In the Shahrur lexicon, marriage in Shahrur is a human, ethical, and social bond, and the financial contract is read within this bond rather than as its whole meaning.
The meaning according to Shahrur
Marriage is a solemn covenant upon which shared life between man and woman is based, and upon which the family is built, with all that it includes of affection, mercy, tranquility, and responsibilities. For this reason, he distinguishes it from nikah, understood as a sexual relationship or a contract in a narrower sense.
Differences
- It differs from nikah when nikah is used to denote the sexual relationship or the specific contract.
- It stands alongside divorce, because both, for him, involve rights and responsibilities, not terms detached from the family institution.
- It is linked to contractual relations and civil rights.
Foundational links
- Marriage is a solemn covenant
- Marriage and property in the Shari’a are to be reinterpreted contractually
- Family, contract, and kinship
- Women, the family, and dress
Its place in the atlas
This page connects the atom of marriage to the family pathway, and helps the reader distinguish between marriage, divorce, nikah, and what is rightfully possessed within a single network.