This axis brings together 2 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The text of the verse as cited
Whoever performs the minor pilgrimage up to the pilgrimage…
Reader’s answer
Question
How does Muhammad Shahrur employ Qur’an 2:196 in his understanding of the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage?
Shahrur employs the verse within his presentation of the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage. He treats the pilgrimage as a collective rite and distinguishes it from the minor pilgrimage, which he calls the “lesser pilgrimage” when it takes place during the sacred months.
Shahrur presents Qur’an 2:196 in the context of his detailed discussion of the pilgrimage, the minor pilgrimage, and the rules concerning sacrificial offerings and fasting for those who perform the minor pilgrimage up to the pilgrimage. He describes the pilgrimage as a “purely collective rite,” with no place for individualism in it, and defines it in particular as proceeding to the Sacred House to perform the rite during the sacred months: if it includes standing at ʿArafāt, it is the pilgrimage; otherwise, it is the minor pilgrimage during those months, or a minor pilgrimage outside them.
Citation and location
Islam and Faith — p. 84.
Limits of the reading
- The citation conveys Shahrur’s use of the verse and his definition of the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage; by itself, it is insufficient for deriving a detailed system of rulings from the verse.
- The description of the pilgrimage as a collective rite is Shahrur’s assertion in this passage; it is not presented here as a ruling attributed to the consensus of exegesis or jurisprudence.
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Brief reading
For Shahrur, it serves as an entry point for detailing the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage, and for understanding the rites as an ordered divine obligation.
Axes
- Legal
- Faith-based
Related concepts
- Pilgrimage and minor pilgrimage: 2
- Completion of the rites: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to the grounding of rulings on ritual observances within the structure of the rites.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Foundational: 2
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 84: He uses it as an entry point for detailing the pilgrimage, distinguishing it from the minor pilgrimage, and explaining the rules of sacrificial offerings.
- Concept: Pilgrimage and minor pilgrimage
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: “Whoever performs the minor pilgrimage up to the pilgrimage shall offer whatever sacrificial offering is available… } (Al-Baqara 196),”
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 100: He relies on it to say that the Prophet proceeded in the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage as a divine obligation explaining the rites, rather than as a merely personal act.
- Concept: Completion of the rites
- Function of the verse here: Foundational
- Textual citation: “Then His saying, Exalted is He, was revealed to him: {Complete the pilgrimage and the minor pilgrimage, except…} Al-Baqara 196, and he set out in consecration for both.”
Related books
- Islam and Faith
- The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna
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