What Shahrur Says
In Muhammad Shahrur Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence, the following appears: “The shares of the ascendants and descendants are specified obligations.” This is the claim directly established by the witness.
Atlas Explanation
The page records the description given in the statement as it stands: the shares relating to “ascendants” and “descendants” are described as specified obligations. The page does not add a definition of the two terms, since the cited witness does not provide one.
Conclusion
On the basis of this statement alone, it does not follow that the amounts of the shares are specified or that the rules governing their distribution are explained. Nor does it by itself entail a broader formulation concerning ijtihad in matters of inheritance.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
What precisely is meant by “ascendants” and “descendants” here? Which shares does Shahrur regard as specified, and on what text or framework does he base their specification? This requires broader passages from the book. Legislation, limits, and prohibition and The verse of Light sets a minimum standard for clothing and leaves the rest to custom are existing links for related reading, not evidence for this claim.
Toward New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence · The verse of Light sets a minimum standard for clothing and leaves the rest to custom