Taujeeh Al-Qira’at Using Qur’an, Hadith and Poetry according to Ibn Zanjalah

Abstract

Lack of basic knowledge of Taujeeh A-Qira’at leads to insufficient handling of any of the instruments of this comprehensive field of study, and these instruments include Hadith prophetic tradition, unusual recitations, Arabic grammar, morphology, and poetry. This study reveals the extent to which Ibn Zanjalah recognizes these sciences and analyzes them scientifically. The study aims to highlight the fact that the science of Taujeeh Qira’at cannot be derived from one aspect but the entire sciences complementing each other. The study also aims to determine in which of the sciences Ibn Zanjalah excelled and understand what he missed. The study is based on analytical inductive method. Ibn Zanjalah’s Hujjatul Qira’at was selected and analyzed based on how the author combined the Islamic sciences and what are the sciences contained in the book, though this study exclusively analyzes Taujeeh Al-Qira’at using Qur’an, Hadith and poetry. This study revealed Ibn Zanjalah’s strong interest in the sciences of Taujeeh Al-Qira’at and the sciences contained in the book, such as Qur’an, Hadith, prophetic tradition, Arabic grammar, morphology, poetry and languages. The study also revealed Ibn Zanjalah’s sources of evidences such as Jahiliyyah and Islamic poetry. In addition, the study revealed Ibn Zanjalah’s shortcomings in terms of providing evidences from Hadith. Based on proofs, it could be concluded that Ibn Zanjalah is not amongst the scholars of Hadith.