This locus 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
They said: Enough for us is what we found our fathers upon
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it to name the sanctification of the fathers’ ijtihad and to regard it as an obstacle to renewal and reform.
Loci
- Political and social
- Methodological
Related concepts
- Fatherism: 2
- Sanctification of the fathers’ ijtihad: 1
- Rejection of renewal: 1
- Reform: 1
Its position in the network of concepts
It enters into the network of criticism of tradition as a barrier to reform.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Critique of heritage: 1
Instances of use
- Islam and the Human: He uses it to name the phenomenon of sanctifying the fathers’ ijtihad and rejecting renewal, and makes it an obstacle to reform.
- Concept: Fatherism
- The verse’s function here: Critique of heritage
- Textual evidence: «{ … قَالُوا حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا … } (al-Ma’idah 104)»
Related books
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