What does Shahrur say here?
According to the Atlas’s summary of the witness, Shahrur’s position on adoption is presented as a social/scientific reading that treats it as a legitimate solution in specific cases, including the loss of parents or inability to have children.
Evidence
The available supporting material in Muhammad Shahrur Islam and Faith is recorded as being located “near the beginning of the book.” It is an Atlas summary in the supporting text, not a verbatim quotation from the book.
Atlas explanation
This atom defines the scope of the claim: what is established in the available summary is the presentation of adoption as a solution for specific cases, not the statement of a general rule covering every form of adoption. For the conceptual entry, see adoption.
Conclusion
The wording can be read as linking adoption to particular family and social needs, since the two examples mentioned concern the loss of parents and inability to have children.
Open question and limits of the evidence
The available witness does not specify the conditions or legal effects of adoption, nor does it elaborate on its relationship to lineage. Its location also carries no page number in the evidence data, and the raw-context field is unavailable; it should therefore not be made to bear more than the cases named in the Atlas summary. For reading in the broader context, see Women, Family, and Dress and Legislation in Shahrur distinguishes between divine prohibition and human interpretation.
Islam and Faith · Legislation in Shahrur distinguishes between divine prohibition and human interpretation