Differentiating Descriptive and Prescriptive Statements in Verbal Sunnah: an Analysis of Two Hadiths Cover Image

Razlikovanje deskriptivnih i preskriptivnih iskaza u verbalnom sunnetu: analiza dvaju hadisa
Differentiating Descriptive and Prescriptive Statements in Verbal Sunnah: an Analysis of Two Hadiths

Author(s): Fadilj Maljoki
Subject(s): Islam studies, Semantics, Descriptive linguistics, Philology
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: hadith; descriptive statement; prescriptive statement; social context; Quraysh; leaders; ill omen; woman; house; horse;

Summary/Abstract: This work addresses descriptive statements in verbal Sunnah, i.e. statements whose function is to describe a factual state, not to prescribe or establish norms. In the introductory part the author explains the meaning of descriptive and prescriptive statements. In the first part he mentions the indicators for determining that the Prophet p.b.u.h. stated a hadith descriptively. The second part analyses the hadith “People follow the Quraysh…” and other hadiths about the leading position of the Quraysh and for which one can provide strong arguments for their being stated descriptively. The third part addresses a hadith according to which ill omen is recognizable in three things: a horse, a house and a woman.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 45-67
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bosnian