This hub gathers 3 instances of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as cited
… nor let some of you backbite others…
Brief reading
The verse is invoked in the prohibition of backbiting and ill opinion, while emphasizing that some suspicion is considered sinful, not that all of it is absolutely forbidden.
Axes
- Human and ethical
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Suspicion: 3
- Backbiting: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to regulate the ethical field of relations among people and the limits of generalization in judgment.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 2
- Example: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and Faith, p. 83: He cites it in the context of prohibiting backbiting as one of the social evils.
- Concept: Backbiting
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- {… nor let some of you backbite others…} (al-Hujurat 12).»
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 275: He invokes the verse to reinforce the negative meaning of suspicion as a doubt that may lead to sin.
- Concept: Suspicion
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{… indeed some suspicion is sin}. (al-Hujurat 12).»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 113: He uses it as evidence that avoidance does not mean prohibition, because the verse makes some suspicion sinful, not all of it.
- Concept: Suspicion
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «And finally we turn to the Almighty’s word in al-Hujurat 12, where He commands us to avoid much suspicion.»
Related books
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