This axis brings together 1 locus 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
Say: Whatever good you spend is for parents, close relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer
Reader’s answer
Question
How does Shahrur employ Qur’an 2:215, and what does it establish about spending?
Shahrur’s citation of the verse appears in the column “Doing good (which is part of innate nature)” within a table that contrasts this field with verses on zakat. In this context, the verse is used as an example of spending good directed toward parents, close relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer, rather than as independent evidence in the citation for restricting it to “the zakat of Islam” or for establishing a detailed terminological distinction between zakat and spending.
Shahrur places Al-Baqarah 215 in the category “Doing good (which is part of innate nature)” within a table that presents verses on zakat in a corresponding category. The verse appears here as concerning the spending of good on parents, close relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer.
Citation and location
Islam and Faith — p. 85.
Limits of the reading
- The citation is excerpted from a table and does not include editorial explanation detailing the criterion for distinguishing between zakat and spending.
- The citation does not state that the verse identifies “the fields of charitable spending within the zakat of Islam.”
- The citation does not establish an exclusive limitation of the recipients mentioned in the verse, nor a legal ruling concerning them.
- The citation does not establish that zakat and spending are synonymous, nor that they are not synonymous.
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Brief reading
The verse is presented as identifying the fields of charitable spending within the zakat of Islam and its social beneficence.
Axes
- Legislative
- Humanitarian and ethical
Related concepts
- Beneficiaries of good: 2
- Zakat: 1
- Social beneficence: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It is connected to identifying the directions of good within the social and ethical structure.
Role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Loci of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 85: He uses it to identify the fields of charitable spending within the zakat of Islam and its social beneficence.
- Concept: Beneficiaries of good
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual citation: “{And say: Whatever good you spend is for parents, close relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer} (Al-Baqarah 215)”
Related books
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