Kecenderungan Tekstual Pada Tafsir Ayat-Ayat Gender: Telaah Penafsiran Wahbah az-Zuhaili Dalam Kitab Tafsir al-Munir

This paper discusses several interpretations of the verse about gender in the Tafsir al-Munir by Wahbah az-Zuhaili.The themes discussed include; the origin of women's creation, the 1:2 inheritance formula for women, and women?s leadership in the household. Using the method of constructivism and...

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Main Authors: Eko Zulfikar, Ahmad Zainal Abidin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup 2019-11-01
Series:Al Quds: Jurnal Studi Alquran dan Hadis
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Online Access:http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/alquds/article/view/029/pdf
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Summary:This paper discusses several interpretations of the verse about gender in the Tafsir al-Munir by Wahbah az-Zuhaili.The themes discussed include; the origin of women's creation, the 1:2 inheritance formula for women, and women?s leadership in the household. Using the method of constructivism and analysis of intertextuality data, this paper concludes that the interpretation put forward by az-Zuhaili related to these three themes has a different understanding from the contemporary commentators. In the first interpretation (the origin of the creation of women), az-Zuhaili seems to carry gender equality. While the other two things (the inheritance formula 1:2 and household leadership), the interpretation seems to contain subordination (women are lower than men) and marginalization (impoverishment) for women. These three interpretive themes about gender verses show that az-Zuhaili interpreted them in a textual way ? not contextual. Though he lives in contemporary times which incidentally the majority of commentators interpret the Qur'anic verses in a contextual way
ISSN:2580-3174
2580-3190