Modern Scientific Approaches to the Qur’anic Inheritance System: A Comparative Analysis of Muhammad Shahrur’s and Hazairin’s Thought
Keywords:
scientific approach, Qur’anic inheritance verses, Muhammad Shahrur, HazairinAbstract
This study aims to examine the law of inheritance in the Qur’an through the perspective of modern science by analyzing two contemporary intellectual models, Muhammad Shahrur’s mathematical approach and Hazairin’s anthropological–customary law approach. The research problems address how modern mathematics employed by Shahrur and social sciences utilized by Hazairin reinterpret the Qur’anic verses on inheritance, as well as the extent to which their approaches offer solutions to contemporary inheritance issues. This study adopts a qualitative method through library research, textual analysis of inheritance verses, and a critical comparative analysis of the theories proposed by Shahrur and Hazairin. The findings indicate that when the inheritance verses are interpreted through the logic of modern mathematics and the anthropology of customary law, the resulting inheritance distribution reveals a consistent and proportional structure that does not require additional legal engineering. Shahrur’s model affirms the mathematical coherence of the Qur’an, while Hazairin’s model emphasizes its social and anthropological relevance. The integration of modern scientific perspectives with the Qur’anic inheritance verses provides inherent solutions without necessitating legal manipulation in inheritance calculations
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