This axis brings together 1 occurrence of this verse’s use in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The Verse Text as Cited
And the sacrificial animals We have made for you among the rites of God …
Reader’s Answer
Question
What is the place of Hajj 36, what does the distinction mean for Shahrur, and what function does the verse serve in his argument?
The citation of Hajj 36 appears in The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 91, within Shahrur’s presentation of the concept of the “rite.” He treats the verse as an example showing that sacrificial animals are among God’s rites, in the context of his assertion that prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage each have rites by which they are recognized and without which they are not complete.
Shahrur cites Hajj 36, together with Hajj 32, in defining the rite as that which God commanded to be done or whose details the Messenger was charged with specifying. He states that pilgrimage has rites by which it is recognized and without which it is not complete.
Citation and Location
The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna — p. 91.
Limits of the Reading
- The citation does not state that sacrifices and ritual acts are “transient matters,” nor does it deny this characterization of them; therefore, this distinction should not be attributed to Shahrur in these terms.
- The citation does not explain in detail the meaning of sacrificial animals or specify all the rites of pilgrimage.
- The verse’s connection here is to the concept of the rite, not to establishing another synonymy or terminological distinction.
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Brief Reading
Shahrur uses it to support the view that sacrifices and ritual offerings are among the declared rites of worship, not transient matters.
Axes
- Legislative
- Faith-based
Related Concepts
- Rites of pilgrimage: 2
Its Place in the Conceptual Network
It clarifies the place of ritual offering within the structure of worship.
The Verse’s Role in the Argument
- Support: 1
Occurrences of Use
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 91: He uses it to support his interpretation that sacrifices and ritual offerings are among the declared rites of worship, not transient matters.
- Concept: Rites of pilgrimage
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “{And the sacrificial animals We have made for you among the rites of God…} Hajj 36.”
Related Books
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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