

Beschreibung
Autorentext Javad Fakhkhar Toosi is an Islamic scholar and qualified jurist (Mujtahid) trained in the seminary; holder of a distinguished PhD degree, with 35 years of teaching and research experience in Islamic studies; author of 8 books in Arabic and Persian,...Autorentext
Javad Fakhkhar Toosi is an Islamic scholar and qualified jurist (Mujtahid) trained in the seminary; holder of a distinguished PhD degree, with 35 years of teaching and research experience in Islamic studies; author of 8 books in Arabic and Persian, and dozens of articles in English and Arabic.
Klappentext
Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux presents a bold new interpretive framework for reconciling classical Qur'anic injunctions with the ethical imperatives of the modern world.
Challenging the notion of Islamic legal rigidity, this book introduces the paradigm of "Contemporary Abrogation" - a reformist approach that emerges not in opposition to Islamic tradition, but from within its foundational hermeneutics. Drawing on Sunni and Shi i jurisprudential sources, the study reveals how the classical understanding of the Qur n's legal audience was historically limited to the Prophet's contemporaries, making modern application conditional and situational. By tracing the evolution of this legal reasoning and demonstrating its limitations in the contemporary era, the book argues for the ethical and juridical legitimacy of suspending certain scriptural rulings - particularly in areas such as criminal law, gender norms, and interfaith relations - without abandoning the classical tradition. The result is a powerful case for internal reform grounded in centuries of Islamic linguistic and legal scholarship.
This book will appeal to scholars and students of Islamic studies, Qur'anic interpretation, legal theory, and ethics, as well as to readers engaged in contemporary debates on religious reform, tradition, and modernity in the Muslim world.
Inhalt
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Prologue
Pivoting to Abrogation
Legitimacy Through Tradition
Methodology and Objectives
A Roadmap of the Study
The Scholarly Context
Chapter 2. Preliminary Topics
Where the Words Begin
Abrogation in the Dictionary and Terminology
Abrogation as Removal (Raf )
Abrogation as Transformation (Tabd l)
Abrogation as an explanatory Statement (Bay n)
The Pillars of Abrogation
The Possibility of Abrogation
Abrogation's Subject
The Philosophy of Abrogation
Abrogation, Leniency, and Stringency
Impossibility of Reconciliation as a Prerequisite
Abrogation Conditions
Revelation, Not Reason
The chronological succession
Equal or Greater Authority
Irreconcilable Incompatibility
Reliable Tradition
What Is Not a Condition for Abrogation
The Sources of the Abrogator
Abrogation by Analogy (Qiy s)
Abrogation by Consensus (Ijm )
Types of Abrogatior
Abrogation of the Qur'an by the Qur'an and the Sunnah by the Sunnah
Qur'an abrogation by the Sunnah
Abrogating the Sunnah by the Qur'an
Types of Abrogation
Abrogation of Both Recitation and Ruling
Abrogation of the Ruling but not the Recitation and Abrogation of the Recitation but not the Ruling
Abrogation by Supplementing a Divine Text (Nä )
Total and Partial Abrogation
Identifying the Abrogator and Abrogated
Abrogation and Related Concepts
Abrogation and Specification (takh **)
Abrogation and Al-Bad
Chapter 3. The Doorway to the Contemporary Abrogation of the Qur'an
Where the Words Begin
The Linguistic Theory
Historical Background
The Foundations of Theory
The Nature of Theory
Implications and Practicality
The Principle of Universality in Islamic Rulings
The Nexus between the Linguistic Theory and Contemporary Qur'anic Abrogation
Model 1: Abrogation of the Qur'an through the Lens of Categorical Incoherence
Model 2: Abrogation through the Defeasibility of the Principle of Universality
Chapter 4. Battle of Theories
Where the Words Begin
The Supremacy of Abrogation over Traditional Modalities of Change
The Limits of Traditional Tools
The Modes of Altering Sharia Rulings in Sunni Jurisprudence
The Modes of Altering Sharia Rulings in Shia Jurisprudence
The Superiority of Abrogation over Modern Theories
The Contextualist Paradigm
The Harmonization Paradigm
Beyond the Rivals: On the Superiority of the theory of Contemporary Abrogation over Competing Theories of Naskh
Mäm d Mahmoud Mohammed Taha and his theory of Abrogation by Meccan verses
Mohsen Kadivar and his Theory of Rational Abrogation
Chapter 5. From Premise to Prooftext: The Application of Contemporary Abrogation to Qur'anic Verses
Introduction to the Chapter
The Verses Resolvable Only Through Contemporary Abrogation
Verse 9:123 (The Verse of Fighting Those Near)
Verse 2: 282 (The Verse of Debt)
Verse 16:75 (The Parable of the Slave)
Verse 4: 3 and Legal Endorsement of Polygyny
Verses 23:5-6 and Sexual Relations with Female Slaves
Verse 4:25 and Marriage with Enslaved Women
Verse 2:221, Interfaith Marriage, and Doctrinal Discrimination
Verse 4:34, Male Supremacy, and Wife-Beating
Verse 2:228 and the Assertion of Male Superiority
Verse 4:11: Gender-Based Discrimination in Inheritance Shares
Verse 4:12: Disparity in Inheritance Between Spouses
Verse 4:176: Discrimination in Inheritance Shares between Brother and Sister
Verse 24:2: Flogging as Punishment for Fornication
Verse 24:4 (Flogging for False Accusation)
Verse 5:38 (Amputation as a Penalty for Theft)
Verse 5:33 (Amputation and Crucifixion for Armed Insurrection)
Verse 2:178 (The Injunction on Retribution "Qi ")
The Verses Addressable through Classical Methods and the Theory of Contemporary Abrogation
Verse 9:28 : In Tension with Human Dignity, Diversity, and Equality
Verse 2:191: The Command to Kill the Disbelievers
Verse 8:65: An Exhortation to Warfare
Verse 9: 73: Command to Fight the Disbelievers and Deal Harshly with Them
Verse 4: 141: Inequality between Muslims and Non-Muslims
Verse 9: 29: Command to Fight the People of the Book and Impose Humiliating Tribute
Verses 47: 4: Command to Execute Prisoners of War
Verse and 8: 67: Command to Execute Prisoners of War
Verse 2: 47: Prohibition of Usury
Verse 2: 223: Gender Discrimination through the Portrayal of Female Possession
Verse 24: 31: Mandate of ij b and Gender-Based Inequality in Dress Autonomy
Chapter 6. Challenges and Implications of Contemporary Abrogation
Introduction
The First Objection: Incompatibility with Classical Principles of Naskh
The Second Objection: The Problem of Ijm
The Third Objection: The Challenge of ad th
The Fourth Objection: The Objection from Classical Silence
The Consequences of the Theory of Temporal
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Bibliography