Date of Award
4-2010
Thesis Type
PhD
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
Department
Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Languages
Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
This research is aimed to analyse the role of Abu Hayyan, a well-known scholar and expert of Arabic Grammar. He was a neutral mujtahid, capable of solving the intricacies of Arabic Grammar through the processes of tarjih, dissection, summarisation, rearrangement, composition, tafsir and ijtihad. Although he lived in an era of thousands of scholars and experts, his teachings was accepted by the community. Andalusia, the cradle of knowledge of the Islamic civilization at the time contributed immensely to Abu Hayyan’s development. His journeys throughout Northern Africa reinforced his knowledge gained in Andalusia, his wisdom attracted scholars and students alike at the time. The victory of the Memluk Empire in stopping the Mongolian advance at ‘Ain Jalud opened opportunities for Abu Hayyan to contribute further to the ummah methods are still utilised even today even though it created a lot of questions when he placed hadiths at only the istidlal(proof) and ihtijaj (arguments) levels, and not the istisyhad(methodology) level. This was due to time constraints, where the hadiths were yet to arrive at its current depth of unstanding by the muhaddithin clerics at the time.He still placed hundreds of hadiths in his many books regardless of the criticisms burled for his methods. He still accepted the qiraat mutawatirah even when it went against most Basra clerics that rejected the said qiraat then. Abu Hayyan also accepted the sama’ (hearing) method of combining ijma‘ of the Arabs and evident analogies, even when it meant going against the Kufah sect at the time. He stressed on repeat exercises rather than reliance on far-fetched assumptions. The effect that is Abu Hayyan still persists today and his teachings are survived by his many students of high calibre. His ijtihad and works on grammar fill both the scriptures of old, and books of this era.
Additional Information
Thesis (PhD) – Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 2010.
Recommended Citation
Sulaiman, Abdul Hamid, "Abu Hayyan : peranan dan kesannya terhadap nahu Arab." (2010). Student Works (2010-2019). 132.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2010s/132
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