وَجَعَلَ السَّكَّاكِيُّ قَبِيحًا «هَلْ رَجُلٌ عَرَفَ»
Al-Sakkākī also judged “Hal rajulun ʿarafa” objectionable.
One analysis regards “Hal rajulun ʿarafa” as objectionable even though the preceding indefinite rajulun need not signal exclusivity. This shows why reducing the entire objection to restriction or specification is disputed.
A competing account concentrates on the interaction of word order and the request for assent. Both accounts try to explain the unusual initial noun, but they employ distinct explanatory principles.