This locus brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that arise around it.
The verse text as cited
AND WHY SHOULD YOU NOT EAT OF THAT OVER WHICH THE NAME OF GOD HAS BEEN MENTIONED …
Brief reading
The verse confirms that prohibitions are specific and detailed, and that the default is permissibility, with prohibition remaining within a narrow scope.
Axes
- Legislative
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Detailing of prohibitions: 2
- Prohibition: 2
Its place in the concept network
It is linked to defining the scope of prohibition and confining it within a clear legislative method.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 412: He uses it to affirm that prohibitions are specific and detailed, and that the default is permissibility rather than expansive prohibition.
- Concept: Detailing of prohibitions
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “He confirmed the detailing of what has been forbidden to us among foods by His saying, exalted is He, {وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ …} (al-An‘am 119).”
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 107: He employs it to prove that prohibitions are detailed and limited, and that the exception applies to food only in cases of necessity.
- Concept: Prohibition
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “- { AND HE HAS DETAILED FOR YOU WHAT HE HAS FORBIDDEN TO YOU, EXCEPT WHAT YOU ARE COMPELLED TO. } (al-An‘am 119).”
Related books
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