The argumentative intertextuality of Sahl bin Harun, his treatise on miserliness as an example

     This research studies the argumentative intertextuality in a message (about stinginess) written by Sahl Bin Harun. The aim of the research is to uncover the intertextuality as an argumentative strategy that formed the text. The text is full of quotations through which Sahl could conquer the mind of the Arab reader and the text included a challenge for the Arab value of generosity. I followed the analytical descriptive inductive approach through employing its various procedural mechanisms. The research led to some results, the most prominent of which is that Sahl tried to form an exceptional model in order to make his stinginess acceptable through criticizing the Arab value of generosity, so he quoted the others’ sayings and situations to support his argumentation. Moreover, Sahl argued by using the absolute majority of others’ sayings and actions so that the text acquires a special status since the intertextuality is the most successful and powerful argumentative tool to confute his opponent, who may reject the opinions of Sahl due to the psychological rejection of Sahl himself. Therefore, Sahl used a diverse intertextual argumentative tool comprising the religious, literary and historical heritage in order to encircle the reader’s intellect through his knowledge stock.