The Intended Meaning of the Verses Is Justice at the Level of the Ummah
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Formulation of the claim
Shahrur repeatedly states that the understanding of inheritance must be at the level of the ummah or society, not only at the level of the individual family case.
Explanation
He explains that the statistics regarding the numbers of men and women, and of fathers and mothers, make justice in the texts a structural justice, not an individual one. For that reason, he rejects discussing the family example in isolation from the general rule. This is consistent with his broader view that Qur’anic legislation lays down general laws for society.
Its place in the episode’s argument
This atom is the framework that brings together all the numerical examples he cited. Without it, the results seem strange; with it, they become part of a general logic.
Limits of the claim
This does not mean abolishing the family, but rather placing it within a broader social accounting.
Brief evidence
“You are a state issuing a law… the law is justice, society.”
Nearby links
- Shahrur - the civil state
- Shahrur - sovereignty
- Muhammad-Shahrur-the-state-and-society
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