This axis brings together 2 places where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا …
Brief reading
For Shahrur, the verse indicates women’s political and moral participation in the pledge of allegiance, within an understanding of the event as an executive act.
Axes
- Political and social
- Human and moral
Associated concepts
- Allegiance: 2
- Mutual pledging of allegiance: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It is linked to the concept of allegiance and to the distinction between the political sphere and the legislative sphere.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
- Context: 1
Places of use
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 132: He cites it to establish women’s political and moral participation in allegiance to the Prophet.
- Concept: Allegiance
- Function of the verse here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{ O Prophet, when believing women come to you giving you their pledge … } (al-Mumtahanah 12)»
- Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 140: He uses it as an example of the Prophet’s executive acts as a political leader, not a legislator, in that event.
- Concept: Mutual pledging of allegiance
- Function of the verse here: Context
- Textual evidence: «So the Prophet gave the women the pledge in his capacity as the leader of the executive authority in his state and society»
Related books
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