Kasta: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial, Agama, Budaya dan Terapan
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): Agustus

From Bias To Justice: “Reconstructing The Interpretation Of Qawwam (Leadership) In The Al-Qur'an From Amina Wadud's Perspective

Ahmad Zabidi (Universitas Sultan Muhammad Syafiuddin Sambas, Indonesia)
Sri Sunantri (Universitas Sultan Muhammad Syafiuddin Sambas, Indonesia)
Maulana (Universitas Sultan Muhammad Syafiuddin Sambas, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Aug 2025

Abstract

This article attempts to discuss the differences in understanding the meaning of qawwam. Due to seeing various phenomena that occur in society in everyday life, there are always different points of view in understanding the verses of the Qur’an, including the issue of understanding leaders in the Qur’an by Amina Wadud. Amina Wadud is one of the current contemporary figures who supports gender. Amina Wadud is a feminist activist, her monumental book is entitled Qur'an and Women: Rerading the Sacred Text from a Women's Perspective. Amina Wadud directs a deconstructive style of interpretation towards laws that are widely known by Muslims such as inheritance, the role of women, nusyuz, including the issue of imams (leaders) regardless of the pros and cons among the ulama. This issue is very interesting to research regarding the reconstruction of the understanding of the verse about the meaning of qawwam in the Qur’an by looking at the figure of a woman named Amina Wadud. With gender understanding which assumes that men and women are equal before Allah SWT. Amina Wadud wants to revive the role of women in equality in gender relations, based on the principles of social justice and gender equality. Reality in Islam shows the reason why women are more backward than men (patriarchy). Amina Wadud saves women from Islamic conservatism. According to him, there are many things that cause skewed interpretations about women, societal culture, paradigm errors, and the background of the interpreters, most of whom are men. Therefore, the verses about leaders should be interpreted by women themselves based on their perceptions, experiences and thoughts

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kasta

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Education

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KASTA adalah Jurnal Ilmu Sosial, Agama, Budaya dan Terapan dibawah lembaga Bale Literasi . Jurnal ini terbit tiga kali setahun, yaitu bulan April,Agustus dan Desember, ini memuat tentang ilmu-ilmu sosial, keagamaan, baik dalam pemikiran Islam,dan kajian Islam lainnya, kajian tetang budaya serta ilmu ...