ظاهرة الحذف في الحديث النبوي الشريف من خلال «تحفة الاحوذي» للمباركفوري (ت 1353ه)

The Phenomenon of Deletion in the Hadith of the Prophet Through the Touhfet Al Ahwadi of Mubarakpuri, DOD. 1353 AH.

The present study aims to shed light on ellipsis, a phenomenon of paramount impact on the syntactic and semantic levels of the sentences of Arabic language, particularly of the Holy Quran and the Nobel Hadith. The study investigates different forms of ellipsis in a number of Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) hadiths which are cited in Mubaarakfoori’s Tuhfate al- Ahwadhi Bisharhe Jame’i at Tirmidhi (literally: The Masterpiece of Ahwadhi in Explaining of Tirmidhi’s Collection [of Hadiths]). Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) was known for his eloquence, rhetoric and brevity. His sayings include rich meanings in few words and brief structures. Having investigated various elliptical constructions in the hadiths included in the above-mentioned book, the study has found that ellipsis in the constructions of these hadiths is both syntactically- and semantically rule governed. It also has eloquent and rhetorical functions. The omission of part of a construction, a word or words, takes place when there are contextual clues that indicate what is being omitted and help the reader to accurately understand the construction. It should be mentioned here that Arab linguists have given this phenomenon, ellipsis, various labels in Arabic: al- Hadhf, al- Idmaar, and al- Ijaazbil- Hadhf.