Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Approach On Women’s Issues In Risale-i Nur

Mohd Haeqal Ishak,Ammar Fadzil,Asiah Yaacob,Nadzrah Ahmad

doi:10.33102/jmqs.v15i1.146

Abstract

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi addressed many issues on the Muslim way of life in his famous tafsīr, Risale-I Nur. The discussion and commentaries in this tafsīr, which were written during the 1910s and 1950, are still relevant to many present-day issues. This study aims to seek out his opinions on women’s issues as well as his reasoning behind the commandments of the Qur’ān and Sunnah related to them. This study will focus on the chapters and the sub-chapters in Risale-I Nur and their commentaries on women’s issues and proposed solutions. This qualitative study utilizes the deductive and inductive methods, as all of the selected commentaries will be examined and categorised accordingly to the corresponding issue. The result indicates that there are several women’s issues discussed in Risale-I Nur, as well as Bediuzzaman Said Nursi advices on how to utilize women’s potential appropriately.

Highlights

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) was one of the most prominent Islamic scholars, reformers and spiritual leaders of the 20th century
In order to elevate this misfortune, he took the responsibility of producing a thematic tafsīr that focuses on the issues of faith and clarification of doubts that persists in Muslim minds on religious matters using a rational and logic approach
Nursi’s thematic tafsīr and magnum opus, Risale-I Nur, deals with uncertainties that Muslims encounter in their fundamental belief

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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) was one of the most prominent Islamic scholars, reformers and spiritual leaders of the 20th century During his lifetime, he experienced three significant periods of Turkish history in the last two centuries: the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, the changing of the Empire’s constitution as well as the founding of the Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He experienced three significant periods of Turkish history in the last two centuries: the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, the changing of the Empire’s constitution as well as the founding of the Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk His life traverses an important reformative period across many Islamic countries, including World War I and World War II, the abolishment of the Caliphate and divisions of Islamic countries. In Turkey, Nursi’s works are the most read after the Qur’ān and ḥadīth (Zeki Saritoprak, 2008)

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