«مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ وَلَا رَأَى مِنِّي»
I did not see that from him, nor did he see it from me.
The passage cites this wording in relation to ʿĀʾishah. In the source discussion, the omitted referent concerns intimate parts ordinarily protected by modesty, which the speaker does not choose to name explicitly.
The motive is decorum and avoidance of an objectionable expression, not the absence of an intended object. The meaning remains recoverable without the blunt wording.
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Rhetorical States of Verbal Complements: Omission, Mention and Preposing
«مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ وَلَا رَأَى مِنِّي»
I did not see that from him, nor did he see it from me.
The passage cites this wording in relation to ʿĀʾishah. In the source discussion, the omitted referent concerns intimate parts ordinarily protected by modesty, which the speaker does not choose to name explicitly.
The motive is decorum and avoidance of an objectionable expression, not the absence of an intended object. The meaning remains recoverable without the blunt wording.