The Anonymous Poetic Evidences between Acceptance and Rejection: A Study of Fairness by Abul Barakat Al-Anbari

Abstract

This research was meant to illustrate the methodology of the grammarians-especially the older ones in the poetic references in terms of their relation to their reciters, and that they did not pay much attention to mentioning the recite as much as they were concerned about his confidence and fluency. If his fluency and confidence are proven, his anonymity does not hurt. Not mentioning the writer in the books of the grammarians is a phenomenon that has its causes; most importantly their concern and interest in extrapolating the words of the Arabs and the development of rules that control it and the fact that the omission of the evidence to the reciters does not necessarily mean the grammarians do not know that, they may neglect to mention in a position and declare elsewhere. The researcher mentioned the differences between the grammarians in the poetic evidence, which they did not know in terms of their acceptance and rejection, and concluded that these evidences can be accepted if they are chanted or protested by one of the Imams who are trustworthy of the Basrien or the Kufis. This is because if he did not know that it is valid to infer his words he wouldn't chant it. Anbari was inclined to the side of rejection, because he objected many of the evidences of the Kufis due to its unknown owner, while we find it easy on the grammarian methodology of lack of attention to the proportion of evidence to its author, making many of his poetic evidences classified in the unknown stanzas. The researcher adopted a descriptive analytical approach in the study of the evidence that Al-Anbari objection was due to its unknown author. The researcher also answered many of Anbar's objections, because he found the authors of some of these poetic evidences, or they were chanted by confidential grammarians. The researcher agreed with Al-Anbari’s objection to two stanzas due to being anonymous.