This axis gathers one instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Text of the verse as cited

But whoever is compelled, neither desiring it nor transgressing, then God is Forgiving, Merciful

Brief reading

It is cited, together with its counterparts, to affirm that the exceptional dispensation is confined to the domain of food in cases of necessity.

Axes

  • Legislative
  • Human and ethical
  • Dispensation: 2
  • Necessity: 1
  • Food: 1

Its place in the network of concepts

It falls under the regulation of legislative exception in cases of necessity.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Uses

  • Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, p. 107: It is cited, together with its counterparts, to affirm that the exceptional dispensation is confined to the domain of food in cases of necessity.
    • Concept: dispensation
    • Function of the verse here: support
    • Textual evidence: «- { فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ } (النحل ١١٥).»

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