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What does "obey" mean in "righteous women are devoutly obedient" in Qur'an 4:34?
Any real world examples what it means for a wife to be obedient?
A first insight can come from these two ahadith quoted in tafser al-Qurtoby (a well known Maliki scholar), where our Messenger (Peace ...
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Does the word "hajr" also mean "to bind", and thus Qur'an 4:34 can also be interpreted to imply "tie up your wife and force her to have sex"?
Yes, the word hajr can also mean to bind, but it has nothing to do with forced sexual relationship, neither was this the view adopted by al-Tabari (in terms of forced sexual relationship).
All the ...
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Can an arbitrator for domestic disputes in Qur'an 4:35 be a non-Muslim?
There is no verse from Qur'an or hadith that defines the criteria of the arbitrators. This was a task that scholars of jurisprudence undertook:
Hanafis do not require the arbitrators to be Muslims, ...
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Who is "him" in "whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him" in Qur'an 4:115?
If you mean whom is meant or addressed by this revelation then al-Baghawi in his tafsir says it was To'ama ibn Ubayriq طُعْمَةَ بْنِ أُبَيْرِقٍ (my translation take it with care):
( ومن يشاقق ...
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Who is "him" in "whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him" in Qur'an 4:115?
It means the person who opposes the Messenger and the way of the believers after being guided i.e an apostate.
إن الذين ارتدوا على أدبارهم من بعد ما تبين لهم الهدى الشيطان سول لهم وأملى لهم
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Does the Arabic in Qur'an 4:16 "...the two who commit it..." necessarily refer to two men?
The Arabic in Qur'an 4:16 uses the masculine form, which is used to address either men alone, or men and women collectively. As you noted, it is not that straight forward to understand whom is being ...
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Does the Arabic in Qur'an 4:16 "...the two who commit it..." necessarily refer to two men?
No. The dual demonstrative pronoun اللذان may refer to two men as well as one man and one woman, despite being masculine. This is general style of Arabic language. For example, even though والدان is ...
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What is the significance of slitting the ears of cattle in Qur'an 4:119?
Bahirah was a practice of the pagan arabs of dedicating camels to their gods and marking them by slitting their ears. These were then left alone and neither ridden, nor milked, nor slaughtered, nor ...
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Does Qur'an 4:3 forbid marrying more than four wives?
Yes, it forbids marrying more than four, but not from Qur'an alone can one derive this ruling; neither the tafsir, nor the reasons for revelation in isolation. This is especially the case when based ...
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Is the translation of Qur'an 4:40 "If there be a good deed, He will repay twofold" inaccurate?
The translation is indeed inaccurate. The verse says:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
The Arabic word ...
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Is the translation of Qur'an 4:40 "If there be a good deed, He will repay twofold" inaccurate?
Reading from the dictionary meaning here
ضاعف العددَ جعله ضعفين ( مثلين ) أو أكثر
it will be doubled or more
Or at another line it says:
زادها
increase
So from what I can see it ...
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When marital problems arise, how is arbitration as per Qur'an 4:35 conducted?
According to Ibn Kathir:
And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people.
The Fuqaha' (scholars of Fiqh) say that when ...
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Is Qur'an 4:118-119 considered as directly quoting Satan, or is it paraphrased?
Quran to begin with is the speech of Allah.
But in the verse you asked about, spoken words/Speech of shaytan is regarded by Meaning (as shaytan's) not by Uttering as you can conclude from the ...
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Regarding the word 'Unzurna'
One of the teachings of Islam is to not be ambiguous and raise suspicion.
In a famous hadith:
Safiyyah (the wife of the Prophet) narrated:
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was in the I'...
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Who were the believers who came before us? (4:26)
Asalaam Alaikum
to really understand the context and concept of a verse in quran, sometimes we have to read more than just the verse. as quran is the best interpreter of quran, the preceding verses or ...
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Why these mostly identical verses in surat an-Nisa' have a different ending?
Mahamud ibn Hamza (also known as Burhan ad-Din) al-Karmani محمود بن حمزة الكرماني wrote in his book asrar at-Tikrar fil Qur'an أسرار التكرار في القرآن (the deeper meanings of repetitions in the Qur'...
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Who is "him" in "whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him" in Qur'an 4:115?
Rebecca. Within context (of both this particular verse and greater Islamic texts), the second interpretation makes sense because it's establishing that the person being sent to Hell knew what the ...
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Does Qur'an 4:86 ("greet in return") apply to women when greeted by a non-mahram man?
Greeting non-mahrams is considered makruh and it is not required to return such a greeting:
ويكره أن يسلم على امرأة أجنبية (غير زوجة له ولا محرم) إلا أن تكون عجوزاً أي غير حسناء، أو ألا تشتهى لأمن ...
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Does Qur'an 4:86 ("greet in return") apply to women when greeted by a non-mahram man?
Responding to greeting is wajib. Not engaging isn't wajib. Doing better is only recommended, not doing better isn't haram.
Respond to his greeting but then feel free to do as you please. Apply your ...
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Who are the orphans in Qur'an 4:2?
Who counts as an orphan is answered in When does someone stop being an orphan? It is someone who:
is a paternal orphan (i.e., their father has died), see Why are orphans considered orphans when ...
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How is Qur'an 4:93 (which forbids killing a believer) compatible with the death penalty?
It is true as you mentioned that it forbids killing believers ... but this verse can be related to common situation (about believers, and has not mentioned the exceptions and actually is deemed as a ...
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What actions are considered as changing the creation of Allah?
There are tafsir which state that Qur'an 4:119 (I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah) is talking about Islam, the religion:
And surely I will command them and they will ...
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Do Islamic speakers compare "strike them" in Qur'an 4:34 to spanking a disobedient child?
As much as I researched, I didn’t find any direct comparison about that, but it might be inferred from the apparent of the verse that it should be passed its lighter steps at first, then such ...
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