Evaluative Judgments in Grammatical Instructions by Al-Sharqawi (d. 1227 AH) in Fath al-Mubdi

Abstract

Praise be to God, who made praise the first verse in His Book of Mercy and the final supplication of the inhabitants of His Paradise. May blessings and peace be upon the best of creation, Muhammad, who brought the best of paths and guided us to the most correct paths. And now:

Sheikh Al-Sharqawi, may God have mercy on him, has many books and classifications in every field, indicating his high status, lofty position, and sublime mention. Among his printed books are: (Fath Al-Mubdi), ..in which he explained Al-Zubaidi’s Mukhtasar, edited and punctuated its words, clarified the aspects of grammar, explained the words, extracted the rulings contained therein, and cited the opinions of the jurists. So this explanation of his came in an easy and moderate manner between lengthiness and brevity, and he called it (Fath Al-Mubdi bi Sharh Al-Zubaidi’s Mukhtasar), in which he mentioned many of the evaluative rulings for the grammatical directions, and he mentioned the preferred rulings contained, which are the most likely, the permissible, the most eloquent, and the most famous.

My plan, after the introduction, consisted of two sections: the first: an introduction to Imam Al-Sharqawi, his method, an introduction to his book (Fath Al-Mubdi), the reason for writing it, an introduction to the evaluative rulings, and the second section: the evaluative rulings between acceptance and rejection. Then I concluded with a conclusion in which I mentioned the most important results I reached.