What is meant
What is meant is that love, hate, and other emotions are not suitable to serve as a basis on which a person is held accountable in doctrine. The criterion on which Shahrur relies is the Qur’anic text and action, not personal feelings.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: value-based
- Movement of the argument: prevents making emotions a criterion for doctrinal accountability.
- Central terms: emotions, accountability, doctrine, action.
- Degree of centrality: secondary.
It separates personal feelings from the criterion of religious accountability, making the reference point the text and action. The atom moves doctrine from subjective affect to a more disciplined and responsible norm.
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Grounding
- Supporting text: “It is not permissible to turn emotions such as love and hate into a normative criterion in doctrine; the criterion is the Qur’anic text and action.”
Location of the Grounding in the Book
- Book: Drying Up the Sources of Terrorism.
- Location: in the middle section of the book, during the distinction between loyalty and disavowal and between love and hate.
- Type of grounding: close witness.
- Verification cue: emotional feelings are not valid
- Reading note: This location is suitable as support because it explicitly states that love and hate are emotional feelings that are not suitable as a criterion for accountability.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom is based on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted verbatim.
Editorial note
The focus is on denying emotional normativity, not on characterizing emotions.