The Right of the Opponent in the Letter of Rights of Imam Zain al-Abidin, peace be upon him, a study in indication

Abstract

Argumentation is an ancient linguistic method that has been known to all human languages since its earliest times. It was widely used within the framework of Greek philosophical research as an argument based on providing arguments and proofs in order to confuse opponents. It is also within the scope of rhetoric, especially oral speeches, and with this description it is found in many sources of Arab heritage, especially among historians, and the like. Argumentation has settled as a term for a new linguistic study based on a set of analytical mechanisms within the scope of modern Western linguistic studies since the mid-twentieth century, then entered the Arab world, and the Holy Qur’an and many of the sources of heritage considered as a field for its applications. And our study related to the message of rights of Imam Zain al-Abidin, peace be upon him, basing on four rights from it united by common title, which is the right of the opponent. It was noted in it a high human sense that is the reality of the state of the Islamic moral system in its original essence derived from the teachings of the Holy Qur’an.