This axis gathers one place of 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
SUCCESSFUL ARE THE BELIEVERS … AND THOSE WHO GUARD THEIR PRIVATE PARTS EXCEPT WITH THEIR SPOUSES OR WHAT THEIR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS, FOR THEN THEY ARE NOT BLAMED
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to argue that what is permitted in private relations includes spouses and right-hand possessions, and that the address includes both males and females alike.
Axes
- Legislative
Related concepts
- sexual exception: 2
- permissibility: 1
- spouses: 1
- right-hand possessions: 1
Its place in the network of concepts
It serves to define the limits of legislative permissibility in private relations.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 231: used to argue that permissibility in private relations includes spouses and right-hand possessions, and that the address in “the believers” includes both males and females.
- Concept: sexual exception
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «- Taking right-hand possession can be for a man and can be for an unmarried woman: { قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ … }»
Related books
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