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Jurisprudential Rulings Related to a Man's Protective Jealousy (Ghirah) over His Female Relatives (Mahrams)

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Moḥammad Al-ṣadiq Turki

Assistant Professor, Department of Sharia, College of Sharia and Fundamentals of Religion, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Issue: 102 | Pages: 14-28 | September 2025 | https://doi.org/10.54940/si19846915 | PDF

Received: 18/10/2023 | Revised: 10/02/2024  | Accepted: 19/02/2024

Corresponding: 2msturki@gmail.com

Abstract

Jealousy is a complex, mountainous, inherited emotion with a global reach. Its reality is the hatred of sharing a loved one with oth-ers. There is a lot of discussion about it; Due to differences in cultural and societal legacies in determining its legitimacy and judg-ing the reactions resulting from it. Which confirms the importance of studying the positions of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, related to a man’s jealousy, its jurisprudential rulings, and its objectives, clarifying the just position on the behaviors resulting from it. The researcher concluded that jealousy is of two types: legitimate jealousy, in which a man is praised and excused; Because it is a defense of his honor from known corruption and reprehensible and forbidden jealousy that cannot be excused. Because the catalyst for it is obsessions and delusions. Sharia law prohibits intentionally arousing a man’s jeal-ousy in order to separate his family, and the judge has the right to impose disciplinary punishments whose severity varies accord-ing to the severity of the harm caused. But this may not prevent natural jealousy from being exploited without provocation to bring about a positive change in behavior. The researcher recommends protecting individuals from deliberately arousing jealousy in an organized manner. It also recommends reconsidering the criminal and moral responsibility for forbidden practices that pollute the psychological environment of community members and push them to crime.

Keywords

Jurisprudence, jealousy, man, behaviour, incest.

How to Cite

Turki, M. (2025), Jurisprudential rulings related to a man's jealousy over his female relatives, Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Sharia'h Sciences and Islamic Studies, Issue 102. pp. 14-28 . https://doi.org/10.54940/si19846915

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1658-8738/© 2025 by the Authors. Published by J. Umm Al-Qura Univ. Shariah. Sci. Islamic Stud. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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