The conjunction wa connects the preceding term (maʿṭūf ʿalayh) with the following term (maʿṭūf).
In “miʾah wa dirham”, 100 precedes the conjunction and a dirham follows it. Does dirham merely add a separate unit, or also explain the unstated unit of the 100? Hanafi legal usage, not simple grammatical addition alone, settles that question.
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Conjunction and interpretation
Kitab al-Iqrar: Conjoined Amounts, Divine-Will Clauses, and Options
The conjunction wa connects the preceding term (maʿṭūf ʿalayh) with the following term (maʿṭūf).
In “miʾah wa dirham”, 100 precedes the conjunction and a dirham follows it. Does dirham merely add a separate unit, or also explain the unstated unit of the 100? Hanafi legal usage, not simple grammatical addition alone, settles that question.