This entry brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
Text of the verse as cited
{ And when they have reached their term, retain them honourably or part with them honourably … And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they deliver their burden }
Brief reading
The verse derives rulings concerning the waiting period, maintenance, housing, and nursing, and turns divorce into a detailed arrangement rather than merely the termination of a contract.
Themes
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Divorce: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It establishes an ordered legislative sphere for the family relationship after divorce.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 1
Contexts of use
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 255–256: He derives from it rulings concerning the waiting period, maintenance, housing, and nursing, and presents it as a detailed regulation of the state of divorce rather than merely the termination of a contract.
- Concept: Divorce
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual evidence: “Thus we find that God—Exalted is He—also commands retention honourably or separation honourably, and that divorce, like marriage, requires witnesses.”
Related books
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