Term

nisa (women)

Cited in 3 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · term/term:nisa

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25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does the word 'women' in Surah al-Talaq rule out children? Yes: the passage opens with nisa, women, a word never used of a six- or seven-year-old, just as boys are never called rijal, and the verses go on to envisage pregnancy, which nobody would expect of a child. Lessonposition checkedQuran 65:1 (when you divorce women, divorce them for their iddah; do not expel them from their homes)Quran 65:4 (those who have despaired of menstruation, if you are in doubt, their iddah is three months, and those who have not menstruated; the pregnant until they give birth)nisa (women)rijal (men) machine2 min 36 s24:43on YouTube

25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Imam Malik allow marriage to be consummated with a girl who was not yet nubile? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik's fatwa was clear that sexual relations with a wife are haram unless she is nubile. Scholars who read 65:4 to include girls were men influenced by the patriarchy of their age and were wrong, while others such as Ibn Ashur, al-Samarqandi, Abu Hayyan and al-Alusi did not read it so. Lessonposition checkedQuran 65:4 (those who have despaired of menstruation, if you are in doubt, their iddah is three months, and those who have not menstruated; the pregnant until they give birth)Imam MalikfatwaIbn Ashur machine2 min 39 s27:19on YouTube

25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran How does the rule that a clear verse overrides an ambiguous one apply to Quran 65:4? By a principle of usul the ambiguous phrase 'those who have not menstruated' is read in the light of the clear opening term women, which cancels any reading that includes girls. The Quran could have said fatayat but addressed them as nisa. Lessonposition checkedQuran 65:1 (when you divorce women, divorce them for their iddah; do not expel them from their homes)Quran 65:4 (those who have despaired of menstruation, if you are in doubt, their iddah is three months, and those who have not menstruated; the pregnant until they give birth)nisa (women)mutashabih (ambiguous text) machine2 min 38 s29:58on YouTube