نَفْل voluntary in Arabic
نَفْل is how you say “voluntary” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
ومن تيمم لنفلٍ لا يَستبيح به الفرضَ على المشهور،
One who performs Tayammum for a supererogatory prayer cannot perform an obligatory prayer with it according to the prevalent opinion.
لِنَفْلٍ for a supererogatory prayer
The 'li-' marks the intention — 'for a voluntary prayer,' indefinite, in the -i form. He made the tayammum aiming only at an optional prayer; that limited intention shapes the ruling.
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ويستبيح ما نواه من النفل
They can perform what they intended of the supererogatory.
النَّفْلِ supererogatory
'the voluntary [prayer],' in the -i form after 'of' — the optional devotion he intended. He may perform that and only that on the tayammum he made for it.
فإن تقدّم بَطَلَ عن الفرضِ وعن النفلِ المؤقّت
If done earlier, it is invalid for both the obligatory prayer and the time-bound voluntary prayer.
النَّفْلِ the optional
'the optional [prayer],' in the -i form after 'for.' The premature tayammum is void for this too — but only the time-bound kind, as the adjective next specifies.