Islamic feminism

Overview

Islamic feminism is a modern discourse reading the sharia's texts egalitarianly on women's questions; Badran traces the term's emergence in twentieth-century Egypt ¹.

Perspectives

Sunni frame: women's rulings are built on text and established scholarship within the inherited fiqh ¹.
Academic: a convergence of feminist and Islamic discourse that formed in the twentieth century before the label consolidated ¹.

Opinions on the question

First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference

Women's rulings rest on text and established scholarship rather than a modern frame

Mainstream Sunni scholarship locates women's questions inside the inherited fiqh framework, treating 'Islamic feminism' as a modern discourse to be measured against the texts and the schools {cite:badran-feminism-2009}.

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Academic viewSecondary opinion

A twentieth-century convergence of feminist and Islamic discourse, first in Egypt

Badran documents the current's emergence in twentieth-century Egypt and its convergence with secular feminism before the label 'Islamic feminism' consolidated {cite:badran-feminism-2009}.

Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband

In the lexicon, adl means to prevent, and the jurists use it of a guardian who prevents his ward's marriage, and in the case of divorce for ransom of a husband who harms his wife so that she will pay him back. In principle it is forbidden for a guardian to prevent a ward's marriage to a suitable husband, and for a husband to harm his wife to force her to ransom herself; a guardian may be permitted to refuse for the woman's own benefit. A guardian is an obstructer when a woman asks for a suitable husband, or a suitable man proposes, and he refuses without a valid reason, whether or not she asks for her proper dower; the Hanafis do not count refusing a dower below the usual amount as obstruction, and the Malikis do not count a compelling father's rejection of suitors as obstruction unless harm is intended. Once obstruction is proven before the judge, he orders the marriage; if the guardian still refuses, guardianship passes to the ruler according to the Hanafis, Shafi'is, most Malikis and one Hanbali narration, or to the next guardian according to the main Hanbali view; if all guardians obstruct, the judge contracts the marriage.

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First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference

Academic viewSecondary opinion

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Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband