Al-'Allāmah: Journal of Scriptures and Ulama Studies

The Perspective of Women’s Hakiki Justice: New Methods in Gender Based Research

2025-08-24T11:41:53+00:00

This Women's hakiki justice was initiated by Nur Rofiah, is a perspective in gender-based research. This perspective is one of three offered by the Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia. The basic principle is that justice does not make the strong and dominant standard for the weak and vulnerable. By looking at women's unique experiences, namely biological experiences (menstruation, pregnancy, giving birth, childbirth, and breastfeeding) and social experiences (stigmatization, marginalization, subordination, violence, and double burden). Women can only obtain hakiki justice if it is addressed by ensuring five biological experiences are facilitated and five social experiences are eliminated. This type of research is included in qualitative research by processing library data using descriptive-analytical methods. Briefly reviews the perspective of Women's Hakiki Justice, a new way of reading in gender research. One of the examples raised is the concept of marriage in QS. ar-Rum (30): 21. Women's hakiki justice as a perspective is still trying to find ways that are more detailed and more concrete steps. But, at least this perspective of hakiki justice offers new things that are more gender-just. In addition, it also introduces three types of verses in the Qur'an, namely the starting point verse, the intermediate target verse, and the final destination verse as an effort to arrive at Islamic ideals. Furthermore, as an example of application from the perspective of women's hakiki justice, which departs from the concept of marriage. Then it is supported by other elements such as how samawa in marriage, a shared goal, can be realized and create mutual benefit. Demanding peace, love, and compassion between the two parties and happiness both. This includes the perspective of hakiki justice that is not in line with polygamy or wife beating. The intended marriage emphasizes that the two are in a pair relationship, making the marriage a solid promise between husband and wife to Allah. Then build a relationship that is dignified, fair and mutually pleasing between the two.

Integrating the Perspective of Hakiki Justice for Women in Gender Research Methods: An Analysis of Nur Rofiah's Interpretive Thinking

2025-11-04T07:57:38+00:00

This study explores the integration of the hakiki justice for women perspective into Islamic gender research methodology based on Nur Rofiah’s Qur’anic interpretation. Using a qualitative library research approach, it examines the concept of hakiki justice emphasizing substantive equality, humanity, and welfare. Nur Rofiah asserts that Qur’anic interpretation must be grounded in universal moral values such as piety, justice, and compassion. In research methodology, hakiki justice serves as an epistemological foundation recognizing women’s biological and social experiences as valid sources of knowledge. Through two main pillars, the Qur’an as a system of values and as a historical process toward justice, Rofiah develops a contextual, humanistic, and transformative approach. The findings reveal that integrating hakiki justice for women reconstructs Islamic research paradigms toward a more just, inclusive, and gender-equitable knowledge framework.

Gender Dynamics in Muslim Families with Wives as the Main Breadwinner (A Study in Benda Village Sirampog Subdistrict Brebes Regency)

2025-11-04T04:05:16+00:00

This study analyses the role of wives as the main breadwinners in families in Benda Village, Sirampog Subdistrict, Brebes Regency, using a gender perspective. This phenomenon has emerged due to economic factors, whereby husbands' incomes are no longer sufficient to meet family needs. Using a qualitative approach and case studies in Benda Village, this study examines how this role is played and analyses it through gender theory, specifically Sara Longwe's analytical model. The results show that although the role of wives as primary breadwinners has significantly improved the family's welfare and access to resources, this does not necessarily go hand in hand with increased participation, awareness, and equal control. This new role is based more on internal family agreements to meet economic needs than on the full adoption of gender equality values. These findings confirm that changes in economic roles are not always followed by changes in power structures and decision-making within the household.

Gender Justice and Liberation in the Interpretation of the Qur'an: A New Reading of Q.S. 4: 34

2025-12-13T16:01:07+00:00

This article explores the reinterpretation of Qur'an 4:34 through a comparative analysis of two contemporary Islamic hermeneutical models: Fazlur Rahman's ethical-historical “double movement” and Farid Esack's liberationist approach. This article aims to respond to the continued misuse of this verse to justify patriarchal authority and domestic violence, particularly in Muslim-majority societies. Using qualitative textual analysis, this study examines the socio-historical context of the verse and its ethical implications, as understood by Rahman, along with Esack's emphasis on social justice, victim-centered exegesis, and advocacy for the mustad‘afīn (the oppressed). This research highlights how both scholars reject literalist readings and advocate for justice-centered interpretations that align with the Qur’anic values of compassion (rahmah) and justice (‘adl). Rahman's methodology provides a historical reconstruction that invalidates wife beating in a modern context, while Esack's liberation theology redefines nushūz and centers Qur'anic exegesis on the dignity of marginalized individuals. The synthesis of their models has been shown to support reform in Islamic education, gender-inclusive curricula, and anti-violence legal policies. These findings underscore that integrating ethical and liberation paradigms can produce a dynamic and socially responsive hermeneutics of the Qur'an. This approach contributes to contemporary Islamic scholarship by offering a theological foundation for gender justice and promoting interpretations that are contextually grounded and ethically empowering.

Rereading Gender in Qur’anic Exegesis: Philosophical and Critical Hermeneutic Perspectives

2025-11-18T17:08:08+00:00

This study examines the application of a gender approach in Qur’anic exegesis aimed at maintaining a balance between social critique and the ta`abbudī dimension. The background of this research is rooted in feminist critiques of classical tafsir, which often reproduce patriarchal biases through androcentric interpretations and the politicization of the text by male elites. This qualitative study employs Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and Jürgen Habermas’s critical theory as analytical frameworks. A literature review was conducted on classical and contemporary tafsir works, as well as related scholarly literature, to classify verses related to women into the social (mu`āmalah) and ta`abbudī realms and to evaluate the proportional application of the gender approach in these interpretations. Findings reveal that Gadamer’s hermeneutics affirms the dialogical process between tradition and modern horizons in gender interpretation while delineating proper boundaries respecting the authority of ta`abbudī texts. Habermas’s framework highlights the role of gender critique as an emancipatory instrument in the social realm but emphasizes that communicative rationality does not apply to the normative and transcendent ta`abbudī domain. Consequently, this study underscores the importance of maintaining methodological and epistemological balance to ensure that gendered tafsir neither diminishes nor disregards the authority of revelation, while fostering constructive dialogue between religious tradition and modern demands.

Women’s Rights in the Qur’an: An Epistemological Re-examination of Theological, Moral, and Social Frameworks

2025-12-27T07:33:58+00:00

This study aims to reconstruct the epistemology of understanding women in the Qur’an through theological, moral, and social approaches. Historically, interpretations of verses concerning women have been influenced by patriarchal cultural biases, undermining the Qur’an’s universal humanistic values. Employing thematic exegesis (maudhu‘i) and contextual hermeneutics, this research analyzes verses on human creation, spiritual equality, and women’s social roles within the framework of tawhid (divine unity) and justice. The findings reveal that the Qur’an affirms women as moral and spiritual beings with dignity equal to men, grounded in the principles of tawhid, justice (‘adl), and societal welfare (maslahah). These principles serve as a theological foundation for the full humanity of women in both social and moral contexts. The epistemological reconstruction challenges patriarchal interpretations and offers an inclusive, transformative paradigm for Qur’anic gender discourse. By integrating theological rigor with ethical-social analysis, this study contributes to contemporary Islamic scholarship, advocating for gender justice aligned with the Qur’an’s egalitarian ethos. The proposed framework not only reinterprets classical exegesis but also provides a normative basis for equitable gender relations in Muslim societies.