Wealth as One of the Reasons for Qiwāmah
Editorial verification status: This claim atom is extracted from an explanatory audiovisual source, and it has now been linked to the closest books within Shahrur’s project at the book level. For precise academic citation, consult the original book and the original episode together.
Formulation of the claim
Shahrur holds that possessing money, or spending it, is one of the reasons for qiwāmah, not its sole reason nor an absolute one.
Explanation
He reads the phrase “and because they spend out of their wealth” as clarifying that whoever has financial capacity may have a say in managing the family or the relationship. But he does not separate this reason from the reason of administrative competence. For him, qiwāmah rests on two elements: competence and financial capacity. Therefore, qiwāmah is not a natural right of the man, but a function tied to capacity.
Its place in the episode’s argument
This connects the social interpretation to the economic dimension in the verse and completes the structure of the argument.
Limits of the claim
This idea does not mean that money alone is sufficient for qiwāmah, or that whoever spends is always the qāʾim.
Brief evidence
“or because they spend out of their wealth”
Related links
- Shahrur - The Civil State
- Shahrur - Jurisprudence
- Shahrur - Islam and the Human Being