The objection to the ignorance of the speaker according to Al-Anbari in his book Al-Insaf

Abstract

The research considers the objection to the citation made in the case of the ignorance of the author, in al-Anbari's book; Al-Insaf, in the Issues of Disagreement, using the descriptive-analytical approach which aims at presenting the grammatical issues for which al-Anbari objected to the arguments of the Kufans on unknown citations that refer to unknown writer/authors. One of his most significant results is that Al-Mazini was the first to prevent citing an unknown. Al-Anbari adopted this principle, and he frequently stated it in different ways such as: anonymous citation or unknown citation. However, he was confused about stating the principle of citing an unknown, which could be due to the large number of references used by Al-Anbari. As well as, there is sometimes a difficulty for attributing a citation to a certain author. In some cases, and his writings were not abbreviated. In his book Al-Insaaf, Al-Anbari cited some verses from an unknown poet in response to a citation made by the Kufans. Examining and scrutinizing texts is a good and matter, and upon which the rules are well constructed. However, Al-Anbari himself was not secured from objecting the use of an unknown citations. For that he mentioned a lot of poetic citations without attributing them to their authors. Rather, old books are full of unknown citations; therefore, Al-Anbari’s objection to the poetic citations made by the Kufans was only out of fanaticism for his doctrine, a victory for the Basris, and prejudice against the Kufans