LessonsDegrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure ExpressionsQuiz

فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً
For the marital enjoyment received from them, give them their prescribed dower as an obligation.

In the discussion of marriage and mahr, the passage establishes several related ideas. They need not all have the same degree of textual clarity: a legal entitlement may be apparent in an expression, while the duty to pay the prescribed dower is the expressly directed point.

The interpreter must identify precisely what each text is brought to establish, rather than treating all possible implications of a passage as equally explicit.

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Dowry obligation and explicit purpose

Degrees of Indication: Ẓāhir, Naṣṣ, Mufassar, Muḥkam and Obscure Expressions

فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً
For the marital enjoyment received from them, give them their prescribed dower as an obligation.

In the discussion of marriage and mahr, the passage establishes several related ideas. They need not all have the same degree of textual clarity: a legal entitlement may be apparent in an expression, while the duty to pay the prescribed dower is the expressly directed point.

The interpreter must identify precisely what each text is brought to establish, rather than treating all possible implications of a passage as equally explicit.