Marital and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law: Rethinking Temporary Marriage (By ROSHAN IQBAL)
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An excellent contribution to the field of Qur’anic Studies and to the field
of Muslim feminist ethics, this book is a valuable contribution. Through
the controversial, if I may say so, sensational legal route of temporary
marriage, or mutʿa in Islam, Iqbal introduces the significance of tafsīr
in Qur’anic interpretation in a systematic manner. Furthermore, the
book has a relevant social aspect that will be of great interest to young
American undergraduates, particularly young Muslims in the West. A
brief, clear, and straightforward section on methodology precedes a neat
division of chapters. Nineteen exegetes discuss how they interpret Q.4:24,
which justifies temporary marriage or mutʿa. Even though the claim is
largely addressed to Shiʿi Muslims, the exegetes surveyed in this book
are diverse: Shiʿī, Sufī, Zaydī, Ashʿarī, and Ismāʿilī.
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