This axis brings together one place where this verse is used in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, along with the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse as quoted
{ He said: My Lord, how can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age? }
Brief reading
Shahrur uses it as an example of a special case in the waiting period, so that the ruling in his view is built on the medical condition rather than on a single fixed form.
Axes
- Legislative
- Human and ethical
Related concepts
- Waiting period: 2
Its place in the network of concepts
It enters the network of the waiting period as a model that clarifies the flexibility of classification according to the condition.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Example: 1
Places of use
- Towards a New Foundation for Islamic Jurisprudence, pp. 255-256: He mentions it as an example of a woman who does not menstruate but may still become pregnant, to support his division of the waiting period according to the medical condition.
- Concept: Waiting period
- Function of the verse here: Example
- Textual evidence: «Here appears the example of Zechariah’s wife, who was barren»
Related books
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