Re-examination of the  content of the  80th sermon of Nahj al-Balagheh based on the verses of the Holy Quran

Shahmoradi, Maryam

doi:10.22096/rc.2024.2004441.1125

Re-examination of the content of the 80th sermon of Nahj al-Balagheh based on the verses of the Holy Quran

Document Type : Original Article

Author

maryam shahmoradi

PhD student of dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

10.22096/rc.2024.2004441.1125

Abstract

Seyyed Razi has given the 80th sermon of Nahj al-Balagha by Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, and in condemning women in this honorable book. The most important focus of this sermon is blaming women for their imperfect intellect, imperfect faith, and incomplete financial benefit and in the end, he has a moral advice not to consult with women even in good matters. Many researchers consider the most important reason for this sermon to be the role of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in the Battle of Jamal, which killed a large number of Muslims. One of the most important features of the Eighth Sermon is the arguments that apparently, it has a Quranic analogy and for many years, prominent thinkers and scholars have explained and interpreted it. The purpose of this research is to examine the arguments of the Holy Quran and remove the dust from the divine work of Nahj al-Balagha, which is the best spiritual book of Shiites after the Quran. The research method of this research is content analysis, and the results showed that the Eighth Sermon is completely contrary to the verses of the Holy Qur'an, since the infallible speech cannot contradict the Quran, as the result, it cannot be issued by Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him.

Keywords

Eighth sermon

lack of intellect

lack of faith

women in Nahj al-Balaghah

women in the Qur'an

Doubts of Nahj al-Balagha

Subjects

Quranic Sciences and Theology

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