Ibn Naqiya al-Baghdadi’(d. 485 AH ) Stance toward the Language of the Common People in His Book Sharḥ al-Faṣīḥ)

Abstract

This study, entitled Ibn Naqiya al-Baghdadi’s Stance toward the Language of the Common People in His Book Sharḥ al-Faṣīḥ, examines the instances in which Ibn Naqiya al-Baghdadi explicitly expressed either acceptance or rejection of the linguistic usages of the common people. The study aims to reveal his critical methodology in dealing with such linguistic expressions .                                            .

   The study demonstrates that Ibn Naqiya adopted a balanced stance toward the language of the common people. He was neither excessively rigid in rejecting all popular usages nor overly lenient in accepting everything attributed to them. Rather, he accepted certain usages in specific contexts while rejecting others, relying on transmitted linguistic evidence, analogy, and actual linguistic usage                            .

The study further reveals that all the usages approved by Ibn Naqiya were linguistically sound. However, he erred in rejecting a number of popular linguistic expressions. Through an examination of early scholarly works.