Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Identifying the Quranic Interpretation of Contemporary Sunni Sufficiency Scholars on the Status and Rulings of Women

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Samad Momeni 1
Mohammad Mahdi Taqhdisi 2
Seyyedah Fatemeh Hosseini Mirsafi 3
1 Doctoral student of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Imam Khomeini (RA) Shahrari Memorial Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Yadgar Imam Khomeini (RA) Shahrari Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Yadgar Imam Khomeini (RA) Shahrari Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/iscw.2023.713419
Abstract
Critical reflections by some hadith scholars have led to a reconsideration of the authenticity of tradition and the validity of hadith. Those who belong to the extreme form of the Quran-sufficiency movement deny any authenticity to tradition and validity to hadith. On this basis, hadith no longer has a place and role in the interpretation of the Holy Quran and the extraction of Islamic rulings, and it loses its competence as a reference and source alongside the Quran. From their point of view, "the explanation of the Quran is within the Quran" and "the Quran is a self-explanatory book." Certainly, with such an approach, the position of women and their rulings will be different from the prevailing views and approaches. The extremist Quranic movement (Quranists/ Ahl al-Quran), based on the non-authenticity, non-revelatory nature, divisive nature of tradition and hadith, and principles such as focusing on the lexical meaning, has outlined a specific legal and religious system regarding women and their status that is highly compatible with the characteristics of the modern world and a female system that is very similar to feminism.
Keywords
Quran Sufficiency
Interpretation. Quran Sufficiency
Quranists
Ahl al-Quran
Interpretation

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  • Receive Date 14 January 2023
  • Revise Date 09 March 2023
  • Accept Date 28 July 2023
  • First Publish Date 21 September 2023
  • Publish Date 21 September 2023