Abstract:
Reflecting on the linguistic connotations of words and constructions, and exploring their
depths in determining the correct semantic meaning of the word or formula in the text or
construction, especially if there is a disagreement regarding the meaning of the word within
the context. This research aims to explore the connotations of the multitude of the few in
some of the prophetic Hadiths selected from the Hadiths of worship in the book Umdat al
Ahkam by Imam al-Maqdisi and to find out the meanings and Sharia linguistic connotations
that they lead within different contexts and structures, and then attempt to separate
between the conflicting Sharia connotations in denoting the few or the many, and to return
them. Furthermore reflecting on their linguistic origins for weighting, taking into account the
context and circumstances of the speech, then giving preference to some Sharia meanings
over others, according to the strength of the semantic linguistic origins, so that they are
compatible with the context of the Prophet’s speech, while counting the numbers of the few
groups that were mentioned in the specific Hadiths, and trying to interpret these numbers,
based on the Arabs’ uses of such plurals, the research adopted the descriptive and analytical
approach to address the linguistic materials and their Sharia connotations, and then
concluded with a set of results that prove the importance of conducting this study and the
Sharia linguistic materials it included, with an analysis of the origins of these materials
semantically, and an analysis of the way they are used in Prophetic text.
