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Misogynistic Interpretations of Hadith:: A Foucauldian Genealogical Analysis Siti Masykuroh; Masruchin Masruchin
El Nubuwwah Jurnal Studi Hadis Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): El Nubuwwah Jurnal Studi Hadis
Publisher : Prodi Ilmu Hadis Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Dakwah Universitas Islam Negeri Madura

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19105/elnubuwwah.v4i1.24549

Abstract

This study examines misogynistic narratives in the hadith tradition by investigating how specific hadiths concerning women have been constructed and legitimized as dominant discourses within Muslim societies. The analysis focuses on hadiths portraying women as sources of temptation (fitnah), deficient in intellect and religion, unqualified for leadership, restricted in their mobility, and created from a crooked rib. The study employs Asma Barlas's critical hermeneutics as a supporting interpretive approach to distinguish between the hadith text, its socio-historical context, and its interpretive tradition, thereby identifying patriarchal assumptions embedded in their reception and interpretation. Michel Foucault's genealogical approach serves as the primary analytical framework to trace the historical processes through which these interpretations were produced, codified, legitimized, and reproduced within relations of power. The findings demonstrate that misogynistic tendencies are not inherent in the hadith texts themselves but are products of interpretive constructions shaped by patriarchal socio-historical contexts. Genealogical analysis further reveals that these interpretations were institutionalized through hadith commentaries, Islamic jurisprudence, and religious institutions, eventually evolving into a regime of truth that positioned women in subordinate social and religious roles. This study argues that the critique should be directed not at the authority of hadith as a source of Islamic teaching, but at the historical processes through which patriarchal interpretations have been produced and sustained.
Co-Authors Abdillah, Muhammad Auzan Abdul Malik Ghozali Abidurrohman Abidurrohman Abuzar Alghifari Ahmad Bastari Ahmad Isnaeni Ahmad Isnaeni Ahmad Muttaqein Ahmad Muttaqin Alamsah, Johan Alhuda, Riduan Annisa Rizki Ananda Annisa Rizki Ananda Aprilia, Yohana Apriliani, Fatimah Arief Wicaksono, Arief Bangsawan, Anugrah Bayu Rindy Ramadani Beko Hendro Beko Hendro Beko Hendro Budimansyah Budimansyah Bukhori Abdul Shomad Bukhori Abdul Shomad Diah Krisnaningsih Dimawan, Amelia Eka Djoharsyah, T. Dwima Dini Azizah Efrin Kurniadi Erifca Annisa Faha, Yunita Maulidiyah Fatimah Apriliani Fatimah Azzahra Fauzan . Fauzan Fauzan Fitri Nur Latifah Hadri, Tamir Saad Ibrahim Imam Fauji, Imam IMAM MUSTOFA Imam Mustofa Imelda Wati Intan Sari, Desi Johan Alamsah Kharomah, Anjela Kiki Muhamad Hakiki Kiki Muhammad hakiki Klara Syafira M. Toyib Masruchin, Tri Lestari Masykuroh, Siti Maulana Yusup Meila Fernanda Muhammad Adil Rifahi Muhammad Ilham Saputra Ilham Muhammad Kholiluddin Muhammad Rifqi Al Najib Muhammad Rizqi Romdhon Mukmin, Septiawadi Kari Muttaqein, Ahmad Nisa, Ainun Nur Alif, Muhamad Nur, Muhammmad Syawwaluddin Pandu, Muhammad Pratama, Aunillah Reza Rahmansyah, Panji Rahmat Gani Rahmat, Maulana Bagus Ramadani, Bayu Rindy Rani Larasati Rina Yana Rivaldi, Muhammad Arma Rizqi Romdhon, Muhammad Rodliyatul Laila Rohana, Selti Sabastian, Antara Septiawadi Kari Mukmin Setiawan, Abdul Aziz Silvia, Nur Manna Siti Badi’ah Siti Masykuroh Sulbi, Sulbi Sultan Dzaki Syawalia, Zahiyah Tika Tamir Saad Ibrahim Hadri Wahyudin Wahyudin Wahyudin Wahyudin Wiwin Nuraeni, Wiwin Wulan, Mega Anjar Yana, Rina yoga irawan Yuli Eka Lestari