Thesis Summary
Shahrur distinguishes between the forbidden as a divine ruling and the prohibited as a social or legal ruling. This distinction helps in rereading the concepts of dress, nakedness, and honor away from the confusion between text and custom.
Foundational Atoms
- Distinguishing the Forbidden from the Prohibited
- Dress Is More Precise Than Veiling
- The Concepts of Honor and Nakedness Are Historical
Location of Support in the Book
This meaning appears in the first section of the book, within the treatment of the difference between prohibition and prohibition by law, and what is connected to it of the vocabulary of dress and custom.
Scope of Reading
The reading here is limited to the terminological distinction between the forbidden and the prohibited, and its relation to the concepts of dress and custom. It does not go beyond that to other generalizations.