تقریری احادیث کی روشنی میں معاصر عائلی مسائل کا شرعی استنباط: ایک تحقیقی جائزہ

Abstract

This paper delves into the juristic weight of Tacit (Taqreeri) Hadith—instances where the Prophet Muhammadﷺ silently approved of certain actions or statements—as a meaningful source in shaping modern family law within Islam. Although spoken and enacted Hadith have traditionally dominated Islamic legal interpretation, this study argues that tacit approval holds equal authority in establishing normative rulings. By examining five illustrative Taqreeri Ahadith, the research sheds light on their legal relevance to contemporary issues such as wedding festivities, marriages without an agreed-upon dowry, mutual rights between spouses, birth control practices like coitus interruptus, and the use of DNA or physical resemblance in determining lineage. In each case, the Prophet’s علیہ السلام silence or implicit consent is presented as a legitimate basis for permissibility. The study ultimately contends that Taqreeri Hadith offer a flexible yet authentic framework for addressing modern familial and societal dilemmas. It further recommends integrating this dimension of Hadith more thoroughly into Usul al-Fiqh curricula and encouraging its active role in present-day legal scholarship.