Journal of Quranic Knowledge

Journal of Quranic Knowledge

DOI: 10.22054/RJQK.2022.68306.2628 ISSN: 2008-9252 eISSN: 2538-2012 Received: 04/06/2022 Accepted: 22/06/20211 Analysis and Critique of Fatemeh Mernisi's View on Original Research Hijab with Emphasis on Verse 53 of Surah Al-Ahzab

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Ali Sharifi 1
Ashkan Naiemi 2
Fereshte Kuini 3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Sciences, Quran and Hadith, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Fiqh and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD Student, Quran and Hadith, Allameh Tabatabai University, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Iran, Tehran
10.22054/rjqk.2022.68306.2628
Abstract

n recent decades, the hijab has been one of the most important rulings in the 
field of women, which has been considered by currents called religious 
modernists and Islamic feminism And they have tried to recite the verses of 
hijab with a customary attitude based on respect for women's rights. One of 
these people is Fatemeh Mernissi, who in one of her works called "The veil 
and The Male elites " examines verse 53 of Surah Al-Ahzab and believes 
that the concept of hijab in the verse in question means a barrier between 
two men. This research uses analytical-descriptive method and using valid 
interpretive and religious sources to study and analyze the views and 
methods of this researcher on the issue of hijab. According to studies, 
Mernissi's view is due to the limitation and lack of resources and selective 
use of them, confusion between veiling and covering women, deviation from 
the appearance of verse 53 of Surah Al-Ahzab and the context of adjacent 
verses, lack of attention to semantic relativity and lack Paying attention to 
the verses that explicitly legislate the ruling on hijab for Muslim women is 
flawed and not based on a solid basis
Keywords
Hijab
curtain sitting
verse 53 of Surah Al-Ahzab
Fatemeh Mernissi
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Analysis and critique of Fatemeh Mernisi's view on hijab with emphasis