This hub brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

The verse text as cited

Those who spend their wealth in the way of God, then do not follow what they spend with reminder or harm — they will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear upon them, nor will they grieve.

Brief reading

It is invoked implicitly within the sequence of verses that explain acceptable spending.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Human and ethical
  • Spending: 2
  • Acceptable spending: 1

Its place in the conceptual network

It is connected to the context of rationalizing spending and defining its ethical value.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Context: 1

Instances of use

  • The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna, p. 96: It is invoked implicitly within the sequence of verses that explain acceptable spending, without quoting its text.
    • Concept: spending
    • Function of the verse here: context
    • Textual evidence: “Spending ‘in the way of God’ is used sometimes (see al-Baqarah 195), 262 and al-Anfal 60), and ‘for God’s sake’ at other times”
  • The Messengerly Sunna and the Prophetic Sunna

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