This axis brings together 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess seek permission from you
Brief reading
Shahrur uses the verse to demonstrate that what is meant is household servants, who are required to seek permission within the framework of domestic service.
Axes
- Political and social
- Legislative
Related concepts
- Seeking permission: 2
- Household servants: 1
- Domestic service: 1
Its place in the conceptual network
It is linked to determining the addressee in the etiquette of seeking permission.
The role of the verse in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- State and Society, p. 267: He uses it to prove that what is meant here is household servants, who are required to seek permission, within the framework of domestic service.
- Concept: seeking permission
- Function of the verse here: support
- Textual evidence: «According to al-Tabari: “God Almighty commanded the believers that their servants should seek permission from them”»
- Counter-traditional reading: servants
Related books
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