A Comparative Study of Spouses’ Common Rights in the Qur’an From the Perspective of Contemporary Commentators (Al-Manār, Al-Taḥrīr wa al-Tanwīr, Al-Mizan and Min Wahy al- Qur’an)

The present article, while expressing the importance of the position of family in the Qur’an, points out spouses’ mutual laws and duties in order to strengthen the foundation of family. Then, by mentioning the right to glorification and good association, the right to property and financial independence, and the right to inheritance, it seeks to analyze the views of some contemporary Sunni and Shiite commentators with social orientation, namely Muhammad ‘Abduh, Ibn ‘Ashour, Allameh Tabatabaei and Allameh Fazlullah on the interpretation of verses related to these rights using comparative comparison. These commentators believe that in the Islamic legal system, the rights and duties of husband and wife are divided between them based on their spiritual, natural and physical abilities. Despite their disagreements over denomination and differences of opinion about some fundamentals, there is much in common in their views on all three issues, such as the financial independence of husband and wife in the family and the subject of inheritance. In this article, the dissensions and their corresponding concepts in the verses have been addressed. The difference of views on the concept of attainment and some literary rules lies in the verse regarding inheritance.