What is meant
Marriage here is the sexual union between a male and a female, whether it takes place with a contract or without one As for insemination, it is not marriage itself, because marriage denotes the sexual relationship, not the meaning of procreation or fertilization in and of itself
The structure of the atom in the atlas
- Type of argument: Distinguishing
- Movement of the argument: It separates marriage as a sexual relationship from insemination as a procreative effect.
- Central terms: marriage, insemination, sexual relationship, contract.
- Degree of centrality: Central.
This shows that the two concepts do not coincide, thereby preventing the meaning of procreation from being transferred to the term for the relationship itself, and thus regulating the legal signification within its conceptual bounds.
Reading links
Basis
- Supporting text: “Marriage: sexual union between a male and a female, whether with a contract or without a contract.”
Basis location in the book
- Book: Islam and Faith.
- Location: In the middle section of the book, within the discussion of the meaning of marriage and prohibition
- Type of basis: Close witness.
- Marker that helps verification: the generality of marriage
- Reading note: This location is suitable as evidence because it speaks of the generality of marriage and includes what is with a contract and what is without a contract.
Degree of documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is transmitted textually.
Its function in the book
Its function here is definitional; it establishes a meaning or conceptual distinction on which Shahrur relies in building the idea.
Editorial note
The atom relies on the semantic distinction between the act and its effect.