تحقیقات فقه و حقوق خانواده

تحقیقات فقه و حقوق خانواده

Analysis of the Chronology of Revelation Regarding Women’s Agency with an Emphasis on “Laysa Minna” (Not of Us) Narrations

Document Type : tarvigi

Author
Level 4 Student in Comparative Exegesis, Al-Zahra (SA) Specialized Islamic Seminary of Gorgan, and Member of Al-Zahra (SA) Islamic Research Center,
Abstract
Examining and analyzing the verses related to women’s agency is considered one of the methods for understanding the foundations of religious education and outlining the Quranic model of a woman. Numerous narrations have been transmitted from the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) endorsing the character and morality of Muslims, using the expression “Minna Ahl al-Bayt” (of us, the Ahl al-Bayt) to include them among the household of the Prophet. One way to recognize the characteristics of individuals who exemplify the “Minna” narrations is to examine those traditions that state the qualities of individuals who are excluded from the Ahl al-Bayt. This group of narrations is known by the phrase “Laysa Minna” (is not of us).
In this study, conducted through a descriptive-analytical method, while explaining the concept and examples of the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) in the verses and traditions, and clarifying the “Laysa Minna” narrations—according to which the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUT) did not consider certain individuals as part of their fold—we seek to explain: which aspects of women’s agency in the Quran are subject to the “Laysa Minna” expression? And what is the content of each of these verses in Meccan and Medinan surahs, and how do they differ?
The research findings indicate that for a woman’s agency to align with the proposed Quranic model, she must distance herself from betrayal, immorality, disrespect, deceit, and the like, so she can remain within the “Minna Ahl al-Bayt” fold. The chronology of the revelation of verses concerning women’s agency in Meccan surahs, in addition to moral indicators, addresses the teaching of the principles of religion (Usul al-Din); however, in Medinan surahs, alongside morals, the branches of religion (Furu al-Din) are also discussed. The overall content of the chronology of women’s agency in the Quran points toward individual development, but at the end of the discussions on women’s agency, the topic of socialization is presented.
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