The Phenomenon of Miserliness in Pre-Islamic Poetry

(An analytical study)

Abstract

 The glory of the Arabs throughout history was the creation of generosity, They considered it one of the basic traits in their lives, This was reflected in their poetry that they sang with, Their divans are littered with the praise of the person of generous generosity, However, the prevalence of generosity among them and their appreciation for generosity does not negate the fact that some of them were miserly, miserly with their money when asking. He evades the bid, Some of their men were insulted by miserliness, The stingy miser was vilified, Miserliness is one of the traits that earns its owner shame and blame among them. The poets dealt with the phenomenon of miserliness in the pre-Islamic era in abundance, so they insulted and slandered it, And stay away from those who describe it, And made a way to undermine the tribe, And belittling her status among the tribes,  He is a reprehensible, reprehensible creature, It is a disgrace to the individual and the tribe, And a sharp weapon that the poet aims at the arrogant, And an effective means in the face of enemies and opponents. They likened the miser to the misguided one who corrupts his money, hey depicted the miser's panic when a visitor came upon him, And his miserliness makes the money stay, And the miser will turn away from his people and slander him, Miserliness does not benefit its owner and does not exalt him, and it begets humiliation and devaluation, And they were proud that there was no miser among their people, And refrain from being miserly, even if it was only once, And they called the opponent miserly, And they asked for the serenity of living, even if it was a little like the tender of a miser, They blame miserliness on the relatives and generosity on the farthest, And they made miserliness a characteristic of insulting and slandering people, Moral miserliness is also mentioned in the woman's stinginess in communication and when meeting, The poets also showed the role of women, especially wives, in urging their husbands to be miserly, And intimidate them from generosity, The poets also used expressions that indicate miserliness, such as (betrayal - scarcity - musk), And they expressed their vision of miserliness due to the distortion of this characteristic that was prevalent in their pre-Islamic societies.