Abstract
This is the first study that aims to explore the possibility of applying the art and science of voice intonation in reading statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammad and to form a theoretical framework explicative of the nexuses between the two enterprises. The study ventures to assess the attention towards a range of functions played by voice intonation such as attitudinal functions, psychological functions and other indicative functions as it may have appeared within the various compositional strategies of ḥadīth literature. It also aims to examine how normal conversations, declarative sentences, questions, etc. could be identified through voice intonation and the extent to which the understanding of a certain ḥadīth can be affected by such an exercise. The preliminary analysis indicates that the right selection of tone assumes a crucial role in forming a sound ḥadīth interpretation. The consequential extension of this study may involve several other subtopics in the field such as the oral and written transmission of ḥadīth, the euphony and cacophony of narrated words and sentences in ḥadīth, and the psycho-spiritual effects of ḥadīth.
Highlights
This is the first study that aims to explore the possibility of applying the art and science of voice intonation in reading statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammad and to form a theoretical framework explicative of the nexuses between the two enterprises
The interplay of intonation and ḥadīth text in this library survey has shown that the former is not a linguistic phenomenon and a manifestation of a cognitive phenomenon while the latter owns some aspects of its interpretive function to the former. This preliminary survey in the relevant literature has revealed that the subject received too little attention either by the Arab linguists or even the ḥadīth experts themselves
The formulation of a systematic framework to locate all aspects of the discussion is considered unattainable for the time being
Summary
“Yasin dan Sulaiman pergi menghadiri seminar berkenaan ḥadīth di Istanbul”. This Malay sentence can be intoned variably based on different contexts. If the sentence were to be a response to a nonpolar question, several emphases could be expected following the use of different interrogative words (wh-questions). The following (A 1–4) represents possible cases that exemplify the above proposition, with the emphases and risings in intonation indicated by the capitalisation: Khairil Husaini bin Jamil
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