نَفْلvoluntary

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: When Earth Replaces Water →

• 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.

  From: When Earth Replaces Water →

• 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.

  From: Purification Without Water →