The grammatical level of some Arabic dialects mentioned in Fath al-Bari, a commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajar

Abstract

 The study of dialects is an important field for understanding grammatical differences, as it helps us establish grammatical issues. The importance of Hadith and its commentaries is also evident, as they are considered linguistic sources that cannot be ignored or dispensed with.

From this perspective, my research topic was titled "The Grammatical Level of Some Arabic Dialects Mentioned in the Book Fath al-Bari: A Commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajar." The study yielded a number of important results, the most prominent of which are the following:

First: the hadith commentaries contain a rich wealth of grammatical and linguistic material, making them one of the essential and indispensable sources for the study of language.

Second: Ibn Hajar, in his book Fath al-Bari, discusses dialects and their connection to their tribes. In some cases, he refers to their popularity or rarity, stating that a language is either well-known or rare. Sometimes, he simply refers to it without attributing it to the tribe that spoke it.

Third: The necessity of the six thousand nouns is a dialect heard from the Arabs, and there is no problem in interpreting the hadiths according to this dialect.

Fourth: The inflection of indeclinables is the dialect of Banu Asad, so there is no problem in interpreting the hadiths of the Prophet according to this dialect.

Fifth: It was mentioned in the hadith of the Prophet that the letter “noon” of the five verbs is fixed after the verbal noun “an” in one of the Arabic dialects.

Sixth: The jazm with "lan" is a dialect of the Arabic dialects heard, and they interpreted the hadiths of the Prophet according to this dialect. 

Seventh: The final nun of the five verbs may be deleted if they are not in the accusative or jussive mood.