الشِّعْر على لسان النَّبيّ ﷺ دراسة في إشكاليّة عدم استقراءِ الروايات ونَقْدِها في تصوُّر الوقائع الحديثيّة
Poetry on the Tongue of the Prophet: A Study of the Problem of Not Gathering all Related Reports and Critiquing them in the Conceptualization of Events in Hadith

Summary/Abstract: The scholars agree that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) did not compose even one line of poetry before revelation was given to him or thereafter. They also agree that he was prohibited from doing this as a way of closing the door to any ambiguity about the Generous Qur’an, such that no one would confuse it with poetry. Despite there being no rational or scriptural proof for the impossibility of his reciting the poetry composed by others or mentioning verses of poetry composed by others, in its proper meter, the scholars differed about whether these things occurred historically. Many scholars stated that this did not occur and even blatantly said that if he (Allah bless him and give him peace) wished to use a line of poetry as an example he wouldn’t complete the line. And if he did complete a line of poetry as an example, he wouldn’t say it in its proper meter. This claim spread far and wide among many of the linguists, exegetes, and historians. They cited examples of this, and they provided as proof many reports such that this became a core axiom for them. If, however, they came upon a report that indicates that the Prophet recited poetry in meter form, they sought out some type of figurative interpretation. They did all of this without having first grounded their axiom in any type of proof and without providing any evidence for the correctness of the figurative interpretations that they put forward.

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