صلاتينِ مفروضتينِ بتيممٍ واحدٍ، ويجوز أن يُضمَّ إلى الفريضةِ نوافلُ معها
Two obligatory prayers cannot be combined with a single dry ablution, but it is permissible to add optional prayers to it.
الْفَرِيضَةِ the obligatory prayer
'the obligatory [prayer],' definite, in the -i form after 'to.' It is the anchor prayer to which optional ones may be appended under one ablution.
ولا يصحُّ التيممُ لفريضةٍ قبلَ دخولِ وقتِها؛
Performing a dry ablution for an obligatory prayer before its time has commenced is invalid.
لِفَرِيضَةٍ for an obligatory prayer
The 'li-' marks the purpose — 'for an obligatory prayer,' indefinite, in the -i form. The ablution is made FOR that prayer; its validity hangs on the prayer's time having begun.
وإذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم، ثم زالَ عذرُه قبل أن يشرعَ في نافلةٍ،
If one completes an obligatory prayer with dry ablution, and the excuse is lifted before beginning a non-obligatory prayer,
فَرِيضَةً an obligatory prayer
'an obligatory [prayer],' in the -a form as object of 'completed,' indefinite. The obligatory prayer he finished — done validly by tayammum, until his excuse ends.
وعن الحسن قال إن هذه القلوب تحيى وتموت فإذا حييت فاحملوها على النافلة، وإذا ماتت فاحملوها على الفريضة
Al-Hasan said, 'Indeed, these hearts live and die. When they are alive, push them toward extra acts of worship; and when they die, push them toward the obligatory acts.'
الْفَرِيضَةِ obligatory acts
Definite by al' and genitive by the preposition; it names the obligatory acts the dead hearts are pushed toward.