أَلَا لَا يَحِلُّ مَالُ امْرِئٍ إِلَّا بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ مِنْهُ
A person’s property is not lawful without willing consent.
أَلَا attracts attention; لَا negates; and إِلَّا introduces an exception or condition. Translating them all as “not” would lose the structure of the sentence.
Consider “Take heed: this cannot be taken without permission.” “Take heed” captures attention, “cannot” negates, and “without permission” states a condition. The Arabic forms play distinct roles.
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Faith, Love for the Messenger, Mercy, and Negative lā (Hadith 131–138)
أَلَا لَا يَحِلُّ مَالُ امْرِئٍ إِلَّا بِطِيبِ نَفْسٍ مِنْهُ
A person’s property is not lawful without willing consent.
أَلَا attracts attention; لَا negates; and إِلَّا introduces an exception or condition. Translating them all as “not” would lose the structure of the sentence.
Consider “Take heed: this cannot be taken without permission.” “Take heed” captures attention, “cannot” negates, and “without permission” states a condition. The Arabic forms play distinct roles.